Peter Falk

Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo (1968–2003), which earned him four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961). He is also known for his collaborations with filmmaker and actor John Cassavetes in films such as: Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky (1976) and the Columbo episode: Étude in Black (1972). Falk's other film roles include It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Great Race (1965), Anzio (1968), Murder by Death (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), The In-Laws (1979), The Princess Bride (1987), Wings of Desire (1987), The Player (1992), and Next (2007).

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1927-09-16

Died: 2011-06-23

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	Wind Across the Everglades	Writer	61
2	1959	The Bloody Brood	Nico	45
3	1960	Pretty Boy Floyd	Shorty Walters	63
4	1960	Murder, Inc.	Abe Reles	64
5	1960	The Secret of the Purple Reef	Tom Weber	25
6	1961	Pocketful of Miracles	Joy Boy	73
7	1962	Pressure Point	Young Psychiatrist	66
8	1963	The Balcony	Police Chief	52
9	1963	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Third Cab Driver	70
10	1964	Robin and the 7 Hoods	Guy Gisborne	60
11	1964	Attack and Retreat	lieutenant Mario	67
12	1965	The Great Race	Max	71
13	1966	Too Many Thieves	Danny	45
14	1966	Brigadoon	Jeff Douglas	70
15	1966	Penelope	Lt. Horatio Bixbee	56
16	1967	Luv	Milt Manville	41
17	1968	Prescription: Murder	Columbo	78
18	1968	A Hatful of Rain	Polo Pope	0
19	1968	Anzio	Cpl. Jack Rabinoff	57
20	1969	Machine Gun McCain	Charlie Adamo	61
21	1969	Castle Keep	Sgt. Rossi	57
22	1970	Operation Snafu	Peter Pawney	55
23	1970	Husbands	Archie Black	68
24	1971	A Step Out of Line	Harry Connors	70
25	1971	The Making of 'Husbands'	Self	0
26	1972	Ransom for a Dead Man	Columbo	72
27	1974	A Woman Under the Influence	Nick Longhetti	78
28	1976	Griffin and Phoenix	Geoffrey Griffin	53
29	1976	Murder by Death	Sam Diamond	72
30	1976	Mikey and Nicky	Mikey	69
31	1977	Opening Night	Self (uncredited)	76
32	1978	The Cheap Detective	Lou Peckinpaugh	62
33	1978	Scared Straight!	Narration (voice)	73
34	1978	The Brink's Job	Tony Pino	60
35	1979	The Muppets Go Hollywood	Self	63
36	1979	The In-Laws	Vincent J. Ricardo	67
37	1981	...All the Marbles	Harry Sears	63
38	1981	The Great Muppet Caper	Tramp	68
39	1982	Shoot Don't Shoot	host	0
40	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	65
41	1982	I Love Liberty	Self	0
42	1986	Big Trouble	Steve Rickey	53
43	1987	Happy New Year	Nick	55
44	1987	Wings of Desire	The Filmstar	78
45	1987	The Princess Bride	The Grandfather	77
46	1988	Vibes	Harry Buscafusco	57
47	1989	Arena - John Cassavetes	Self	0
48	1989	Cookie	Dominick 'Dino' Capisco	52
49	1990	In the Spirit	Roger Flan	33
50	1990	Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders	Self	0
51	1990	Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret	Self	0
52	1990	Tune in Tomorrow...	Pedro Carmichael	53
53	1991	Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'	Self (archive footage)	0
54	1992	The Player	Peter Falk	72
55	1993	Faraway, So Close!	Peter Falk	69
56	1993	Anything for John	Self	60
57	1993	Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes	Self	0
58	1994	The World of Jim Henson	Tramp (archive footage)	73
59	1995	Cops n Roberts	Salvatore Santini	0
60	1995	Roommates	Rocky Holzeck	62
61	1996	John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All	Self	0
62	1996	The Sunshine Boys	Willie Clark	49
63	1997	Frank Capra's American Dream	Self	62
64	1997	Pronto	Harry Arno	53
65	1998	Money Kings	Vinnie	61
66	2000	A Constant Forge	Self	66
67	2000	From Where I Sit	Abe	0
68	2000	A Storm in Summer	Abel Shaddick	58
69	2000	Lakeboat	Pierman	51
70	2000	Enemies of Laughter	Paul's Father	55
71	2001	Hubert's Brain	Bailey (voice)	60
72	2001	Made	Max	58
73	2001	Corky Romano	Francis A. 'Pops' Romano	43
74	2001	A Town Without Christmas	Max	58
75	2001	The Lost World	Theo Kerr	60
76	2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special	Self	0
77	2002	Three Days of Rain	Waldo	50
78	2002	Undisputed	Mendy Ripstein	65
79	2003	Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us	Self	83
80	2003	Wilder Days	James 'Pop Up' Morse	50
81	2003	Finding John Christmas	Max	62
82	2004	Shark Tale	Don Feinberg (voice)	60
83	2004	When Angels Come to Town	Max	60
84	2005	Checking Out	Morris Applebaum	66
85	2005	The Thing About My Folks	Sam Kleinman	63
86	2006	Edge of Outside	Self	58
87	2007	Three Days to Vegas	Gus 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald	38
88	2007	Next	Irv	61
89	2009	American Cowslip	Father Randolph	54
90	2012	Char·ac·ter	Self	40
91	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
92	2014	Lost Case	Columbo (archive footage)	0
93	2017	Arthur Miller: Writer	Self (archive footage)	71
94	2019	Peter Falk Versus Columbo	Self (archive footage)	74
95	2020	My Darling Vivian	Self (archive footage)	75

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	68
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	68
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Audience Member	68
4	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee/Presenter	68
5	1947	Kraft Television Theatre	Radar Operator	73
6	1947	Kraft Television Theatre	Izzy	73
7	1948	Bambi Awards	Self	90
8	1948	Studio One	Carmen's Assistant	47
9	1948	Studio One	Jack	47
10	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		52
11	1950	Armstrong Circle Theatre	Petar Porovic	30
12	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Colonel Hush-Hush	73
13	1952	Omnibus	Charlie	60
14	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Meyer Fine	77
15	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	46
16	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Host	46
17	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Waller - Gambler	74
18	1957	Wagon Train	Gus Morgan	63
19	1957	Decoy	Fred Dana	62
20	1958	Naked City	Extortionist	55
21	1958	Naked City	Lee Staunton	55
22	1958	Naked City	Gimpy (uncredited)	55
23	1958	Naked City	Frankie O'Hearn	55
24	1959	New York Confidential		0
25	1959	Deadline	Box	60
26	1959	The Twilight Zone	Ramos Clementine	84
27	1959	Play of the Week		0
28	1959	Play of the Week	Mestizo	0
29	1959	The Untouchables	Duke Mullen	79
30	1959	The Untouchables	Nate Selko	79
31	1960	The Aquanauts	Jeremiah Wilson	55
32	1960	The Aquanauts	Angel	55
33	1960	The Barbara Stanwyck Show	Joe	62
34	1960	The Witness	Abe Reles	0
35	1960	The Islanders	Hooker	80
36	1960	The Law and Mr. Jones	Carbell Carney	55
37	1961	The DuPont Show of the Week	Danilo Diaz	60
38	1961	The DuPont Show of the Week	Collucci	60
39	1961	87th Precinct	Greg Brovane	75
40	1961	The Dick Powell Show	Aristede Fresco	50
41	1961	The Dick Powell Show	Martin	50
42	1961	The Dick Powell Show	Dr. Alan Keegan	50
43	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Matt Gunderson	53
44	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
45	1961	Ben Casey		56
46	1961	The New Breed	Lopez	70
47	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	51
48	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
49	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Robert Evans	78
50	1962	Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine	Cameo	50
51	1962	Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine	Sammy	50
52	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	56
53	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
54	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self - Surprise Appearance	74
55	1963	The Jerry Lewis Show	Self	70
56	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
57	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Bert Graumann	55
58	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Bara	55
59	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Mike Galway	55
60	1965	The Trials of O'Brien	Daniel O'Brien	68
61	1966	Goldene Kamera Verleihung	Self	35
62	1966	Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show		0
63	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
64	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	66
65	1968	The Name of the Game	Lewis Corbett	68
66	1970	Treffpunkte	Self	0
67	1971	V.I.P. Schaukel	Self	60
68	1971	Columbo	Columbo	81
69	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63
70	1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self	54
71	1974	Dinah!	Self	65
72	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
73	1976	30 millions d'amis	Self	58
74	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	53
75	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	62
76	1983	Reading Rainbow	Himself - Narrator (voice)	84
77	1986	American Masters	Self	70
78	1987	Seitenblicke	self	0
79	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark		54
80	1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Peter Falk	77
81	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
82	1994	Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin	self	33
83	1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	74
84	1997	The View	Self	45
85	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
86	2001	Good Day Live	Self	30
87	2001	The Lost World	Theo Kerr	76
88	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
89	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	58
90	2018	Basketball: A Love Story	Self (archive footage)	70