Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born September 16, 1927
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/ABC series Columbo (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards (1972, 1975, 1976, 1990) and a Golden Globe Award (1973). In 1996, TV Guide ranked Falk No. 21 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. He received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013. He first starred as Columbo in two 2-hour "World Premiere" TV pilots; the first with Gene Barry in 1968 and the second with Lee Grant in 1971. The show then aired as part of The NBC Mystery Movie series from 1971 to 1978, and again on ABC from 1989 to 2003. Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for The Dick Powell Theatre. He was the first actor to be nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy Award in the same year, achieving the feat twice (1961 and 1962). He went on to appear in such films as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), alongside Frank Sinatra in Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), The Great Race (1965), Anzio (1968), Murder by Death (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), The Brink's Job (1978), The In-Laws (1979), The Princess Bride (1987), Wings of Desire (1987), The Player (1992), and Next (2007), as well as many television guest roles. Falk was also known for his collaborations with filmmaker, actor, and personal friend John Cassavetes, acting in films such as Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Big Trouble (1986), Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky (1976) and the Columbo episode "Étude in Black" (1972). He cameoed as a theatergoer in Cassavetes' 1977 film Opening Night. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Falk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieMy Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePeter Falk versus Columbo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
TVBasketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieArthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLost Case
2014
as Columbo (archive footage)
MovieChar·ac·ter
2012
as Self
MovieAmerican Cowslip
2009
as Father Randolph
MovieNext
2007
as Irv
MovieThree Days to Vegas
2007
as Gus 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald
MovieChecking Out
2006
as Morris Applebaum
MovieEdge of Outside
2006
as Self
MovieThe Thing About My Folks
2005
as Sam Kleinman
MovieWhen Angels Come to Town
2004
as Max
MovieShark Tale
2004
as Don Feinberg (voice)
MovieFinding John Christmas
2003
as Max
MovieWilder Days
2003
as James 'Pop Up' Morse
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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MovieWings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
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MovieABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
as Self /Self - Columbo
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
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MovieUndisputed
2002
as Mendy Ripstein
MovieThree Days of Rain
2002
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MovieNBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
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MovieThe Lost World
2001
as Theo Kerr
TVThe Lost World
2001
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MovieA Town Without Christmas
2001
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MovieCorky Romano
2001
as Francis A. 'Pops' Romano
Good Day Live
2001
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MovieMade
2001
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MovieHubert's Brain
2001
as Bailey (voice)
MovieEnemies of Laughter
2000
as Paul's Father
MovieA Constant Forge
2000
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MovieLakeboat
2000
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MovieA Storm in Summer
2000
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From Where I Sit
2000
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MovieMoney Kings
1998
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TVVivement dimanche
1998
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TVThe View
1997
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MoviePronto
1997
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MovieFrank Capra's American Dream
1997
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MovieThe Sunshine Boys
1996
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John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
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MovieRoommates
1995
as Rocky Holzeck
MovieCops n Roberts
1995
as Salvatore Santini
MovieThe World of Jim Henson
1994
as Tramp (archive footage)
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
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TVExclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994
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MovieOut of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1993
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TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieAnything for John
1993
as Self
MovieFaraway, So Close!
1993
as Peter Falk
TVThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Peter Falk
MovieThe Player
1992
as Peter Falk
MovieSomething a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieTune in Tomorrow...
1990
as Pedro Carmichael
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
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MovieMotion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
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MovieIn the Spirit
1990
as Roger Flan
MovieCookie
1989
as Dominick 'Dino' Capisco
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
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TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
MovieVibes
1988
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Seitenblicke
1987
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MovieThe Princess Bride
1987
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MovieWings of Desire
1987
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MovieHappy New Year
1987
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TVAmerican Masters
1986
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MovieBig Trouble
1986
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TVReading Rainbow
1983
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MovieNatalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
MovieI Love Liberty
1982
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MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
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TVChamps-Elysées
1982
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Shoot Don't Shoot
1982
as host
MovieThe Great Muppet Caper
1981
as Tramp (uncredited)
Movie...All the Marbles
1981
as Harry Sears
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
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MovieAll Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
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MovieThe In-Laws
1979
as Vincent J. Ricardo
MovieThe Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
MovieThe Brink's Job
1978
as Tony Pino
MovieScared Straight!
1978
as Narration (voice)
MovieThe Cheap Detective
1978
as Lou Peckinpaugh
MovieOpening Night
1977
as Self (uncredited)
MovieMikey and Nicky
1976
as Mikey
MovieMurder by Death
1976
as Sam Diamond
MovieGriffin and Phoenix
1976
as Geoffrey Griffin
TV30 millions d'amis
1976
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TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
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MovieA Woman Under the Influence
1974
as Nick Longhetti
TVDinah!
1974
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TVThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
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TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieRansom for a Dead Man
1972
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TVColumbo
1971
as Lt. Columbo
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
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MovieThe Making of 'Husbands'
1971
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MovieA Step Out of Line
1971
as Harry Connors
MovieHusbands
1970
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Treffpunkte
1970
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MovieOperation Snafu
1970
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MovieCastle Keep
1969
as Sgt. Rossi
MovieMachine Gun McCain
1969
as Charlie Adamo
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
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MovieAnzio
1968
as Cpl. Jack Rabinoff
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieA Hatful of Rain
1968
as Polo Pope
MoviePrescription: Murder
1968
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TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
MovieLuv
1967
as Milt Manville
MoviePenelope
1966
as Lt. Horatio Bixbee
MovieBrigadoon
1966
as Jeff Douglas
MovieToo Many Thieves
1966
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TVThe Trials of O'Brien
1965
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MovieThe Great Race
1965
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MovieAttack and Retreat
1964
as lieutenant Mario
MovieRobin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Guy Gisborne
MovieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Third Cab Driver
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Bert Graumann
TVThe Danny Kaye Show
1963
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TVThe Jerry Lewis Show
1963
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MovieThe Balcony
1963
as Police Chief
MoviePressure Point
1962
as Young Psychiatrist
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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TVJackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
1962
as Sammy
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Robert Evans
MoviePocketful of Miracles
1961
as Joy Boy
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
TVThe New Breed
1961
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TVBen Casey
1961
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Matt Gunderson
TVThe Dick Powell Show
1961
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TV87th Precinct
1961
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TVThe DuPont Show of the Week
1961
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The Million Dollar Incident
1961
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MovieThe Secret of the Purple Reef
1960
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TVThe Law and Mr. Jones
1960
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TVThe Islanders
1960
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The Witness
1960
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TVThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
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TVThe Aquanauts
1960
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MovieMurder, Inc.
1960
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MoviePretty Boy Floyd
1960
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MovieThe Bloody Brood
1959
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TVThe Untouchables
1959
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TVPlay of the Week
1959
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TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
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TVDeadline
1959
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TVNew York Confidential
1959
TVNaked City
1958
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MovieWind Across the Everglades
1958
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TVDecoy
1957
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TVWagon Train
1957
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TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
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TVTony Awards
1956
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TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
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TVOmnibus
1952
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TVThe Red Skelton Show
1951
as Colonel Hush-Hush
TVArmstrong Circle Theatre
1950
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TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
TVStudio One
1948
as Carmen's Assistant
TVBambi
1948
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TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
as Radar Operator
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieA Trace of Murder
as Columbo
MovieColumbo: Death Hits the Jackpot
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