Peter Falk
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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.
Filmography
My Darling Vivian
2020
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
Lost Case
2014
Char·ac·ter
2012
American Cowslip
2009
Next
2007
Three Days to Vegas
2007
Checking Out
2006
Edge of Outside
2006
The Thing About My Folks
2005
When Angels Come to Town
2004
Shark Tale
2004
Finding John Christmas
2003
Wilder Days
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Undisputed
2002
Three Days of Rain
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
The Lost World
2001
The Lost World
2001
A Town Without Christmas
2001
Corky Romano
2001
Good Day Live
2001
Made
2001
Hubert's Brain
2001
Enemies of Laughter
2000
A Constant Forge
2000
Lakeboat
2000
A Storm in Summer
2000
From Where I Sit
2000
Money Kings
1998
Vivement dimanche
1998
The View
1997
Pronto
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
The Sunshine Boys
1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
Roommates
1995
Cops n Roberts
1995
The World of Jim Henson
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Anything for John
1993
Faraway, So Close!
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
The Player
1992
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
In the Spirit
1990
Cookie
1989
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Vibes
1988
Seitenblicke
1987
The Princess Bride
1987
Wings of Desire
1987
Happy New Year
1987
American Masters
1986
Big Trouble
1986
Reading Rainbow
1983
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
I Love Liberty
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Champs-Elysées
1982
Shoot Don't Shoot
1982
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
...All the Marbles
1981
Wetten, dass..?
1981
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
The In-Laws
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
The Brink's Job
1978
Scared Straight!
1978
The Cheap Detective
1978
Opening Night
1977
Mikey and Nicky
1976
Murder by Death
1976
Griffin and Phoenix
1976
30 millions d'amis
1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
Dinah!
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Ransom for a Dead Man
1972
Columbo
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
The Making of 'Husbands'
1971
A Step Out of Line
1971
Husbands
1970
Treffpunkte
1970
Operation Snafu
1970
Castle Keep
1969
Machine Gun McCain
1969
The Name of the Game
1968
Anzio
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
A Hatful of Rain
1968
Prescription: Murder
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Luv
1967
Penelope
1966
Brigadoon
1966
Too Many Thieves
1966
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
The Great Race
1965
Attack and Retreat
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
The Jerry Lewis Show
1963
The Balcony
1963
Pressure Point
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The New Breed
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Dick Powell Show
1961
87th Precinct
1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
The Million Dollar Incident
1961
The Secret of the Purple Reef
1960
The Law and Mr. Jones
1960
The Islanders
1960
The Witness
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
The Aquanauts
1960
Murder, Inc.
1960
Pretty Boy Floyd
1960
The Bloody Brood
1959
The Untouchables
1959
Play of the Week
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Deadline
1959
New York Confidential
1959
Naked City
1958
Wind Across the Everglades
1958
Decoy
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Tony Awards
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Omnibus
1952
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
1948
Bambi
1948
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Golden Globe Awards
1944
A Trace of Murder