Peter Falk
Acting
Biography
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 (1968–1978, 1989–2003), 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).
Born: September 16, 1927
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Bambi
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Reading Rainbow
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
This is a documentary about the making of "Wings of Desire" (1987). The director, writer, actors, composer and other contributors speak at length and in detail about how the award-winning film was devised, cast, filmed, scored and edited.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
The Islanders
The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane Brewster. At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade and Zack Malloy, co-owners of a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft, start their one-plane airline in the Moluccas or Spice Islands of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger. They are frequently aided in their endeavours by the unusually-named Wilhelmina ”Steamboat Willy” Vanderveer and Shipwreck Callighan. The Islanders, primarily sponsored by Liggett & Myers' Chesterfield cigarettes, aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite The Jack Benny Program and Candid Camera on CBS and the second half of The Dinah Shore Show and the last season of The Loretta Young Show on NBC. William Reynolds stated in an interview, "The series went from being sort of like a Terry and the Pirates or a Maverick type of concept to becoming just a bunch of people skulking around. It wasn't very good." After The Islanders, Philbrook co-starred in the 1962-1963 season as a magazine publisher and the love interest of Loretta Young in her short-lived The New Loretta Young Show, which aired Mondays on CBS. Reynolds went on to star in two other ABC series,The Gallant Men, a World War II series, and The FBI with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr..
The Untouchables
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
The Untouchables
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Wings of Desire
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds — with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk — that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Prescription: Murder
In Columbo's first outing, a psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Columbo (archive footage)
as Self
as Father Randolph
as Irv
as Gus 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald
as Morris Applebaum
as Self
as Sam Kleinman
as Max
as Don Feinberg (voice)
as Max
as James 'Pop Up' Morse
as Self
as Self /Self - Columbo
as Self
as Mendy Ripstein
as Waldo
as Self
as Theo Kerr
as Theo Kerr
as Max
as Francis A. 'Pops' Romano
as Max
as Bailey (voice)
as Paul's Father
as Self
as Pierman
as Abel Shaddick
as Vinnie
as Self
as Self
as Harry Arno
as Self
as Willie Clark
as Rocky Holzeck
as Salvatore Santini
as Tramp (archive footage)
as Self
as self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Peter Falk
as Peter Falk
as Peter Falk
as Self (archive footage)
as Pedro Carmichael
as Roger Flan
as Dominick 'Dino' Capisco
as Harry Buscafusco
as The Grandfather
as The Filmstar
as Nick
as Self
as Steve Rickey
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Tramp
as Harry Sears
as Self
as Vincent J. Ricardo
as Self
as Tony Pino
as Narration (voice)
as Lou Peckinpaugh
as Self (uncredited)
as Mikey
as Sam Diamond
as Geoffrey Griffin
as Self
as Self
as Nick Longhetti
as Self
as Columbo
as Columbo
as Columbo
as Self
as Self
as Harry Connors
as Archie Black
as Peter Pawney
as Sgt. Rossi
as Charlie Adamo
as Lewis Corbett
as Cpl. Jack Rabinoff
as Self - Guest
as Polo Pope
as Columbo
as Self (uncredited)
as Milt Manville
as Lt. Horatio Bixbee
as Jeff Douglas
as Danny
as Daniel O'Brien
as Max
as lieutenant Mario
as Guy Gisborne
as Third Cab Driver
as Self
as Self
as Police Chief
as Young Psychiatrist
as Self - Surprise Appearance
as Self
as Robert Evans
as Joy Boy
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Lopez
as Dr. Matt Gunderson
as Martin
as Aristede Fresco
as Dr. Alan Keegan
as Greg Brovane
as Collucci
as Danilo Diaz
as Tom Weber
as Carbell Carney
as Hooker
as Jeremiah Wilson
as Angel
as Abe Reles
as Shorty Walters
as Nico
as Duke Mullen
as Nate Selko
as Mestizo
as Ramos Clementine
as Box
as Extortionist
as Lee Staunton
as Gimpy (uncredited)
as Frankie O'Hearn
as Writer
as Fred Dana
as Gus Morgan
as Waller - Gambler
as Meyer Fine
as Charlie
as Colonel Hush-Hush
as Petar Porovic
as Carmen's Assistant
as Jack
as Self
as Radar Operator
as Izzy
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Audience Member
as Self - Nominee / Presenter