Peter Falk

Acting · 3.7 popularity

Age

Movies

100

Born: September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011
From: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Works

100 films

The Princess Bride

19877.7

Shark Tale

20046.0

20076.1

Undisputed

20026.5

The Player

19927.2

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

19637.0

Wings of Desire

19877.8

Murder by Death

19767.1

...All the Marbles

19816.1

The Great Race

19657.1

The In-Laws

19796.6

The Great Muppet Caper

19816.9

A Woman Under the Influence

19747.8

Robin and the 7 Hoods

19646.2

Pocketful of Miracles

19617.3

Corky Romano

20014.4

Machine Gun McCain

19696.1

Luv

19674.8

The Cheap Detective

19786.4

Mikey and Nicky

19766.9

Castle Keep

19695.7

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

20026.0

Opening Night

19777.6

Faraway, So Close!

19937.0

Made

20015.8

Murder, Inc.

19606.5

Vibes

19885.7

The World of Jim Henson

19947.4

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

19826.0

Prescription: Murder

19687.8

Penelope

19665.4

The Brink's Job

19786.2

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

20038.0

Roommates

19955.7

Wilder Days

20036.3

Money Kings

19985.8

My Darling Vivian

20207.1

Frank Capra's American Dream

19976.3

The Muppets Go Hollywood

19796.2

Night of 100 Stars

19825.8

Peter Falk versus Columbo

20197.2

Lakeboat

20004.7

Anzio

19685.7

Husbands

19706.7

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

1990

Three Days of Rain

20024.9

Scared Straight!

19787.4

Ransom for a Dead Man

19727.4

Arthur Miller: Writer

20177.1

Lost Case

2014

Anything for John

19937.3

Wind Across the Everglades

19586.2

The Lost World

20016.1

Three Days to Vegas

20073.9

From Where I Sit

20009.0

The Sunshine Boys

19965.0

19895.6

I Love Liberty

1982

Big Trouble

19865.4

Char·ac·ter

20124.0

Pressure Point

19626.5

American Cowslip

20095.1

Tune in Tomorrow...

19905.5

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

19918.0

A Town Without Christmas

20015.9

Happy New Year

19875.8

The Thing About My Folks

20056.5

Attack and Retreat

19646.7

Too Many Thieves

19665.7

Hubert's Brain

20016.5

Finding John Christmas

20036.5

The Balcony

19635.2

Cops n Roberts

19959.0

Edge of Outside

20065.8

Operation Snafu

19706.7

Arena - John Cassavetes

1989

When Angels Come to Town

20046.2

A Constant Forge

20006.8

A Storm in Summer

20006.4

Griffin and Phoenix

19765.3

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

1979

Checking Out

20066.7

The Million Dollar Incident

19618.0

The Secret of the Purple Reef

19604.0

Shoot Don't Shoot

1982

The Bloody Brood

19594.9

Pretty Boy Floyd

19607.0

In the Spirit

19904.5

A Trace of Murder

20267.0

A Hatful of Rain

19687.0

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

19908.0

Enemies of Laughter

20006.0

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

20038.3

The Making of 'Husbands'

1971

Brigadoon

19667.0

A Step Out of Line

19718.0

Pronto

19976.0

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

1996

Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot

202610.0

Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes

1993