Peter Falk

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthday

Sep 16, 1927(97 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Transalations

English,

German,

Russian,

French,

Mandarin,

Hungarian,

Catalan,

Swedish,

Korean,

Mandarin

Biography

Peter Michael Falk 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

78%

Wings of Desire

23 Sep 1987

73%

Pocketful of Miracles

18 Dec 1961

60%

The Lost World

25 Dec 2001

61%

25 Apr 2007

77%

The Princess Bride

25 Sep 1987

71%

Arthur Miller: Writer

08 Dec 2017

72%

The Player

08 May 1992

69%

Faraway, So Close!

01 Sep 1993

57%

Vibes

05 Aug 1988

62%

...All the Marbles

01 Mar 1981

72%

Murder by Death

23 Jun 1976

71%

The Great Race

01 Jul 1965

63%

The Thing About My Folks

02 Jun 2005

61%

The Brink's Job

08 Dec 1978

66%

Pressure Point

10 Oct 1962

58%

A Town Without Christmas

16 Dec 2001

56%

Anzio

24 Jul 1968

I Love Liberty

21 Mar 1982

78%

A Woman Under the Influence

18 Nov 1974

53%

Tune in Tomorrow...

26 Oct 1990

63%

The Cheap Detective

23 Jun 1978

65%

Undisputed

17 Jul 2002

64%

Murder, Inc.

28 Jun 1960

54%

American Cowslip

24 Jul 2009

58%

Made

13 Jul 2001

62%

Machine Gun McCain

01 Apr 1969

57%

Castle Keep

23 Jul 1969

61%

Robin and the 7 Hoods

24 Jun 1964

43%

Corky Romano

12 Oct 2001

62%

Finding John Christmas

30 Nov 2003

67%

The In-Laws

15 Jun 1979

68%

Husbands

08 Dec 1970

65%

Checking Out

10 Apr 2005

50%

Three Days of Rain

12 May 2002

Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes

02 Oct 1993

61%

Money Kings

04 Dec 1998

52%

02 Aug 1989

69%

Mikey and Nicky

21 Dec 1976

53%

Big Trouble

30 May 1986

Shoot Don't Shoot

01 Jan 1982

45%

The Bloody Brood

26 Oct 1959

60%

Anything for John

06 Sep 1993

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

28 Jan 1996

55%

Happy New Year

07 Aug 1987

47%

The Sunshine Boys

08 Aug 1996

52%

The Balcony

21 Mar 1963

41%

Luv

26 Jul 1967

33%

In the Spirit

06 Apr 1990

58%

A Storm in Summer

18 Jan 2000

60%

When Angels Come to Town

28 Nov 2004

47%

Lakeboat

13 Apr 2000

56%

Penelope

10 Nov 1966

67%

Attack and Retreat

16 Sep 1964

53%

Griffin and Phoenix

27 Feb 1976

50%

Wilder Days

19 Oct 2003

25%

The Secret of the Purple Reef

11 Dec 1960

55%

Enemies of Laughter

10 Nov 2000

40%

Char·ac·ter

30 Nov 2012

The Making of 'Husbands'

28 Mar 1971

55%

Operation Snafu

03 Mar 1970

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

05 May 2002

38%

Three Days to Vegas

02 Feb 2007

70%

A Step Out of Line

26 Feb 1971

58%

Edge of Outside

11 Jun 2006

59%

Roommates

03 Mar 1995

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

27 Aug 1990

45%

Too Many Thieves

13 Oct 1966

53%

Pronto

08 Jun 1997

Lost Case

01 Dec 2014

60%

Shark Tale

20 Sep 2004

70%

Brigadoon

15 Oct 1966

Arena - John Cassavetes

24 Feb 1989

83%

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

01 Jul 2003

69%

The Great Muppet Caper

26 Jun 1981

76%

Opening Night

22 Dec 1977

72%

Ransom for a Dead Man

09 Oct 1972

60%

Hubert's Brain

31 Mar 2001

66%

A Constant Forge

01 Jan 2000

78%

Prescription: Murder

20 Feb 1968

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

01 Jan 1991

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

25 Apr 1990

From Where I Sit

01 Jan 2000

63%

Pretty Boy Floyd

01 Jan 1960

61%

Wind Across the Everglades

11 Sep 1958

A Hatful of Rain

03 Mar 1968

Cops n Roberts

01 Jan 1995

74%

Peter Falk Versus Columbo

31 Mar 2019

73%

Scared Straight!

02 Nov 1978

62%

Frank Capra's American Dream

01 Jan 1997

70%

And the Oscar Goes To...

01 Feb 2014

73%

The World of Jim Henson

23 Nov 1994

75%

My Darling Vivian

27 Apr 2020

63%

The Muppets Go Hollywood

16 May 1979

67%

Night of 100 Stars

08 Mar 1982

70%

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

07 Nov 1963

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

06 Dec 1979

75%

Inside the Actors Studio

57%

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

55%

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

55%

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

43%

The View

55%

Naked City

62%

The Merv Griffin Show

50%

Studio One

80%

The Islanders

85%

The Twilight Zone

72%

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

77%

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

35%

Target: The Corruptors!

74%

Have Gun, Will Travel

66%

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

55%

The Aquanauts

62%

Decoy

56%

Ben Casey

70%

The New Breed

56%

Robert Montgomery Presents

55%

Dr. Kildare

30%

Good Day Live

70%

Basketball: A Love Story

78%

The Untouchables

62%

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

55%

Naked City

55%

Naked City

53%

Wetten, dass..?

55%

The Aquanauts

75%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

63%

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

83%

Reading Rainbow

54%

The Mike Douglas Show

50%

Studio One

60%

V.I.P. Schaukel

76%

The Lost World

74%

American Masters

77%

The Larry Sanders Show

68%

The Trials of O'Brien

68%

The Name of the Game

74%

The Red Skelton Show

60%

The DuPont Show of the Week

60%

The DuPont Show of the Week

50%

Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine

50%

Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine

63%

Wagon Train

55%

The Dick Powell Show

55%

The Dick Powell Show

55%

The Dick Powell Show

The Witness

Play of the Week

30%

Armstrong Circle Theatre

60%

Deadline

75%

87th Precinct

81%

Columbo

90%

Bambi-Verleihung

54%

The Mike Douglas Show

59%

Tony Awards

59%

Tony Awards

60%

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

63%

Champs-Elysées

60%

The Law and Mr. Jones

68%

The Dick Cavett Show

54%

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

55%

Naked City

70%

The Jerry Lewis Show

Treffpunkte

72%

Golden Globe Awards

72%

Golden Globe Awards

78%

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Seitenblicke

63%

The Danny Kaye Show

58%

30 millions d'amis

30%

Vivement dimanche

33%

Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin

78%

The Untouchables

72%

Golden Globe Awards

72%

Golden Globe Awards

67%

Dinah!

57%

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

57%

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

57%

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

75%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

75%

Kraft Television Theatre

75%

Kraft Television Theatre

60%

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