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Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
This article is about the American actor. For other people, see Peter Falk (disambiguation).
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor, singer and television director and producer. 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.[1] He received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013.[2][3]
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.[4]
Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), a
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Peter Falk
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 - June 23, 2011)[1] was an American actor. His best known role was Columbo in the TV series of the same name.[2]
Early life
[change | change source]Falk was born in Manhattan on September 16, 1927. He was Jewish.[3] He grew up in Ossining, New York. He earned a degree in political science from the New School for Social Research. He then earned his Master's degree in public administration at Syracuse University.[1]
Career
[change | change source]He appeared in a number of Broadway plays including: The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Passion of Josef D, Diary of a Scoundrel, and Saint Joan. Falk won four Emmy Awards playing the police detective Columbo, and one for The Dick Powell Theatre. He was nominated for seven other Emmy awards. Falk also received two Academy Award nominations for the films Murder Inc. and Pocketful of Miracles.[2]
Death
[change | change source]Falk was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He died in his Beverly Hills, California hom
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Peter Falk
Peter Falk was a Jewish American actor best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the popular 1970s television series Columbo.
Peter Michael Falk was born on September 16, 1927, in New York City. His father, Michael Peter Falk, who owned a clothing and dry goods store, and his mother, Madeline (née Hochhauser), who was an accountant, were both of Eastern European descent. When he was three, Falk's right eye was surgically removed because of a retinoblastoma and he wore a glass eye for most of his life. After graduating from high school in 1945, Falk briefly attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. He then tried to join the armed services at the end of World War II but was rejected because of his glass eye and instead joined the U.S. Merchant Marine and served as a cook and mess boy. After returning to Hamilton College, and also briefly attending the University of Wisconsin, Falk transferred to the New School for Social Research in New York City and received a bachelor's degree in literature and political science in 1951. He obtained a Master of
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