Peter Falk

Acting

Born 1927-09-16 Died 2011-06-23 New York City, New York, USA 168 credits Primetime Emmy Awards 4 Golden Globe Awards 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1

Awards

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 nominated

1962 Best Supporting Actor Nominated Pocketful of Miracles
1961 Best Supporting Actor Nominated Murder, Inc.

Primetime Emmy Awards 4 won

1990 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Won Columbo
1976 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Won Columbo
1972 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Won Columbo
1962 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Won The Dick Powell Show

Golden Globe Awards 1 won

— Golden Globe Awards Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

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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.