Peter Falk

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Peter Falk
Falk giving an interview in 2007
Born	Peter Michael Falk September 16, 1927 (1927-09-16) (age 80) New York City, New York, USA
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Awards won Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series 1972 The NBC Mystery Movie 1976 Columbo 1990 Columbo: Agenda for Murder Outstanding Lead Actor - Limited Series The NBC Mystery Movie Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1962 The Dick Powell Show Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama 1973 Columbo

Peter Michael Falk (Hungarian: Falk Péter Mihály) (born September 16, 1927) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, five-time Emmy Award-winning and one-time Golden Globe award-winning American actor, best known for his role as Lt. Columbo in the television series Columbo.

Contents 1 Cancer survivor 2 Marriages 3 Selected filmography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Cancer survivor

Falk's unusual gaze is caused by a glass eye that he has had for most of his life. His right eye was surgically removed at the age of three because of a malignant tumor.

TV Guide, in a 1970s biography, reported that Falk, as a boy, once removed the glass eye and offered it to a Little League referee, telling him "You need this more than I do!"

[edit] Marriages

Falk married Alyce Mayo on April 17, 1960. They had two daughters, Catherine (who is a real life private investigator) and Jackie. They divorced in 1976. On December 7, 1977, Falk married actress Shera Danese, who has guest-starred on the Columbo series numerous times.

[edit] Selected filmography

Wind Across the Everglades (1958) The Bloody Brood (1959) Pretty Boy Floyd (1960) Murder, Inc. (1960) The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960) Pocketful of Miracles (1961) Pressure Point (1962) The Balcony (1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) Attack and Retreat (1965) The Great Race (1965) Too Many Thieves (1966) Penelope (1966) Luv (1967) Anzio (1968) Machine Gun McCain (1968) Castle Keep (1969) Operation Snafu (1970) Husbands (1970) A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Murder by Death (1976) Mikey and Nicky (1976) The Cheap Detective (1978) The Brink's Job (1978) The In-Laws (1979) …All the Marbles (1981) The Great Muppet Caper (1982) (uncredited) The Princess Bride (1987) Wings of Desire (1987) Vibes (1988) Cookie (1989) Tune in Tomorrow (1990) Roommates (1995) Made (2001) Corky Romano (2001) The Lost World (2001) Undisputed (2002) Shark Tale (2004) The Thing About My Folks (2005) Next (2007) American Cowslip (2008)

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Peter Falk Official Site
• The Ultimate Lieutenant Columbo Site
• Peter Falk at the Internet Movie Database
• Peter Falk at the Internet Broadway Database

v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series Robert Young (1956) · Robert Young (1957) · Raymond Burr (1959) · Robert Stack (1960) · Raymond Burr (1961) · E. G. Marshall (1962) · E. G. Marshall (1963) · Bill Cosby (1966) · Bill Cosby (1967) · Bill Cosby (1968) · Carl Betz (1969) · Robert Young (1970) · Hal Holbrook (1971) · Peter Falk (1972) · Richard Thomas (1973) · Telly Savalas (1974) · Robert Blake (1975) Complete list: (1956-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)

v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series Peter Falk (1976) · James Garner (1977) · Edward Asner (1978) · Ron Leibman (1979) · Edward Asner (1980) · Daniel J. Travanti (1981) · Daniel J. Travanti (1982) · Ed Flanders (1983) · Tom Selleck (1984) · William Daniels (1985) · William Daniels (1986) · Bruce Willis (1987) · Richard Kiley (1988) · Carroll O'Connor (1989) · Peter Falk (1990) · James Earl Jones (1991) · Christopher Lloyd (1992) · Tom Skerritt (1993) · Dennis Franz (1994) · Mandy Patinkin (1995) · Dennis Franz (1996) · Dennis Franz (1997) · Andre Braugher (1998) · Dennis Franz (1999) · James Gandolfini (2000) Complete list: (1956-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)

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