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Frank Morrison Spillane (/ s p ɪ ˈ l eɪ n /; March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, called the "king of pulp fiction". [2] His stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer .
The following is an episode list for the crime fiction television series Columbo. After two pilot episodes, the show originally aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978 as one of the rotating programs of The NBC Mystery Movie. Columbo then aired on ABC as part of The ABC Mystery Movie from 1989 to 1990 and less frequently starting in late 1990. The last ...
Columbo tells Brown that a boy scout troop will be scouring the mountains for the thermo bottle that contained the drugs. However, Brown seems unperturbed. At the airport, Columbo notices Brown taking his car rental keys with him onto the plane. Because he does not return the keys, Columbo concludes that Brown must be returning to Los Angeles.
Michael Anthony Spillane and Margaret Curran Michael J. Spillane (July 13, 1933 – May 13, 1977) was an Irish-American mobster who controlled Hell's Kitchen in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Spillane, the so-called “Gentleman Gangster", [ 1 ] was a marked contrast to the violent Westies mob members who succeeded him in Hell's Kitchen.
Columbo is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. [2] [3] After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originally aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978 as one of the rotating programs of The NBC Mystery Movie.
Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor and screenwriter widely known for his work in television. [1] Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on I Spy (1965–1968), the espionage television series in which he and co-star Bill Cosby played secret agents.
Information about Columbo's life outside of his police work is scarce and revealed through his rambling anecdotes. Columbo often refers to his wife, who is an unseen character in the show. She later received a spin-off show called Mrs. Columbo, although the canonicity of this show is disputed. [12]
He had a reoccurring role as Mike Varrick in the miniseries Mrs. Columbo [6] (1979-1980) which starred Kate Mulgrew. [4] He played Captain Pat Chambers in Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and The New Mike Hammer with Stacy Keach.