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Pia Colombo (1934–1986), French singer of Franco-Italian origin; Raimundo Colombo (born 1955), Brazilian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party; Realdo Colombo (c. 1515 – 1559), Italian anatomist and surgeon; Riccardo Colombo (born 1982), Italian football defender; Roberto Colombo (footballer) (born 1975), retired Italian ...
Columbo's first name is never mentioned in dialogue, although the name "Frank Columbo" is visible on pieces of identification in various episodes. [6] Due to Columbo's first name being obscure in the show, author Fred L. Worth intentionally included a fictitious entry in The Trivia Encyclopedia , falsely claiming that the character's first name ...
Lt. Columbo's first name was never spoken aloud in the TV series Columbo. When pressed, he would insist that it was "Lieutenant". When pressed, he would insist that it was "Lieutenant". The "fact" that the Lieutenant's full name was "Philip Columbo" was planted by Worth in his book (and its sequels) in an attempt to catch out anyone who might ...
Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member of what was then the Profaci crime family. In 1961, the First Colombo War unfolded, instigated by the kidnapping of four high-ranking members in the Profaci family by Joe Gallo. Later that year, Gallo was imprisoned, and in 1962, family leader Joe Profaci died of cancer.
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.
The Colombo crime family (/ k ə ˈ l ɒ m. b oʊ /, Italian pronunciation:) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia.
Malcolm Baldrige Jr. (1922–1987), American politician and 26th United States Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Bruce (born 1944), Scottish politician; Malcolm Caldwell (1931–1978), British academic and communist intellectual and a strong supporter of Pol Pot's rule in Democratic Kampuchea
The 54th United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.