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George Coe (born George Julian Cohen; May 10, 1929 – July 18, 2015 [1]) was an American actor. He was a cast member for the first season of Saturday Night Live and voiced the character of Woodhouse in Archer .
In 1976, she played the frequently drunken daughter of the title character of the Columbo episode "Last Salute to the Commodore". In the decades after Mirage , she appeared frequently on television and began producing films, including the drama film Never Never Land (1980) and the miniseries A Woman of Substance (1985), in which she played Laura.
The statue of Columbo in Budapest, Hungary. In a 2001 poll conducted by Channel 4 in the UK, Columbo was ranked 18th on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters. [13] He was also listed by Parade as one of the "greatest TV cops of all time", [6] and The Independent described him as "an enduring TV icon".
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).
John P. "J.P." Finnegan (August 18, 1926 – July 29, 2012) was an American film and television actor, mostly known for his recurrent role on the American crime fiction series Columbo. He voiced the villainous character Warren T. Rat in the Don Bluth’s 1986 film An American Tail.
Columbo also featured an unofficial signature tune, the British children's song "This Old Man". It was introduced in the episode "Any Old Port in a Storm" in 1973 and the detective can be heard humming or whistling it often in subsequent films. Falk said it was a melody he personally enjoyed and one day it became a part of his character. [26]
Kirby appeared a total of nine times in the long-running series Columbo, most notably in the role as the Sergeant George Kramer in six episodes. [2] In 1981–1982, he appeared as San Francisco police officer Schmidt in the crime drama Shannon. He played the part of District Attorney Bruce Rogoff in thirteen episodes of L.A. Law from 1986 until ...
William Joseph Schallert [1] (July 6, 1922 – May 8, 2016) was an American character actor who appeared in dozens of television shows and films over a career spanning more than 60 years. [2] He is known for his roles on Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957–1959), Death Valley Days (1955–1962), and The Patty Duke Show (1963–1966).