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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 first two aired on Monday nights, the first on November 21, 1977, and the second on January 30, 1978. After that, the remaining three films were broadcast on Saturday nights beginning on February 25, 1978, and concluding with the final film of the original Columbo series on May 13, 1978.
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 ...
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).
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American mystery comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. [3] It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a parody of Humphrey Bogart. [3] The film is a parody of Bogart films such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. [3]
In the 1970s, Walker had a role in an episode of Columbo ("Mind Over Mayhem", 1974), and as an innocent longshoreman who takes the blame for a murder on Quincy, M.E. ("The Hero Syndrome", 1977). He also appeared in the pilot episode of The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978). Walker maintained a presence on episodic television in the 1980s and 1990s.
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".
Her first credits on television were for the first season of Dallas in 1978. [2] Her most notable film roles include Air Force One and The Girl Next Door. [3] Television credits include Monk, As The World Turns, All My Children, Tales from the Darkside, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, Columbo, Smallville, and The Division, among others.