I came to Hollywood and nobody knew me. I was on a coupla TV shows.
I did do my own stunts.
I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately.
I'm just looking to get through the day.
If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original.
The only mountain that I would still like to climb: I'd like to break 85.
Usually, I get hired because I'm tall.
You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!
Not only will every person in the United States benefit from it, but the favorable impact on our economy already is felt.
Falk and his wife Shera own 10 dogs.
Falk has never been arrested in the United States, but he has been arrested in Paris, Moscow, Havana, Genoa, Belgrade and Trieste. They were all misunderstandings and he always got out within hours.
Peter was a member of the Ossining High School baseball team.
Peter loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
Played a Castro-like character named Ramos Clemente in an episode of The Twilight Zone entitled The Mirror.
Played the narrator/storyteller in the 1987 fantasy film The Princess Bride.
Falk's last appearance as Columbo (so far) was in 2003's Columbo Likes the Nightlife.
Falk won Emmys in 1972, 1975, 1976, and 1990 for his role as Columbo. He won another in 1962 for his role in an episode of The Dick Powell Show entitled The Price of Tomatoes.
Falk played a railroad tycoon in an episode of Wagon Train entitled The Gus Morgan Story.
Falk was married to Alice Mayo from 1960-76 and has been married to Shera Danese since 1977. He has two children from his marriage to Mayo.
Falk was president of his high school class.
Falk played a cab driver in the ensemble comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Falk first portrayed Lt. Columbo in the 1967 made for TV movie Prescription: Murder.
Falk was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in 1960 for Murder, Inc. and in 1961 for Pocketful of Miracles.
Falk is close friends with actor Ben Gazzara and was a close friend of the late actor John Cassavetes.
Falk is of Russian and Polish Jewish ancestry.
Falk once served as a cook in the Merchant Marines.
His right eye was surgically removed at age 3 because of cancer.
Falk earned a Masters in Public Administration from Syracuse University.
Was not the first choice for the role of Lt. Columbo when NBC decided to make it a series in 1971 despite having played the role in the 1967 made for TV movie Prescription: Murder. (The producers originally had Bing Crosby in mind.)
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