| Peter Falk  Born: 16-Sep-1927
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 23-Jun-2011
Location of death: Beverly Hills, CA
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
Remains: Buried, Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Detective Columbo Peter Falk starred on TV as a bumbling but brilliant detective in the long-running Columbo, and in art-house cinema fare including Husbands and A Woman under the Influence. In a movie career spanning more than fifty years, his starmaking role was in the comedy classic It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, but he is best remembered for the grandfatherly narration in Rob Reiner's near-perfect adaptation of William Goldman's The Princess Bride, and for playing himself, an actor making a movie in Berlin, while the city was overrun with angels in Wim Wenders' remarkable Wings of Desire. Father: Michael Falk
Mother: Madeline Hauser Falk
Wife: Alice Mayo (m. 17-Apr-1960 div. 1976, two daughters adopted)
Daughter: Catherine Falk (private investigator)
Daughter: Jackie Falk
Wife: Shera Danese (m. 7-Dec-1977)
High School: Ossining High School, Ossining, NY
University: BA, New School for Social Research (1951)
University: MPA, Syracuse University (1953)
Emmy 1962, Outstanding Single Performance, for The Price of Tomatoes
Emmy 1972, Outstanding Dramatic Actor, for Columbo
Golden Globe 1973, Best Dramatic TV Actor, for Columbo
Emmy 1975, Outstanding Actor in a Limited-Run Series, for Columbo
Emmy 1976, Outstanding Actor in a Limited-Run Series, for Columbo
Emmy 1990, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, for Columbo
Missing Eye Surgically removed (age 3)
Russian Ancestry Paternal
Jewish Ancestry Paternal
Polish Ancestry Maternal
Parodied As A Muppet Colambo
Risk Factors: Smoking, Alzheimer's
TELEVISION
Columbo Detective Columbo (1971-78 and 1989-2003)
The Trials of O'Brien Daniel O'Brien (1965-66)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
American Cowslip (24-Jul-2009) · Fr. Randolph
Next (25-Apr-2007)
Three Days to Vegas (2007) · Gus "Fitzy" Fitzgerald
The Thing About My Folks (2-Jun-2005)
Checking Out (10-Apr-2005) · Morris Applebaum
Shark Tale (10-Sep-2004) · Don Feinberg [VOICE]
Finding John Christmas (30-Nov-2003)
Wilder Days (19-Oct-2003)
Undisputed (31-May-2002)
Three Days of Rain (May-2002)
The Lost World (25-Dec-2001)
A Town Without Christmas (16-Dec-2001)
Corky Romano (12-Oct-2001)
Made (13-Jul-2001) · Max
Lakeboat (13-Apr-2001)
A Storm in Summer (18-Jan-2000)
Money Kings (4-Dec-1998) · Vinnie
Roommates (3-Mar-1995)
The Sunshine Boys (1995) · Willie Clark
Faraway, So Close! (18-May-1993) · Himself
The Player (3-Apr-1992) · Himself
Tune in Tomorrow... (15-Sep-1990) · Pedro Carmichael
In the Spirit (6-Apr-1990)
Cookie (2-Aug-1989)
Vibes (5-Aug-1988)
The Princess Bride (25-Sep-1987) · The Grandfather
Wings of Desire (23-Sep-1987) · Himself
Happy New Year (7-Aug-1987)
Big Trouble (30-May-1986)
...All the Marbles (16-Oct-1981) · Harry
The In-Laws (15-Jun-1979) · Vince Ricardo
The Brinks Job (6-Apr-1979) · Tony Pino
The Cheap Detective (23-Jun-1978)
Scared Straight (1978) · Himself
Mikey and Nicky (21-Dec-1976)
Murder by Death (23-Jun-1976) · Sam Diamond
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (27-Feb-1976)
A Woman Under the Influence (12-Oct-1974) · Nick Longhetti
Husbands (8-Dec-1970)
Castle Keep (23-Jul-1969)
Machine Gun McCain (1-Apr-1969) · Charlie Adamo
Anzio (24-Jul-1968) · Cpl. Rabinoff
Luv (26-Jul-1967)
Penelope (10-Nov-1966) · Lt. Bixbee
Brigadoon (15-Oct-1966)
Attack and Retreat (3-Feb-1966)
The Great Race (1-Jul-1965) · Max
Robin and the 7 Hoods (24-Jun-1964) · Guy Gisborne
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (7-Nov-1963) · Cab Driver
The Balcony (21-Mar-1963) · Police Chief
Pressure Point (2-Dec-1962) · Young Psychiatrist
Pocketful of Miracles (19-Dec-1961) · Joy Boy
The Secret of the Purple Reef (11-Dec-1960)
Murder, Inc. (28-Jun-1960) · Reles
Pretty Boy Floyd (Jan-1960)
The Bloody Brood (1959)
Wind Across the Everglades (11-Sep-1958)
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