Columbo

:This article is on the television program Columbo. For information on the city, see Colombo.

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Columbo was an American crime fiction TV series created by Richard Levinson and William Link. It aired regularly from 1971 to 1978, and sporadically from 1989 to 2003. It starred Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department.

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The character of Columbo first appeared in 1960 on the NBC anthology series The Chevy Mystery Show. Columbo was played by Bert Freed. The episode, titled "Enough Rope," was adapted by Levinson and Link from their short story "May I Come In."

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The teleplay in turn was adapted into a stage play called Prescription: Murder with Thomas Mitchell in the role. The production starred Joseph Cotten as the murderer and Agnes Moorehead as the victim.

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