Peter Falk

Peter Falk (born September 16, 1927 of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Hungary) is an American actor. He is a descendent of Miksa Falk, who was the editor of the liberal Hungarian newspaper, the Pester Lloyd.

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He was nominated for best supporting actor twice for Murder Inc, and Pocketful of Miracles.

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He is best known for the title role in the long-running TV series Columbo, a shabby, seemingly slow-witted police detective. Columbo inevitably solved his cases through close attention to tiny inconsistencies in a suspect's story, hounding them until they confessed. Columbo's signature technique was to exit the scene of an interview, only to stop in the doorway to ask "just one more thing" of a suspect, which always brought to light the key inconsistency. The role won him 5 Emmies and a Golden Globe.

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Falk is also loved for his brilliant performance in the high-brow comedy, The In-Laws. Falk played a crazed CIA agent who dupes his in-law, a New York City dentist, into joining a scheme to rob the U.S. Treasury. He also gave a memorable performance opposite Gena Rowlands in director John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence.

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His right eye was surgically removed at the age of three because of cancer.

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Notable film/TV appearances:

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• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
• The Great Race (1965)
• A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
• Murder by Death (1976)
• The Cheap Detective (1978)
• The In-Laws (1979)
• Wings of Desire (1987) (Der Himmel ?ber Berlin)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• Corky Romano (2001)
• Shark Tale (2004) (voice actor)
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