The up-and-coming director of the very first episode of the very first season of Columbo on NBC left a big impression on star Peter Falk.

From the moment he shuffled onto television screens in a rumpled raincoat, cigar dangling from his fingers, Columbo—in the form of actor Peter Falk—announced that he was going to play by different ...

Peter Falk was perhaps best known for his role as the disheveled police Lt. Columbo, one of TV's beloved crime solvers. He died Thursday night at... Peter Falk, TV's Legendary 'Columbo,' Dies At 83 ...

A judge said Monday she was leaning against establishing a conservatorship over Peter Falk, but will hear more arguments on May 27 in the legal battle pitting the ailing actor's wife against one of ...