Peter Falk

Highest Rated:
98% Wings of Desire (1987)
Lowest Rated:
6% Vibes (1988)
Birthday:
Sep 16, 1927
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Bio:
Best known as the rumpled television detective Columbo, character actor Peter Falk also enjoyed a successful film career, often in association with the groundbreaking independent filmmaker John Cassavetes. Born September 16, 1927, in New York City, Falk lost an eye at the age of three, resulting in…

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 6% - 98%
Number of Movies: 92
Box Office Since 2001: $218.5M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2012 Char-ac-ter
  • Actor
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2009 American Cowslip
  • Father Randolph
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2009 Character
  • Actor
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2007 Three Days to Vegas (Retirement)
  • Gus Fitzgerald
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2007 28% Next
  • Irv
$18.0M
2005 45% The Thing About My Folks
  • Sam Kleinman
$0.7M
2005 43% Checking Out
  • Morris Applebaum
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2004 36% Shark Tale
  • Ira Feinberg
  • Director
$160.8M
2004 When Angels Come to Town
  • Max
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2003 Finding John Christmas
  • Max
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2003 Wilder Days
  • James "Pop-Up" Morse
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2003 Columbo: Columbo Likes the Nightlife
  • Lt. Columbo
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2002 48% Undisputed
  • Emmanuel "Mendy" Ripstein
$12.3M
2002 40% Three Days of Rain
  • Waldo
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2001 The Lost World
  • Rev. Theo Kerr
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2001 Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes
  • Lt. Columbo
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2001 A Town Without Christmas
  • Actor
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2001 71% Made
  • Max
$3.7M
2001 6% Corky Romano
  • Pops Romano
$23.0M
2000 83% Lakeboat
  • Actor
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2000 A Constant Forge
  • Actor
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2000 A Storm in Summer
  • Abel Shaddick
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2000 57% Enemies of Laughter
  • Paul's Father
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1999 Money Kings
  • Actor
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1998 Columbo: Ashes to Ashes
  • Actor
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1997 The Sunshine Boys
  • Actor
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1997 Pronto
  • Actor
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1997 Frank Capra's American Dream
  • Actor
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1995 29% Roommates
  • Rocky Holzcek
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1994 Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey
  • Actor
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1993 55% Faraway, So Close! (In weiter Ferne, so nah!)
  • Himself
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1992 98% The Player
  • Himself
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1992 Columbo: No Time to Die
  • Lieutenant Columbo
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1991 Columbo: Caution - Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
  • Actor
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1991 Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot
  • Lt Columbo
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1990 45% Tune in Tomorrow... (Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter)
  • Pedro Carmichael
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1990 In The Spirit
  • Roger Flan
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1989 18% Cookie
  • Dominick "Dino" Capisco
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1989 Columbo: Murder, a Self Portrait
  • Actor
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1988 6% Vibes
  • Harry Buscafusco
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1987 Happy New Year
  • Nick
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1987 96% The Princess Bride
  • The Grandfather
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1987 98% Wings of Desire
  • Himself
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1985 Big Trouble
  • Steve Rickey
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1984 I'm Almost Not Crazy...: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work
  • Actor
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1981 ...All the Marbles (The California Dolls)
  • Harry
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1981 78% The Great Muppet Caper
  • Tramp
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1979 88% The In-Laws
  • Vince Ricardo
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1978 50% The Cheap Detective
  • Lou Peckinpaugh
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1978 Scared Straight!
  • Host
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1978 The Brink's Job (Big Stickup at Brink's)
  • Tony Pino
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1977 95% Opening Night
  • Actor
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1977 Columbo: The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case
  • Actor
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1976 82% Mikey and Nicky
  • Mikey
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1976 Griffin and Phoenix
  • Jeff Griffin
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1976 69% Murder by Death
  • Sam Diamond
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1974 94% A Woman Under the Influence
  • Nick Longhetti
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1973 Columbo: Requiem for a Falling Star
  • Actor
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1973 Columbo: A Stitch in Crime
  • Actor
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1973 Columbo: Double Shock
  • Actor
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1972 Columbo: The Most Crucial Game
  • Actor
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1972 Columbo: Blueprint for Murder
  • Director
  • Actor
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1972 Columbo: Dagger of the Mind
  • Actor
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1972 Columbo: Étude in Black
  • Director
  • Actor
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1972 Columbo: Short Fuse
  • Actor
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1972 Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle
  • Actor
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1971 Columbo: Death Lends a Hand
  • Actor
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1971 Columbo: Lady in Waiting
  • Actor
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1971 Columbo: Suitable for Framing
  • Actor
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1971 Columbo: Dead Weight
  • Actor
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1971 Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man
  • Actor
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1971 Columbo: Murder by the Book
  • Actor
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1970 71% Husbands
  • Archie
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1969 43% Castle Keep
  • Sgt. Orlando Rossi
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1969 Machine Gun McCain
  • Charlie Adamo
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1968 67% Anzio
  • Rabinoff
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1967 Luv
  • Milt Manville
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1967 Columbo: Prescription Murder
  • Actor
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1966 Penelope
  • Lt. Bixbee
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1965 77% The Great Race
  • Max
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1965 Italiani brava gente (Attack and Retreat)
  • Medic Captain
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1964 44% Robin and the Seven Hoods
  • Guy Gisborne
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1963 60% The Balcony
  • Police Chief
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1963 79% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  • Cab Driver
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1962 Dick Powell Theater - The Price of Tomatoes
  • Actor
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1962 Pressure Point
  • Young psychiatrist
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1961 63% Pocketful of Miracles
  • Joy Boy
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1960 Pretty Boy Floyd
  • Shorty Walters
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1960 Murder, Inc.
  • Abe Reles
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1960 The Secret of the Purple Reef
  • Tom Weber
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1959 The Bloody Brood
  • Nico
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1958 Wind Across the Everglades
  • Writer
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