Peter Falk

Columbo star Peter Falk, who won four Emmys for playing the absent-minded detective, has died.

Columbo Star Peter Falk Dies at 83 2011

Rather like an episode of the late Peter Falk's show Columbo, shoppers may think they know the identity of the culprit from the start: fickle fashion.

A new era for Habitat … 'How can we trade with three shops?' 2011

Show-business history records that the American actor Peter Falk, who has died aged 83, made his stage debut the year before he left high school, presciently cast as a detective.

Peter Falk obituary 2011

The recent death of Peter Falk -- the actor who played Lieutenant Frank Columbo, one of the most famous and beloved fictional detectives in the history of television -- did not go unnoticed in the Arab world.

Joseph Braude: Mourning Columbo in the Arab World Joseph Braude 2011

Peter Falk, the American actor famous for his role in the TV detective series Columbo, has died at the age of 83.

Peter Falk, Columbo actor, dies aged 83 2011

Peter Falk as Columbo, the police lieutenant dedicated to exposing the villainy of Los Angeles's more glamorous figures.

Peter Falk obituary 2011

And, at the risk of sounding insensitive, there was a good crop this year: Liz Taylor, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Falk, High Tower from Police Academy...

Emmy awards 2011: live blog 2011

And, at the risk of sounding insensitive, there was a good crop this year: Liz Taylor, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Falk, High Tower from Police Academy...

Emmy awards 2011: as they happened 2011

The series honors the recently deceased Peter Falk with heist-happy "The Brinks Job," directed by William Friedkin , and continues with a long crime spree, including Richard Fleischer 's "The Last Run" ( George C. Scott as a mob driver on one last caper) and Larry Peerce 's "The Incident" ( Tony Musante and Martin Sheen as psychos stalking the subways).

Up on the Roof and Courting a Prince of New York Steve Dollar 2011

The recent death of Peter Falk -- the actor who played Lieutenant Frank Columbo, one of the most famous and beloved fictional detectives in the history of television -- did not go unnoticed in the Arab world.

Joseph Braude: Mourning Columbo in the Arab World Joseph Braude 2011