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Peter Falk dead at 83 (1 Viewer)

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http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/24/peter-falk-columbo-dead-dies-actor-passes-away/

Peter Falk -- star of the TV show "Columbo" -- died last night ... TMZ has learned.

Falk -- who suffered from Alzheimer's disease -- was 83.

A rep for the family tells TMZ, "Peter Falk, 83-year-old Academy Award nominee and star of television series, 'Columbo', died peacefully at his Beverly Hills home in the evening of June 23, 2011."

The rep continued, "Peter Falk is survived by his wife, Shera, of 34 years and two daughters from a previous marriage."

Peter's wife, Shera and daughter Catherine were locked in a legal battle in 2009 over the creation of a conservatorship for Peter and who would control it.

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I was never really a fan of Columbo but the man was an original.

RIP

(I thought he died a while ago)

 
'Doctor Detroit said:
Serpentine, Shell, serpentine!Some great characters, RIP.
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Came here to post that quote.I'm young to know his full body of work, but about 10 years ago my dad made me sit down and watch "The In Laws" with him, telling me that it was one of the funniest movies of all time and that I'd love it. I couldn't possibly imagine that being true but put up with it anyway.I literally fell off the couch from laughing so hard during the Serpentine scene.
 
The first time i became aware that acting was a special thing, done better by some than others, was when i was up sick once and watched a Playhouse 90 with my dad. It was just Peter Falk & the lovely Inger Stevens in the cab of a truck, talking as he was driving. I couldnt figure out how this could be as entertaining as gunfights & car chases, but it was. Falk was just that fascinating to watch work his way through the things in his head. A few months later, I saw Brando in Mutiny on the Bounty & i realised there are just some people with a talent to make you wanna watch what they do & say. Thank you for widening my world, Mr Falk. RIP.

 
'wikkidpissah said:
The first time i became aware that acting was a special thing, done better by some than others, was when i was up sick once and watched a Playhouse 90 with my dad. It was just Peter Falk & the lovely Inger Stevens in the cab of a truck, talking as he was driving. I couldnt figure out how this could be as entertaining as gunfights & car chases, but it was. Falk was just that fascinating to watch work his way through the things in his head. A few months later, I saw Brando in Mutiny on the Bounty & i realised there are just some people with a talent to make you wanna watch what they do & say. Thank you for widening my world, Mr Falk. RIP.
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:goodposting: Last time I saw him was 2007's "Next" (uneven sci-fi film starring Nick Cage). Only a small role, but Falk made it the best part of the movie.
 
So is the legal battle between the wife and daughter about who gets that google eye? What are the chances they eBay that bad boy?

 
"Rejected by the armed forces in World War II because of his glass eye, he joined the United States Merchant Marine, and served as a cook and mess boy. "The only one on a ship who has to see is the captain. And in the case of the Titanic, he couldn't see very well, either."
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RIP
 
He was great as Kevin Arnold's grandfather reading the book to him when he was sick.

"Ah, it's kissing again. You don't want to hear that."

 
R.I.P.

his portrayal of columbo was so indelibly etched in my mind, it is hard to distinguish between the actor and character...

the performance was so natural that it seemed like he must have invested the character with some of his own mannerisms, yet i saw him play very different roles, so he must have had a genius for imaginatively inhabiting his characters...

without a doubt one of the greatest television characters ever...

he was nominated for two oscars... the first, murder, inc., is avail streaming at netflix... as are many classic columbo episodes.

* one of my favorite later roles was in wim wenders wings of desire...

 
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I remember a story about him when he tried to join the Army in WWII, he had memorized the eye chart so that he could pass with his glass eye but the doctor saw that his eye wasn't moving during the test and caught him; always stuck with me that he tried to go the extra yard to serve. RIP Peter Falk.

 
'Bob Magaw said:
R.I.P.

his portrayal of columbo was so indelibly etched in my mind, it is hard to distinguish between the actor and character...

the performance was so natural that it seemed like he must have invested the character with some of his own mannerisms, yet i saw him play very different roles, so he must have had a genius for imaginatively inhabiting his characters...

without a doubt one of the greatest television characters ever...

he was nominated for two oscars... the first, murder, inc., is avail streaming at netflix... as are many classic columbo episodes.

* one of my favorite later roles was in wim wenders wings of desire...
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His second was Pocketful of Miracles. Not avaialble for streaming, but well worth queing up. He was abosolutely hilarious. I never was much of a Columbo fan (always thought the plot moved too slow. not enough car chases & shoot outs) until I saw this movie when I was much older. After that I had to revisit the Columbo series just watch Falk. Great great actor.
 
I've been watching Columbo episodes on Me-TV. That character was hilarious.

I had no interest in watching the show when I was a kid, but I wouldn't have appreciated it anyway.

 
Raider Nation said:
I've been watching Columbo episodes on Me-TV. That character was hilarious.

I had no interest in watching the show when I was a kid, but I wouldn't have appreciated it anyway.
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They wrote good villains. They were always supremely arrogant and condescending to Columbo. Keith Partridge's father was the best.

 
Every episode follows the same blueprint. Murderer sizes up and underestimates the intelligence of the midget EYEtalian detective. The bumbling lawman is annoyingly thorough and persistent. Case solved.

 
Donald Pleasence (Dr. Loomis from Halloween) was on last night's episode, playing a snobby wine dealer who killed his brother.

 
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