RIP Peter Falk

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 2:15pm

Columbo star Peter Falk has died today, RIP to one of my fave detectives x

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 5:11pm

Underrated actor. Loved him in so many movies: Pocketful of Miracles, The Cheap Detective, Murder by Death, The Great Race and Penelope (both with Natalie Wood) and as the unforgettable narrator of The Princess Bride (in which he also played "Grandfather") and of course his most famous role as Lt. Columbo a role he took on starting in 1968 in a Steven Spielberg directed tele-movie, "Prescription: Murder".

May he R.I.P.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 5:14pm

And so, so wonderful in "Wings of Desire."

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 5:46pm

"Prescription: Murder" wasn't directed by Spielberg, it was directed by Richard Irving. I had a good friend who was featured in it. She loved working with Falk, and wasn't surprised at all when he rose to TV stardom with that role.

I also loved him in Wings of Desire, Reg. Hell, I even loved him in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as one of the cabdrivers!

RIP

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 5:49pm

"As you wish!" RIP!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:08pm

He was great in Robin & The 7 Hoods

Anyone remember him in one of his first tv appearances with Inger Stevens in the drame " The Price Of Tomatoes". I believe he plaued a truckdriver

Im Columbo, you knew he would get the culprit at the end but you still enjoyed watching him get there.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:14pm

I don't know why I was under the impression Speilberg directed this but since Besty knows EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING I do stand corrected!

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:37pm

Check out "A Woman Under the Influence" if you haven't seen it.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:56pm

Sad. I've loved his voice since I first saw The Princess Bride - a perfect story-teller! I was actually just watching him in a rather bizarre movie with Maggie Smith and Truman Capote only a couple of days ago. RIP

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:58pm

That bizarre movie was the wonderful "Murder by Death." Check out its companion piece, "The Cheap Detective."

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 8:34pm

Will do that - only saw the last half of Murder By Death, so I'll have to go back and check the first half out first!

Updated On: 6/24/11 at 08:34 PM

[Jon]

Posted: 6/24/11 at 8:39pm

The first time I ever saw him was as Jeff in a TV version of BRIGADOON with Robert Goulet and Sally Anne Howes. He had great comic timing.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 6/25/11 at 4:14pm

Loved him since "Murder Inc." Great as the villan, comic and hero- so versatile.
Baruch HaShem.
Updated On: 6/25/11 at 04:14 PM