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Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor, singer and television director and producer. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/ABC series Columbo (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards (1972, 1975, 1976, 1990) and a Golden Globe Award (1973).
Meyer Fine (Falk) is a casino owner with a crippling fear of death. Meyer and valet John (Hartman), who fears lobsters, discuss an injured dealer and gambling winnings. Then he talks with bartender Frank (Gordon) about a wild gambler, Young Combs (Stewart), who is the son of a notable city official.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965, it was renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Hitchcock himself directed only 17 episodes during its run.
Peter Falk as Robert Evans, Dina Merrill as Laura December 13, 1962 ( 1962-12-13 ) A widowed taxi driver and preacher at a Gospel Mission, Robert Evans (Falk), wines elderly Naomi Freshwater (Collinge) and forces her to dance with him until dizziness causes her to suffer a fatal heart attack, all in order to obtain her manor for his church.
She passed on a role in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, the comic thriller Family Plot, which she later lamented. [54] She returned to the screen in 1976 with the Holocaust drama Voyage of the Damned. The story was inspired by true events concerning the fate of the MS St. Louis ocean liner carrying Jewish refugees from Germany to Cuba in 1939.
There are ten lists of episodes of the 1955–1962 television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the 1962–1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, split by season: Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 1, 1955–56; Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 2, 1956–57; Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 3, 1957–58; Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 4, 1958–59
Studio publicity photo of Hitchcock in 1955. Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) [1] was an English director and filmmaker. Popularly known as the "Master of Suspense" for his use of innovative film techniques in thrillers, [1] [2] Hitchcock started his career in the British film industry as a title designer and art director for a number of silent films during the early 1920s.
Greer's noteworthy roles in television included guest appearances on episodes of numerous shows over the decades, such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bonanza, Quincy, M.E., Murder, She Wrote, and a 1975 role with Peter Falk and Robert Vaughn in an episode of Columbo titled Troubled Waters.