The up-and-coming director of the very first episode of the very first season of Columbo on NBC left a big impression on star ...

LOS ANGELES -- Peter Falk, who was best known as the disheveled but deceptively smart TV detective "Columbo," has died at the age of 83. Family members said the actor died peacefully Thursday night at ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Peter Falk, star of the 1970s hit TV drama "Columbo," whose role as the rumpled detective of the same name earned him four Emmys, has died after years of battling Alzheimer's ...

Columbo star Peter Falk adopted two daughters, Catherine and Jackie, with his first wife, Alyce Mayo, the former of whom became a private investigator and advocate for change.

Peter Falk has died at the age of 83. The Columbo star passed away last night at his home in Beverly Hills. The family declined to reveal any details pertaining to the legendary actor's death. What to ...

There's a lot to love about the classic detective series "Columbo," and over the years, people have tried to figure out exactly what has made it so darn watchable. Seriously, it's incredibly easy to ...

A judge placed former "Columbo" star's Peter Falk in a conservatorship Monday to ensure his daughter could occasionally visit the ailing 81-year-old actor. Falk's wife of more than 30 years, Shera, ...

Saturday marks 96 years since the great Peter Falk was born (9-16-27), which strikes us as a great reason to revisit a detective drama as timeless as it is entertaining. In the whole of television ...

Peter Falk, one of the most beloved and honored actors in TV history, died Thursday in his Beverly Hills, Calif., home. Falk, 83, had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for many years. The ...

Peter Falk was perhaps best known for his role as the disheveled police Lt. Columbo, one of TV's beloved crime solvers. He died Thursday night at... Peter Falk, TV's Legendary 'Columbo,' Dies At 83 ...

LOS ANGELES • Peter Falk, the stage and movie actor who became identified as the squinty, rumpled detective in "Columbo," which spanned 30 years in prime-time television and established one of the ...

Actor known for rumpled detective character had a successful career in films, on stage and on screen. In this NBC photo from 1974, Peter Falk is shown as homicide detective Lt. Columbo in the NBC ...