Peter Falk: Actor famous for playing scruffy TV detective Columbo, a role for which he won four Emmys, The Independent
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Sporting his own old raincoat, bought for £15 in 1967 when he was caught in a shower in New York, chomping on a cigar and driving around in a battered 1959 Peugeot 403, Peter Falk turned Columbo, of the Los Angeles Police Department
Sporting his own old raincoat, bought for £15 in 1967 when he was caught in a shower in New York, chomping on a cigar and driving around in a battered 1959 Peugeot 403, Peter Falk turned Columbo, of the Los Angeles Police Department's homicide bureau, into one of television's most enduring detectives – and certainly the shabbiest.
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Why the world still loves 1970s detective show Columbo
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Peter Falk: 1927-2011, News
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Peter Falk, TV's rumpled Columbo, has died
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Peter Falk - IMDb
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Columbo star Peter Falk dies aged 83
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) - News - IMDb
Peter Falk - Wikipedia
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A Town Without Christmas (TV Movie 2001) - News - IMDb
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Peter Falk
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Peter Falk obituary - IMDb
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Peter Falk - Wikipedia
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) - News - IMDb
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Peter Falk Television Heaven
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