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Peter Falk · Arts & Literature

What

Actor who played the title detective in Columbo.

When

1927, New York City, United States — 2011, Beverly Hills, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Peter Falk is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Actor who played the title detective in Columbo.

How & why

Peter Falk was an American actor best known as the rumpled detective Lieutenant Columbo, a role that won him multiple Emmy Awards. He was born into a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Eastern European Jewish immigrants.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Falk

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Actor who played the title detective in Columbo.

1927

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Falk