Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Peter Falk (born September 16, 1927) is an American actor. Best known for his role in the long-running TV series Columbo, in which he played the title role --a shabby, apparently slow-witted police detective. Columbo inevitably solved his cases through close attention to tiny inconsistencies in a suspect's story, hounding them until they confessed. He is also loved for his brilliant and hysterical performance in The In-Laws, in which he played a crazed CIA agent who robbed the U.S. Treasury with the unwitting assistance of his future in-law, a New York City dentist. Other Film/TV Appearances: The In-Laws (1979) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Wings of Desire (1987) The Princess Bride (1987) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.