In the mid-1960s, a young actor named Peter Falk got caught in a rainstorm in New York City. He ducked into a shop and purchased a tan raincoat for $15. Years later, that tatty raincoat would become ...

The Emmy-winning actor, who played America’s favorite police detective on TV for more than three decades, shared a lot of personality traits with Lieutenant Columbo. That’s no surprise because Peter ...

Sure, he was famous as Lieutenant Columbo (no first name), the grizzled police detective who taught 35 years’ worth of snooty killers that however crafty they thought they were, he was smarter. Every ...

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 ...

Actor Peter Falk died last night at his home in Beverly Hills, a family spokesman tells CBS News radio. The cause of death wasn't disclosed, but the 83-year-old actor's daughter said in 2008 that he ...

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 ...