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Peter Falk

1927 - 2011

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Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/ABC series Columbo (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards (1972, 1975, 1976, 1990) and a Golden Globe Award (1973). In 1996, TV Guide ranked Falk No. 21 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Falk is the 117th most popular actor, the 230th most popular biography from United States and the 57th most popular American Actor.

Peter Falk is most famous for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the TV series Columbo.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Falk ranks 111 out of 13,578. After him are Gary Cooper, Samuel L. Jackson, Roger Moore, Cary Grant, Jane Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Bill Paxton, Keanu Reeves, Jean Gabin, John Travolta, Tony Curtis, and Val Kilmer.

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Among people born in 1927, Peter Falk ranks 10. Before him are Gina Lollobrigida, Günter Grass, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Olof Palme, Roger Moore, and Samuel P. Huntington. After him are Vladimir Komarov, Mstislav Rostropovich, Turgut Özal, K. Alex Müller, László Kubala, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. Among people deceased in 2011, Peter Falk ranks 11. Before him are Wangari Maathai, Václav Havel, Elizabeth Taylor, Osama bin Laden, Otto von Habsburg, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., and Cesária Évora. After him are Burhanuddin Rabbani, Sócrates, Sathya Sai Baba, Svetlana Alliluyeva, and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Falk ranks 230 out of 20,380. Before him are David Rockefeller (1915), Josephine Baker (1906), Tim Burton (1958), Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), and Arthur Miller (1915). After him are Walt Whitman (1819), Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856), Michael Jordan (1963), Steve Ballmer (1956), Kevin Costner (1955), and Robert Wadlow (1918).

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Among actors born in United States, Peter Falk ranks 61. Before him are Richard Chamberlain (1934), Gregory Peck (1916), Sharon Tate (1943), Cameron Diaz (1972), Charlton Heston (1923), Sigourney Weaver (1949), John Holmes (1944), Ben Affleck (1972), Johnny Depp (1963), and Diane Keaton (1946). After him are Gary Cooper (1901), and Samuel L. Jackson (1948).

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