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Columbo
''Columbo'' is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Columbo (character), Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originally aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978 as one of the rotating programs of ''The NBC Mystery Movie''. ''Columbo'' then aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC as a rotating program on ''The ABC Mystery Movie'' from 1989 to 1990, and on a less frequent basis from 1990 to 2003. Columbo is a shrewd and exceptionally observant homicide detective whose trademarks include his rumpled beige raincoat, unassuming demeanor, cigar, battered Peugeot 403 car, love of chili con carne, chili, and Unseen character, unseen wife (whom he mentions frequently). He often leaves a room only to return with the catchphrase "Just one more thing" to ask a critical question. The character and show, created by Richard Levinson and William Link, popularized the inverted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Falk
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Columbo (character), Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/American Broadcasting Company, 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. He received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014. He first starred as Columbo in two 2-hour "World Premiere" TV pilots; the first with Gene Barry in 1968 and the second with Lee Grant in 1971. The show then aired as part of ''The NBC Mystery Movie'' series from 1971 to 1978, and again on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from 1989 to 2003. Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for ''Murder, Inc. (1960 film), Murder, Inc.'' (1960) and ''Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), and won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbo (character)
Lieutenant Frank Columbo is the main character in the American detective crime drama television series ''Columbo'' created by Richard Levinson and William Link. Columbo is a shrewd and exceptionally observant homicide detective who often disguises his aptitude with his inelegant, shambling manner; trademarks of his blue-collar ethos include his rumpled beige raincoat, cigar and relentless investigative approach. Character history Columbo first appeared in a 1960 episode of '' The Chevy Mystery Show'' titled "Enough Rope", wherein he was portrayed by Bert Freed. After this, the character was portrayed almost entirely by Peter Falk, who appeared in the role from 1968 through 2003. Levinson and Link have said that the character was based on the ''Crime and Punishment'' character Porfiry Petrovich. Roger Ebert claimed that Columbo's character was also influenced by Inspector Fichet from the French suspense-thriller film '' Les Diaboliques''. Columbo's signature catchphrase, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The NBC Mystery Movie
''The NBC Mystery Movie'' is an American television anthology series produced by Universal Pictures, that NBC broadcast from 1971 to 1977. Devoted to a rotating series of mystery fiction, mystery episodes, it was sometimes split into two subsets broadcast on different nights of the week: ''The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie'' and ''The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie''. ''The NBC Mystery Movie'' was a "wheel series", or "umbrella program", that rotated several programs within the same period throughout each of its seasons. In its first, 1971–72, it rotated three detective dramas that were broadcast on Wednesday nights from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. in the Eastern Time Zone, Eastern and Pacific Time Zone, Pacific time zones (7:30–9:00 p.m. Central Time Zone, Central and Mountain Time Zone, Mountain time). Background The origin of the "wheel" format was a joint programming and creative production agreement between the NBC Television Network and Universal Pictures, Universal Studios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Link
William Theodore Link (December 15, 1933 – December 27, 2020) was an American film and television screenwriter and producer who often worked in collaboration with Richard Levinson. Biography Early life Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William Link was the son of Elsie (née Roerecke) and William Theodore Link, a textile broker. His mother had German Huguenot heritage. Link discovered late in life that his father's parents were Jewish. Link's niece, Amy, examined a suitcase William Theodore had left to his son, which they had kept in their attic. She opened it in 2011 and it turned out to contain genealogical research and evidence done by William Theodore during World War II. Amy had discovered that Link's paternal grandparents were Jewish. Link earned a degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business prior to serving in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958. Levinson partnership William Link and Richard Levinson met on their first day of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unseen Character
An unseen character in theatre, comics, film or television, or a silent character in radio or literature, is a character who is mentioned but not directly known to the audience, but who advances the action of the plot in a significant way, and whose absence enhances their effect on the plot. History Unseen characters have been used since the beginning of theatre with the ancient Greek tragedians, such as Laius in Sophocles' ''Oedipus Rex'' and Jason's bride in Euripides' ''Medea'', and continued into Elizabethan theatre with examples such as Rosaline in William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet''. However, it was the early-20th-century European playwrights August Strindberg, Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov who fully developed the dramatic potential of the unseen character. Eugene O'Neill was influenced by his European contemporaries and established the absent character as an aspect of character, narrative and stagecraft in American theatre. Purpose and characteristics Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Levinson
Richard Leighton Levinson (August 7, 1934 – March 12, 1987) was an American screenwriter and producer who often worked in collaboration with William Link. Life and career Levinson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics in 1956. He served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1958 and married actress Rosanna Huffman in 1969. Levinson was of Jewish heritage. William Link and Richard Levinson began a 41-year friendship in 1946, on their first day of junior high school. Both were avid Ellery Queen fans from boyhood and enjoyed mental puzzles and challenges, a characteristic that would spill over into their work. Beginning with radio scripts, the team wrote plays and then prime-time TV scripts. In 1965, they wrote three episodes of '' Honey West'' including the final episode. They went on to co-create and sometimes produce the detective television series ''Columbo'', ''Mannix'', ''El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Hargrove
Dean Hargrove (born July 27, 1938) is an American television producer, writer, and director. His background includes graduating from the St. John's Military School, Wichita State University, and attending the UCLA Film School as a graduate student. He specializes in creating mystery series. He frequently worked with television producer Fred Silverman and television writer Joel Steiger. Early career Born July 27, 1938 in Iola, Kansas, Hargrove received an Emmy nomination in his early 20s as a writer for a short-lived NBC series with Bob Newhart, ''The Bob Newhart Show'', not to be confused with the 1972–78 CBS series of the same name. ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' He became a writer for ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' late in the show's first season (1964). His biggest involvement with ''U.N.C.L.E.'' was in the second season when he wrote episodes that included a two-parter, "The Alexander the Greater Affair", later repackaged as the film ''One Spy Too Many''. He did not work o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Saltzman
Philip Saltzman (September 19, 1928 – August 14, 2009) was an American executive producer and television writer. Saltzman was best known for his work as the executive producer of the 1970s CBS detective series, ''Barnaby Jones''. Saltzman was born in Hermosillo, Mexico, on September 19, 1928, to Jewish parents who had immigrated from Russia. He moved as a child to Los Angeles, California, with his parents. Saltzman obtained both his bachelor's degree and master's degree in English from University of California, Los Angeles. Saltzman began his career in the television industry during the 1950s as a writer for the ''Alcoa Theatre''. He would later work as a scriptwriter for a number of other television series and films, including '' The Swiss Conspiracy'', '' The Fugitive'', ''The Third Man'', ''Perry Mason'', ''The Rifleman'' and ''Felony Squad''. Saltzman was best known for producing the 1970s show, ''Barnaby Jones''. Additionally, he was also a producer for '' The F.B.I.'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Kibbee
Roland Kibbee (15 February 1914 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania – 5 August 1984 in Encino, California) was an American screenwriter and producer. He was a frequent collaborator and friend of actor-producer Burt Lancaster. Career Kibbee began his career writing for radio in 1931, working with Jack Lescoulie, and later collaborated with Nat Hiken, writing for the series ''The Grouch Club'', which starred Lescoulie. After this, Kibbee worked on Fred Allen's staff and wrote for Groucho Marx, before serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. Following his military service, he collaborated with Joseph Fields to write the screenplay for the Marx Brothers 1946 film ''A Night in Casablanca''. He frequently worked on films for Burt Lancaster, including ''The Crimson Pirate'' (1952), ''Vera Cruz (film), Vera Cruz'' (1954), ''The Devil's Disciple (1959 film), The Devil's Disciple'' (1959), and ''Valdez Is Coming'' (1971). For a time they teamed to form "Norlan Productions". Togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inverted Detective Story
An inverted detective story, occasionally known as a "howcatchem", is a murder mystery fiction structure in which the commission of the crime is shown or described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator. The story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery. There may also be subsidiary puzzles, such as why the crime was committed, which are explained or resolved during the story. This format is the opposite of the more typical "whodunit", in which all of the details of the perpetrator of the crime are not revealed until the story's climax. The first such story was R. Austin Freeman's ''The Case of Oskar Brodski'' published in '' Pearson's Magazine'' in 1912. The television series ''Columbo'' is one of the best-known examples of this genre. Origin R. Austin Freeman described how he invented the inverted detective story in his 1912 collection of short stories '' The Singing Bone''. Some years ago I devised, as an experiment, an inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Police Department
The City of Los Angeles Police Department, commonly referred to as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States. With 8,832 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States, after the New York City Police Department and the Chicago Police Department. The LAPD is headquartered at 100 West 1st Street, Los Angeles, 1st Street in the Civic Center, Los Angeles, Civic Center district. The Los Angeles Police Department resources, department's organization and resources are complex, including 21 community stations (divisions) grouped in four bureaus under the Office of Operations; multiple divisions within the Detective Bureau under the Office of Special Operations; and specialized units such as the LAPD Metropolitan Division, Metropolitan Division, LAPD Air Support Division, Air Support Division, and Major Crimes Division under the Counterterrorism & Speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peugeot 403
The Peugeot 403 is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Peugeot between May 1955 and October 1966. A total of 1,214,121 of all types, including commercial models, were produced, making it the first Peugeot to exceed one million in sales. History The 403 debuted as a sedan/saloon on 20 April 1955 at the Trocadéro Palace in Paris. For several months before it was launched, numerous 403s, their badges removed, were driving on the roads near the manufacturer's Sochaux factory. They became so familiar that the locals no longer noticed them, but attracted the Paris motoring press to a town usually of little interest to the national media. The TN3 engine size gave the car a " tax horsepower" of 8 CV, which placed it a class below the soon-to-be-replaced 11 CV Citroën Traction, but at least one class above the small cars produced by the principal competitor manufacturers. When it was first shown, and until after 1958, the leading edge of car's nose carried an angular, forwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
