From the moment he shuffled onto television screens in a rumpled raincoat, cigar dangling from his fingers, Columbo—in the form of actor Peter Falk—announced that he was going to play by different ...

He was the glass-eyed comedic genius who turned a nebbishy Los Angeles detective with an Italian last name into a cult hero. Part of that heroism began at the casting of a strange, box-like French car ...

Certain directors deliver stylistic flourishes that instantly separate their efforts from other TV shows airing alongside their episodes. In Peter Falk's time on "Columbo," he crossed paths with some ...