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karadinart) wrote2011-06-25 09:42 am
karadinart) wrote2011-06-25 09:42 am
Peter Falk dies
Best known as the rumpled genius detective in the television series Columbo as well as the film The Princess Bride, he also did a star turn in arguably one of the best films ever made, Wim Wender's Wings of Desire
A lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department, Columbo was a comic variation on the traditional fictional detective. With the keen mind of Sherlock Holmes and Philip Marlowe, he was cast in the mold of neither — not a gentleman scholar, not a tough guy. He was instead a mass of quirks and peculiarities, a seemingly distracted figure in a rumpled raincoat, perpetually patting his pockets for a light for his signature stogie.
(and incidentally, the detectives signature raincoat and battered car were chosen by Falk)
On a personal note, THANK YOU MR.FALK for helping to encourage my love of mystery stories and great detectives, anything with you in it was worth watching!
A lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department, Columbo was a comic variation on the traditional fictional detective. With the keen mind of Sherlock Holmes and Philip Marlowe, he was cast in the mold of neither — not a gentleman scholar, not a tough guy. He was instead a mass of quirks and peculiarities, a seemingly distracted figure in a rumpled raincoat, perpetually patting his pockets for a light for his signature stogie.
(and incidentally, the detectives signature raincoat and battered car were chosen by Falk)
On a personal note, THANK YOU MR.FALK for helping to encourage my love of mystery stories and great detectives, anything with you in it was worth watching!