Peter Falk

format_quote I did do my own stunts.

stars  Tested for the role of Ted Henderson in "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1969).

stars  Peter Falk's great-grandfather was Miksa Falk, a well-known Hungarian writer and politician. He was the editor of the liberal Hungarian newspaper, the Pester Lloyd.

stars  In 1961, he became the first actor nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year, receiving best supporting nominations for the movie Murder, Inc. (1960) and the TV show "The Law and Mr. Jones" (1960). He followed up in 1962 by being doubly nominated again for supporting actor for the movie Pocketful of Miracles (1961) and best actor (he won) for "The Price of Tomatoes," an episode of "The Dick Powell Show" (1961).

stars  He has inspired at least two Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. Muttley in "Wacky Races" (1968) was based on Falk's Max Meen from The Great Race (1965), and Mumbly, the detective dog on "The New Tom & Jerry Show" (1975) was loosely based on Columbo.

stars  Avatar's voice in the animated movie Wizards (1977) (voiced by Bob Holt) was modelled after Falk.