Peter Falk(1927-2011)
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Peter Michael Falk was born on September 16, 1927, in New York City,
New York. At the age of 3, his right eye was surgically removed due to
cancer. He graduated from Ossining High School, where he was president
of his class. His early career choices involved becoming a certified
public accountant, and he worked as an efficiency expert for the Budget
Bureau of the state of Connecticut before becoming an actor. On
choosing to change careers, he studied the acting art with Eva Le Gallienne and Sanford Meisner. His most famous role is that of the
detective Columbo (1971); however, this was not his first foray into acting
the role of a detective. During a high school play, he stood in for
such a role when the original student actor fell sick. He has been
married twice, and is the father of two children:Catherine, a private
detective in real life, and Jackie. He was diagnosed with dementia in
2008, which was most likely brought on by Alzheimer's disease, from
which he died on June 23, 2011.
