Biography of Peter Falk

Indicate the personality cemetery Peter Michael Falk English. Peter Michael Falk; September 16 - June 23 - an American actor. The most famous is his role as Lieutenant Colombo in the television series of the same name. Falk played a lot of roles, was twice nominated for the Oscar film award, 12 times at the telepremia “Emmy” 5 received and 10 at the Golden Globe received 1.

When discussing the role of Falk in the film “Brinx’s robbery”, the film was a huge range of roles: “From comedic to dramatic. He can break your heart or make you laugh. ” In total, the actor played in films and TV shows in his career. His father was the owner of the Galanterery store Michael Peter Falk, his mother Madelin Falk in girlishness - Hokhaus, who worked as an accountant.

The family of the future actor had Polish, Hungarian, Czech from the maternal side and the Russian sides of the paternal side. At the age of three, Falk's right eye was surgically remote due to a malignant neoplasm that he had discovered: retinoblastoma. For the rest of his life, he wore a glass eye. Despite this, in childhood, Falk often took part in team sports, such as baseball and basketball.

In the year, in an interview with Cigar Aficionado, Falk said: I remember at school, it was in the tenth class, the judge sent me to the third base, and I was sure that he managed to run to her. I was so angry that I pulled my glass eye and handed it to him with the words: "Try it." I laughed like that, you won’t believe it. The first appearance of Peter Falk on the stage took place at the summer, in the operetta Pirates of Penzans Sullivan and Gilbert, in the private Jewish camp “Camp High Point”, in the New York District Olster.

One of the teachers of Falk in the camp was Ross Martin later they will play together in “big races” and one of the episodes of Colombo. After graduating from school in the year, Falk entered Hamilton College, after which he tried to join the US Armed Forces, where he was refused because of a glass eye. Then he joined the ranks of the US Navy, where he served as a cook.

In the year, Falk said: no one is worried there whether you are blind or not. The only one on the ship who should see is the captain, and in the case of the Titanic and he didn’t see very well. "After a year and a half on the ship, Falk is returning to New York, where he is transferred from college to The New School. He successfully graduates from the year, having a bachelor's degree in literature and political science.

Then Falk goes to South-Slavia, where is six He studied the economy at the railway on the railway and worked as an administrator and a clerk. In the beginning of the X, in the beginning of the roles in the films “Corporation of Miracles” was nominated for the Oscar as the best second -plan actor. He played himself in the famous film by Vim Venders “The sky over Berlin” and his continuation “So far, so close!

In the year, Peter Falk wrote an autobiographical book, which was called the famous phrase of Lieutenant Colombo-“Something else: Stories from my life.” The wedding took place on April 17. During the marriage, they adopted two children - Katherine who now works as a private detective and Jackie. Falk and Mayo divorced in the year. Peter Falk painted paintings, the exhibition of his works was held in October at the Batler Institute of American Art.

The actor was also fond of chess and attended the opening of the All -American Chess Championship in November and August, the death of Peter Falk died on the evening of June 23. According to his daughter, Katherine Falk, the actor over the past years suffered from the dementia and Alzheimer's disease. He was buried in the Westwood cemetery. The death of Falk was met by a tribute of memory from many celebrities.

Stephen Spielberg said: even when in my youth I worked in the theater, I got a lot about acting arts from him. Stephen Fry spoke about Falk as "the greatest television detective." Alan Arkin, partner Falk on the film “Sob”, spoke about working with the actor as follows: “This was one of the most brilliant comedic couples, which we only saw on the screen.”