Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine


3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Thursday, January 8 on 5SELECT (46)

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Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
Season 8, Episode 1

The dishevelled detective investigates the suspicious death of a stage magician. All the evidence points toward suicide - but the sleuth is soon on the trail of an ex-convict who once conspired with the illusionist to steal military secrets. Detective drama, starring Peter Falk, Anthony Andrews and Karen Austin


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Cast & Crew

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Peter Falk (Actor) .. Lt Columbo
Anthony Andrews (Actor) .. Elliott Blake
Karen Austin (Actor) .. Dr Paula Hall
James Greene (Actor) .. Bert Spindler
Alan Fudge (Actor) .. Mr Harrow
Dana Andersen (Actor) .. Dori
Robert Costanzo (Actor) .. Sgt Russo
Anthony Zerbe (Actor) .. Max Dyson
Leo Penn (Director)

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Peter Falk (Actor) .. Lt Columbo
Born: September 16, 1927 in New York
Best Known For: Playing Columbo.
Early-life: Peter Michael Falk was born in New York on September 16, 1927 to Michael and Madeline. Peter's right eye was removed when he was three because of a retinoblastoma and he wore an artificial eye. Despite only having vision out of one eye, he enjoyed playing baseball and basketball. He made his first stage appearance at the age of 12 in The Pirates of Penzance at Camp High Point in New York. After 18 months working as a cook and mess boy in the United States Merchant Marine, Peter went to Hamilton College and later attended the University of Wisconsin. He transferred to the New School for Social Research in New York, where he was awarded a degree in literature and political science. He then travelled around Europe and worked on a railroad in Yugoslavia for six months. In 1953, he obtained a Master of Public Administration degree at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He became a management analyst with the Connecticut State Budget Bureau in Hartford.
Career: While working in Hartford, Falk joined a local theatre group called the Mark Twain Masquers. He also took acting classes at the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut. In 1956, he moved to New York to pursue an acting career. He made his professional stage debut in an Off-Broadway production of Moliere's Dom Juan - it closed after just one performance. He had better luck with other Broadway roles. After a number of small film parts, Falk was praised for his supporting role in Murder, Inc. (1960), for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. In 1961, he starred in Frank Capra's final film, Pocketful of Miracles and earned his second Academy Award nomination. Falk continued to make films and make guest appearances on TV shows. He is best known as the star of the TV detective series Columbo, which he first played in the 1968 TV movie Prescription: Murder. He went on to play the crumpled detective on and off on TV between 1971 until 2003. Falk died at his Beverly Hills home on June 23, 2011 at the age of 83.
Quote: "I didn't become an actor until I was an old man of 28 or 29. I declared to the world that I was an actor. Nobody heard me, but I did declare it."
Trivia: In 2006, Falk published his autobiography, Just One More Thing.
Anthony Andrews (Actor) .. Elliott Blake
Born: January 12, 1948 in London
Best Known For: Brideshead Revisited.
Early-life: Anthony Corin Gerald Andrews was born in London on January 12, 1948. His father, a musical arranger and composer, died when he was five, leaving his mother, a dancer, to raise five children alone. Money was scarce, and he and his siblings did household chores and the shopping while their mother did odd jobs to make ends meet. He attended Bushey's Royal Masonic School, where he claims he was an academic disaster. After leaving, he worked in farming, catering, and as a newspaper's advertising agent.
Career: In 1967, Andrews joined the Chichester Festival Theatre as stage manager, before spending 18 months appearing alongside John Gielgud in Alan Bennett's Forty Years On, an experience he believes was invaluable. He then spent several years touring the country in various productions, and gaining experience in films and TV, with small roles in such projects as A Day Out, QB VII, and Upstairs Downstairs. His part in miniseries Danger UXB led to him landing a leading role in Brideshead Revisited in 1981. Since then, he's appeared in The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Holcroft Covenant, David Copperfield, Love in a Cold Climate, and The King's Speech. He's also dabbled in producing.
Quote: "I hope I carry on both acting and producing in the future. I was never good at sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring, so I've tended to go out and stir the pudding."
Trivia: Andrews won a Golden Globe and a Bafta TV Award for his role in Brideshead Revisited.
Karen Austin (Actor) .. Dr Paula Hall
James Greene (Actor) .. Bert Spindler
Alan Fudge (Actor) .. Mr Harrow
Dana Andersen (Actor) .. Dori
Robert Costanzo (Actor) .. Sgt Russo
Anthony Zerbe (Actor) .. Max Dyson
Leo Penn (Director)

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