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.

Career: Hill made his big-screen debut in 1950 alongside screen siren Hedy Lamarr in A Lady Without Passport. Following another two years in the Navy, he returned to acting and forged a successful career. Further stage work garnered huge acclaim, but it was film and TV work that made him a familiar face. While involved in the play A Far Country in 1961, he re-evaluated his faith and was prompted to explore his religion. In 1966 he landed the part of team leader Daniel Briggs in Mission: Impossible, but left in 1967, allegedly due to the shooting schedules requiring him to work on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath. After a decade out of the limelight, he returned to the industry in the late 1970s and has worked consistently since. In recent years, he impressed a new generation of fans as District Attorney Adam Schiff in Law & Order, a part he played for 10 years between 1990 and 2000.