Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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Cast of Columbo
Peter FalkColumbo
John FinneganBarney
Bruce KirbySergeant Kramer
Vito ScottiMaitre D'
Shera DaneseCathleen Calvert
Mike LallyWaiter (uncredited)
Robert CulpBart Kepple
Patrick McGoohanNelson Brenner
Val AveryRalph Dobbs
Jerome GuardinoSergeant Burke
Charles D. MillerCrime Scene Cop
Jack CassidyRiley Greenleaf
Cliff CarnellOfficer Wilson
Arlene MartelGloria
Milt KoganMedical Examiner
Timothy CareyBert
Victor IzayLassiter
Jimmy JoyceCamera Operator
Manuel DePinaReporter #2
Alan FudgeDavid Chase
Steven GilbornGeorge
Harvey GoldCoroner
Cosmo SardoParty Guest (uncredited)
Bill ZuckertCaptain Sampson
Dennis RobertsonJerry
Dianne Turley TravisClub Member (uncredited)
William ShatnerWard Fowler
Tim O'ConnorMichael Hatheway
George HamiltonMark Collier
Dabney ColemanDetective Murray
Mariette HartleyVeronica
Jeanette NolanKate O'Connell
Bernard FoxPurser Watkins
Bob DishyJohn Wilson
Michael FoxDr. Benson
Stephen ElliottCarl Donner
Ray MillandArthur Kennicutt
Dean StockwellLloyd Harrington
Patrick O'NealFrank Flanagan
Molly HaganVictoria Chase
Leslie NielsenA.J. Henderson
Anne FrancisValerie Bishop
Ida LupinoDoris Buckner
Sorrell BookeBertie Hastings
George GaynesFrenchman
Richard StahlBallistics Man
Robert GibbonsRogers
Joyce Van PattenRuth Lytton
Barbara RhoadesHostess
James GregoryDavid Buckner
Regis CordicDeputy Commissioner
Bart BurnsSergeant Fields
Stewart J. ZullySergeant Burke
Stuart NisbetPinstripe
Don KeeferMedical Examiner
Clete RobertsTV Newsman
Lew BrownDetective #2
Frank BaxterWalter Gray
Robert DonnerArnie
Richard RiehleSergeant Degarmo
Lenny HicksMorgue Attendant
Robert KarnesSergeant Vernon
Bernie KubyMike Tucker
Walker EdmistonGardener
Deidre HallReceptionist
John DehnerRoland Pangborn
Lucille MeredithLucy
Charles MacaulayFarnsworth
Robert VaughnHayden Danziger
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteKittering
William BryantSergeant Jeffries
George SperdakosMr. Wagner
Redmond GleesonArnold
Jude FareseAl Murphy
Rosanna HuffmanTracy O'Connor
Larry BurrellTV Reporter
Sondra CurrieSgt. Hubach
Alma BeltranMrs. Fernandez
Jay VarelaCaptain Ortega
Mickey GoldenReporter (uncredited)
James McEachinBilly Jones
Ed Begley Jr.Irving Krutch
George SkaffProducer
Fred DraperMurcheson
Jefferson KibbeeFrank
John McCannOfficer
Leoda RichardsParty Guest (uncredited)
Fred DraperJoseph
Carolyn CarradineReceptionist
Ben FrommerBartender (uncredited)
Murray PollackReporter (uncredited)
Joe PineClerk (uncredited)
Morgan JonesCrime Lab Man
Darrell ZwerlingMotel Manager
Joshua BryantDr. MacMurray
Norman StevansParty Guest (uncredited)
George SawayaLegation Guard (uncredited)
Todd MartinSergeant Burke
Morris BuchananLab Man
Larry GrantReporter
Danny WellsGary Keppler
Ramon Gerard EstevezKarl Lessing
Robert WaldenBilly Fine
Tisha SterlingLinda Johnson
Danny GoldmanPress Photographer
Gregory SierraLou D'Allessandro
Robert Walker Jr.Neil Cahill
Johnny CashTommy Brown
Richard BasehartNicholas Framer
Kevin McCarthyFrank Simmons
Aneta CorsautNurse Morgan
Lloyd BochnerMazoor Berozski
Janet LeighGrace Wheeler Willis
Sal MineoRahmin Habib
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.Commandante Sanchez
Dennis DuganTheodore 'Mac' Albinsky
Robert ConradMilo Janos
Larry StorchMr. Weekly
Gena RowlandsElizabeth Van Wick
Bert RemsenMark
Theodore BikelOliver Brandt
Richard DysartMax Duval
Laurence LuckinbillMark McAndrews
Tricia O'NeilMiss Cochran
Clive RevillJoe Devlin
Guy StockwellClub Owner
Peter HaskellBudd Clarke
Anthony AndrewsElliott Blake
Steven HillMr. Marosco
Peter JurasikSimon Ward
Rebecca StaabTina
Ian McShaneLeland St. John
Ron CeyRon Cey
Brenda VaccaroJess McCurdy
Martin LandauDexter Paris / Norman Paris
Vincent PriceDavid Lang
Donald PleasenceAdrian Carsini
Jack RileyDirector
Robert MiddletonVictor Norris
Lou WagnerRoss
Rosemary MurphyMargaret Halperin
Anjanette ComerJenifer Welles
Dean JaggerWalter Cannell
Honor BlackmanLillian Stanhope
Sam JaffeHenry Willis
Barry RobinsKing Hamid Kamal of Suari
Ricardo MontalbanLuis Montoya
Paul GleasonParsons
Pat Harrington, Jr.Buddy Castle
Patrick MacneeCaptain Gibbon
Herbert Jefferson Jr.Baxter
Jeannie BerlinJanie Brandt
Ruth GordonAbigail Mitchell
Louis JourdanPaul Gerard
Nicol WilliamsonEric Mason
Stephen CaffreyJustin Rowe
Little RichardLittle Richard
Karen AustinDr. Paula Hall
Janet JulianJill
Patrick BauchauMax Barsini
Ian BuchananSean Brantley
Louis ZorichFrank Staplin
Helen ShaverVivian Dimitri
Dick SargentDick Sargent
Andrew StevensWayne Jennings
Trish Van DevereKay Freestone
Sian Barbara AllenShirley Blaine
Gary ConwayEnrico Carsini
Jackie CooperNelson Hayward
George WynerFilm Editor
Lew AyresHoward Nicholson
Richard KileyMark Halperin
Myrna LoyLizzi Fielding
John WilliamsRoger Haversham
John PayneNed Diamond
Hector ElizondoHassan Salah
Cynthia SikesDella
Robert BrownArthur Meadis
Walter KoenigSergeant Johnson
Kenneth MarsMike
Charles FrankEdmund Gavin
Lainie KazanValerie Kirk
Kim CattrallJoanne Nicholls
Albert PaulsenVincent Pauley
Penny Johnson JeraldMaxine Jarrett
Tad HorinoGardener Ando Miaki
Anthony ZerbeMax Dyson
Fisher StevensAlex Brady
Kirk ThorntonPolice Technician
Teresa GanzelDede Perkins
Paul BurkeHorace Sherwin
Barbara ColbyLilly La Sanka
Vera MilesViveca Scott
Katey SagalSecretary
Chuck McCannRoger White
Lee MontgomerySteve Spelberg
John CassavetesAlex Benedict
Maurice EvansRaymond
Carmen ArgenzianoCoroner Anderson
Robert LoggiaHarry Blandford