[log in to unmask] wrote: > >I have a ridiculous sounding, but nevertheless serious problem: >I have to find out Inspector Columbo's first name! TOTAL TELEVISION, a guide to TV, says, "Peter Falk starred as Columbo, a nonviolent police lieutenant with no first name, in this popular segment of THE NBC MYSTERY MOVIE...." And, incidentally, the Internet Movie Database (which also includes TV--http://us.imdb.com) lists the following actors as guest stars on COLUMBO: > Eddie Albert > as Major General Martin J. Hollister (ep. 'Dead Weight (1971)') > Don Ameche > as [unknown] (ep. 'Suitable for Framing (1971)') > Anne Baxter > as Nora Chandler (ep. 'Requiem for a Falling Star (1973)') > Honor Blackman > as Lillian Stanhope (ep. 'Dagger of the Mind (1972)') > Lloyd Bochner > as Berosky (ep. 'Most Dangerous Match, The (1973)') > Johnny Cash > as Tommy Brown (ep. 'Swan Song (1974)') > John Cassavetes > as Alex Benedict (ep. 'Etude in Black (1972)') > Jack Cassidy > as Ken Franklin (ep. 'Murder By the Book (1972)') > Jack Cassidy > as Riley Greenleaf (ep. 'Publish or Perish (1974)') > Jack Cassidy > as Stefan Mueller aka. The Great Santini (ep. 'Now You See > Him (1976)') > Kim Cattrall > as Psychology Student (ep. 'How to Dial a Murder (1978)') > Barbara Colby > as Ms. LaSanka (ep. 'Murder By the Book (1972)') > Robert Conrad > as Milo Janus (ep. 'Eercise in Fatality, An (1975)') > Jackie Cooper (I) > as Nelson Hayward (ep. 'Candidate for Crime (11/4/1973)') > Gretchen Corbett > as [unknown] (ep. 'Exercise in Fatality, An (1975)') > Pat Crowley > as Mrs. Kendicutt (ep. 'Death Lends A Hand (1971)') > Robert Culp > as Bart Keppel (ep. 'Double Exposure (1973)') > Robert Culp > as Bremmer (ep. 'Death Lends a Hand (1971)') > Robert Culp > as Paul Hanlon (ep. 'Most Crucial Game, The (1972)') > Jamie Lee Curtis > as Waitress (1977) > Blythe Danner > as Janice Benedict (ep. 'Etude in Black (1972)') > Mary Esther Denver > as [unknown] (ep. 'Publish or Perish (1971)') > Bradford Dillman > as Tony Goodland (ep. 'Greenhouse Jungle, The (1972)') > Robert Dunlap > as [unknown] > Rosemary Forsyth > as [unknown] (ep. 'Murder By The Book (9/15/1971)') > Bernard Fox (I) > as Ship's Purser (ep. 'Troubled Waters (1975)') > Anne Francis > as Nurse Sharon Martin (ep. 'Stitch in Crime, A (1973)') > Will Geer > as Dr. Hidemann (ep. 'Stitch in Crime, A (1973)') > James Gregory > as Coach Rizzo (ep. 'Most Crucial Game, The (1972)') > Brett Halsey > as Ken Archer (ep. 'Death Lends a Hand (1971)') > Pat Harrington Jr. > as Mr. Castle (ep. 'Exercise in Fatality, An (1975)') > Laurence Harvey > as Emmett Clayton Most Dangerous Match, The (ep. '1973') > Edith Head > as herself (ep. 'Requiem for a Falling Star (1973)') > Kim Hunter > as Edna Matthews (ep. 'Suitable for Framing (1971)') > Herbert Jefferson Jr. > as Guard (ep. 'Playback (1975)') > Louis Jourdan > as [unknown] (ep. 'Murder Under Glass (1977)') > Walter Koenig > as Sargent Johnson (ep. 'Fade In to Murder (1976)') > Jack Kruschen > as Tomlin Dudek (ep. 'Most Dangerous Match, The (1973)') > Martin Landau > as Dexter and Norman Paris (ep. 'Double Shock (1973)') > Janet Leigh > as Grace > Robert Loggia > as [unknown] (ep. 'Now You See Him (2/29/1976)') > Humberto Lopez > as [unknown] (ep. 'Matter of Honor, A (1976)') > Myrna Loy > as Mrs. Fielding (ep. 'Etude in Black (1972)') > Ida Lupino > as Mrs. Edna Brown (ep. 'Swan Song (1973)') > Patrick Macnee > as Captain Gibbon (ep. 'Troubled Waters (1975)') > Ross Martin (I) > as [unknown] (ep. 'Suitable for Framing (1971)') > A Martinez > as [unknown] (ep. 'Matter of Honor, A (2/1/1976)') > Roddy McDowall > as [unknown] (ep. 'Short Fuse (1972)') > Patrick McGoohan > as Nelson Bremner (ep. 'Identity Crisis (1975)') > Ray Milland > as Jarvis Goodland (ep. 'Greenhouse Jungle, The (1972)') > Ray Milland > as Kindicutt (ep. 'Death Lends a Hand (1971)') > Martin Milner > as Jim Ferris (ep. 'Murder By the Book (1972)') > Ricardo Montalban > as [unknown] (ep. 'Matter of Honor, A (1976)') > Julie Newmar > as Miss Chambers (ep. 'Double Shock (1973)') > Leslie Nielsen > as Geronimo/A.J. Henderson (ep. 'Identity Crisis (1975)') > Leslie Nielsen > as Peter Hamilton (ep. 'Lady in Waiting (1972)') > Leonard Nimoy > as Dr. Mayfield (ep. 'Stitch in Crime, A (1973)') > Jeanette Nolan > as Mrs. Peck (ep. 'Double Shock (1973)') > Tim O'Connor (I) > as Edward (ep. 'Old-Fashioned Murder (1976)') > Tim O'Connor (I) > as Mike Hatheway (ep. 'Double Shock (1973)') > Patrick O'Neal > as [unknown] (ep. 'Blueprint for Murder (1972)') > Patrick O'Neal > as [unknown] (ep. 'Make Me a Perfect Murder (1976)') > James Olson > as Paul Rifkin (ep. 'Etude in Black (1972)') > Janis Paige > as Cookie (ep. 'Blueprint For Murder (1972)') > Janis Paige > as Goldie (ep. 'Blueprint for Murder (2/9/1972)') > Donald Pleasence > as Adrian Carsini (ep. 'Any Old Port in a Storm (1973)') > Suzanne Pleshette > as Mrs. Stewart (ep. 'Dead Weight (1971)') > Vincent Price > as David Lang (ep. 'Lovely But Lethal (1973)') > Kate Reid > as Mrs. Walters (ep. 'Dead Weight (1971)') > Clive Revill > as Joe Devlin (ep. 'Conspirators, The (1978)') > Ron Rifkin > as Lewis > Gena Rowlands > as [unknown] (ep. 'Playback (2/5/1983)') > Katey Sagal > as [unknown] (ep. 'Candidate for Crime (1973)') > Martha Scott > as [unknown] (ep. 'Playback (1975)') > William Shatner > as Det. Lucerne/Ward Fowler (ep. 'Fade-in To Murder') > Martin Sheen > as [unknown] (ep. 'Lovely But Lethal (9/23/1973)') > Marc Singer > as Television Young Doctor Double Shock (ep. '1973') > Sandra Smith > as Mrs. Karen Goodland (ep. 'Greenhouse Jungle, The (1972)') > William Smith (I) > as Ken Nichols (ep. 'Greenhouse Jungle, The (1972)') > Paul Stewart (I) > as Clifford Paris (ep. 'Double Shock (1973)') > Dean Stockwell > as [unknown] (ep. 'Most Crucial Game, The (1972)') > Forrest Tucker > as Bo Williamson (ep. 'Blueprint for Murder (1972)') > Trish Van Devere > as [unknown] (ep. 'Make Me a Perfect Murder (1976)') > Joyce Van Patten > as [unknown] (ep. 'Old-Fashioned Murder (1976)') > Robert Vaughn > as Hayden Danziger (ep. 'Troubled Waters (1975)') > Lesley Ann Warren > as [unknown] (ep. 'Deadly State of Mind, A (4/27/1975)') > Oskar Werner > as [unknown] (ep. 'Playback (1975)') > David White (VI) > as The Director (CIA) (ep. 'Identity Crisis (1975)') > Nicol Williamson > as Dr. Eric Mason (ep. 'How to Dial a Murder (1978)') > Francine York > as Sgt. Lefkowitz ---- Jeremy Butler [log in to unmask] ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/ScreenSite Telecommunication & Film/University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite