“Husbands” (1970) and “A Woman Under the Influence” (1974), both of which were written and directed by Falk’s close friend, John Cassavetes, provided Falk with two of his best-known dramatic film credits.īut it was in his role as the blue-collar family man trying to deal with his mentally unstable wife (played by Gena Rowlands) in “A Woman Under the Influence” that he created what former Times film critic Charles Champlin called “one of the most complex and contradictory portraits in his career.” In a more than 50-year acting career that spanned Broadway, movies and television, Falk appeared in more than 50 feature films, including “A Woman Under the Influence,” “Husbands,” “Luv,” “Mikey and Nicky,” “The In-Laws,” “Wings of Desire,” “The Great Race,” “The Cheap Detective,” “Cookie” and “The Princess Bride.” He was 83.įalk, who reportedly suffered from dementia, died at his home in Beverly Hills, according to a statement from Larry Larson, a friend and an attorney for Falk’s wife, Shera. Columbo, the rumpled raincoat-wearing Los Angeles police homicide detective who always had “just one more thing” to ask a suspect, died Thursday. Peter Falk, the gravel-voiced actor who became an enduring television icon portraying Lt.

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