He begins by giving the story of the loss of his eye as a youngster but from then on he makes light of it, and even jokes about it.
as well as being one of televisions most iconic and entertaining detectives. In an anecdotal manner Peter Falk relates tales of his early life and his subsequent life in the movies with a variety of humorous stories that show that he is a natural born story teller. The book does not purport to be an autobiography, merely a set of stories, and in this, it meets its goal. You learn he has 2 daughters through a photo.īut we learn that Falk is an adventurer, with a positive attitude who makes long term friends. He talks fondly of two wives, the first one just vanishes from the text.
His childhood is represented by a few high school tales.
The reader will enjoy this time with Falk, but won't learn much about him personally. Columbo, as we iconize him, is Falk's creation from the crumpled coat to the battered Peugeot. He named the talented actors and directors he's enjoyed working with and writes some interesting vignettes about Brando (never heard this before!), Dunaway, DiLaurentis and others. He's rejected jobs because the character wasn't real, and he got enthusiastic about scripts with a well constructed character. He tells how he re-wrote lines and found ad libs that worked better than the writers'. Falk has traveled widely and has had many unique adventures.Īs an actor Falk liked to develop his character along with writers and directors. There are signature illustrations that show talent in the visual arts. The understatement is deceptively intelligent. It has anecdotes with unexpected punchlines. Through television, however, Falk reached his widest audience - portraying the inimitable Lieutenant Columbo throughout the 1970s and winning four Emmys. A Pocketful of Miracles garnered his second Oscar nomination, but it was through his collaboration with filmmaker John Cassavetes that Falk entered into his most creative period in 1970 when movies such as A Woman Under the Influence helped launch the independent film movement. Surgeons had removed his right eye, along with a malignant tumor, when he was three years old.īut in 1958, Falk landed his first movie, Murder Incorporated, and was nominated for an Oscar. Although he worked continuously for the next three years, a theatrical agent advised him not to expect much work in motion pictures because of his glass eye. Falk came to prominence in 1956 in the successful Off-Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh. Starting in Hartford, where he worked as a management analyst for the Connecticut State Budget Bureau., Falk was no more successful than at an earlier attempt to work with the CIA. In Just One More Thing Peter Falk - award-winning actor - takes us behind-the-scenes into his professional and private life.
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