Different sort of autobiography – Falk tells his life story in terms of anecdotes, throwing in bits like his drawings, a scene he wrote for a movie he was in which wasn’t used, a photo of his wife in what looks like a showgirl outfit. A breezy, light read – Falk must be a lot of fun to be around. He seems to have been compensated for losing an eye at a young age (to cancer) by having health and a long running career.
I love it when top notch stage actors enjoy a hit tv show later on in their career, it seems so, how should I put it, fair: Angela Lansbury, Falk, Sam Waterston. Falk came to acting late, put in hard yards on theatre, before finding success as a supporting actor in movies then as a tv star. While he’s best known for Columbo he has some serious street cred in his career – The Iceman Cometh with Robards on off-Broadway, films with Cassavetes and Wim Wenders, two Oscar nominations (for his first two movies!) – as well as more commercial stuff – the lead in a Neil Simon hit, a movie with the Rat Pack. He has had a healthy thirst for knowledge and adventure, travelling behind the Iron Curtain several times.
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