Favorite Columbo Episodes
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- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsPeter FalkJack CassidyRosemary ForsythWhen one member of a mystery writing team wants to break from his less talented partner, he becomes the victim in a real-life murder mystery.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsPeter FalkTrish Van DevereLaurence LuckinbillAn Emmy-winning TV executive kills her lover who's also her boss; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsPeter FalkRuth GordonMariette HartleyA mystery writer suspects her niece's husband of murdering her, and she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe.
- DirectorNorman LloydStarsPeter FalkSusan ClarkJessie Royce LandisA mousy heiress murders her brother, pretending she thought he was a burglar. Lt. Columbo unravels her alibi.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsPeter FalkFisher StevensMolly HaganAn egocentric wunderkind director, Alex Bradey, murders a childhood friend, Leonard Fisher, who threatens to expose his complicity in the negligent death of Leonard's sister, Jenny, years before Bradey found fame and success.
- DirectorLeo PennStarsPeter FalkDonald PleasenceJoyce JillsonA wine connisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
- DirectorPatrick McGoohanStarsPeter FalkPatrick McGoohanOtis YoungA top CIA operative commits murder, as only a brilliant agent can, never guessing he'll have to contend with a man like Lt. Columbo.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsPeter FalkAnne BaxterFrank ConverseA faded movie actress commits murder. Lt. Columbo, one of her biggest fans, is on the case.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsPeter FalkRobert CulpPat CrowleyColumbo matches his skills against Brimmer, a former cop turned private investigator with a quick temper who tries to blackmail a client's wife. When she refuses, he accidentally kills her and it's up to Columbo to nail him.
- DirectorNicholas ColasantoStarsPeter FalkJohnny CashIda LupinoA gospel singer wants to be rid of his zealous wife. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.
- DirectorPeter FalkStarsPeter FalkPatrick O'NealJanis PaigeElliot Markham, a brilliant architect and con-man, murders a Texas millionaire and hides his body in order to keep his visionary construction project financed.
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsPeter FalkLee GrantJohn FinkAfter killing her boring husband and disposing of the body, a supposedly brilliant tort attorney fakes his kidnapping and keeps the ransom money. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsPeter FalkRobert ConradGretchen CorbettA health club owner murders one of his franchisees. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsPeter FalkRichard BasehartWilfrid Hyde-WhiteIn London, a respected Shakespearean acting duo cover up the unintended killing of their producer.
- DirectorEdward M. AbromsStarsPeter FalkLaurence HarveyLloyd BochnerA chess player murders his opponent before a big match. Lt. Columbo must out-maneuver this crafty, but craven, killer.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsPeter FalkJosé FerrerLew AyresThe director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsPeter FalkRay MillandBob DishyColumbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns to worse. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund managed by a man with a great love for orchids.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsPeter FalkJackie CooperJoanne LinvilleSenatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsPeter FalkHelen ShaverIan McShaneA woman who blames Columbo for the loss of her husband sets out to get back at him.
- 1971–20031h 38mTV-PG7.4 (1.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan J. LeviStarsPeter FalkShera DaneseCheryl ParisLt. Columbo matches wits with a defense lawyer who has never lost a case in his career.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsPeter FalkRip TornJamie RoseColumbo questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.