Richard Levinson
Birthday: 7 August 1934, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name: Richard Leighton Levinson
Richard Levinson was born on August 7, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Richard Leighton Levinson. He was a writer and producer, known for Murder, She Wrote (1984), Columbo (1971) and Roller ...Show More
[on casting Peter Falk in "Columbo"]: We had a list of possible actors and Peter wasn't in the top f Show more
[on casting Peter Falk in "Columbo"]: We had a list of possible actors and Peter wasn't in the top five. We wanted Bing Crosby, Ernest Borgnine, Lee J. Cobb - who later played the same role in "The Exorcist" - until Peter got a-hold of the script and said, "I must play this part!" And, luckily for us, he did. Hide
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