Columbo
TV poster
Country
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Language
English
Channel
NBC Universal Television
Creator
Richard Levinson
Genre
Crime
Broadcast
1968-2003
No. of Seasons
13
No. of Episodes
68
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Columbo Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo, a quirky, but experienced LAPD detective who was seen solving primarily murder cases through his carefully-worded questions and his powers of observation. Each season of the series consisted of several feature-length episodes that would air throughout each year and the show would continuously air from 1968 to 2003. The series would be released on DVD under several different season designations, but the episode numbering here reflects the entries as seen on the IMDB.
The following weapons were used in the television series Columbo :
Pistols Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Kay Freestone (Trish Van Devere ) used to murder a nickel Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless pistol with pearl grips in episode "Make Me a Perfect Murder" (S07E03).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol Nickel - .32 acp Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mark McAndrews (Laurence Luckinbill ) offers gun to Kay Freestone. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk ) holds a murder weapon. Colt M1911A1 A nickel plated Colt M1911A1 owned Dr. Bart Kepple (Robert Culp ) in the episode "Double Exposure" (S03E04).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nickel-plated Rock Island Armory M1911A1 w/ pearl grips - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dr. Bart Kepple put a converter of calibre into barrel of his gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dr. Bart Kepple aims his Colt M1911A1 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk ) found a murder weapon. Luger P08 In "Double Exposure" (S03E04), Dr. Bart Kepple (Robert Culp ) has a display of several handguns including an artillery model Luger P08 . Kepple (Robert Culp ) also uses one of the Lugers in the same episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The long barreled "Artillery" model of the Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dr. Keppel uses one of the Lugers to murder a witness. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Keppel (Robert Culp) shoots a witness in the projection booth. Smith & Wesson 39 Vincent Pauley (Albert Paulsen ) in episode "The Conspirators" (S07E05) also carries a Smith & Wesson 39 pistol in his briefcase .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson 39 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vincent Pauley opened his briefcase. Smith & Wesson 39 is seen in right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk ) shows the gun left in the briefcase. Walther PPK Joe Devlin (Clive Revill ) and Vincent Pauley (Albert Paulsen ) holds in hand a suppressed Walther PPK in episode "The Conspirators" (S07E05). Vivian Dimitri (Helen Shaver ) in episode "Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo" (S09E04) used suppressed stainless Walther PPK . A stainless Walther PPK is seen in the hands of Delores (Tyne Daly ) in "A Bird in the Hand..." (S11E03).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther PPK fitted with a sound suppressor - .380 ACP (black grips) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vincent Pauley (Albert Paulsen ) opened his briefcase with guns. Suppressed Walther PPK is on left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Joe Devlin (Clive Revill ) received this gun as the present. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vivian Dimitri (Helen Shaver ) holds her suppressed stainless Walther PPK . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther PPK stainless - 9mm Kurz aka .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Walther PPK is seen in the hands of Delores (Tyne Daly ) in "A Bird in the Hand..." (S11E03). Browning Medalist Vincent Pauley (Albert Paulsen ) carries in his briefcase also a Browning Medalist .22 caliber target pistol in episode "The Conspirators" (S07E05).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Belgium Browning medalist .22 long rifle caliber semi-automatic target grade pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning Medalist is seen on right. Revolvers Colt Detective Special The Great Santini (Jack Cassidy ) in episode "Now You See Him " (S05E05) is seen with a suppressed Colt Detective Special revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Square Butt - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Great Santini mounted a suppressor on his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Suppressed Colt Detective Special . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Great Santini fired his weapon. Smith & Wesson Model 19 A Smith & Wesson Model 19 is found at a crime scene in "A Bird in the Hand..." (S11E03).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 19 Combat Magnum - .357 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Smith & Wesson Model 19 is found at a crime scene in "A Bird in the Hand..." (S11E03). Smith & Wesson Model 36 Already in the episode called "Murder by Book" (S01E01), Ken Franklin (Jack Cassidy ) uses the Smith & Wesson Model 36 snub revolver. For the majority of the series, Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk ) was not seen carrying a firearm while on duty. However, in the episode "Lady in Waiting " (S01E05) he disarm the assassin Beth Chadwick (Susan Clark ), and in the episode "No Time to Die" (S11E02), what appears to be this revolver is seen in the hands of the detective. This also happens to be the revolver of choice for several other LAPD detectives.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ken Franklin (Jack Cassidy ) pulls from dashboard in the car the Smith & Wesson Model 36 in episode "Murder by the Book" (S01E01). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beth Chadwick (Susan Clark ) holds the Smith & Wesson Model 36 in "Lady in Waiting" (S01E05). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beth Chadwick aims her revolver at Lt. Columbo in "Lady in Waiting" (S01E05). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk ) Colombo took the gun from a Susan's hand in "Lady in Waiting " (S01E05). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk ) holds the revolver in "No Time to Die" (S11E02). This was one of the only times the character ever held a weapon in the series. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Detective Dennis Mulrooney (Doug Savant ) carries the revolver in "No Time to Die" (S11E02). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Detective Andy Parma (Thomas Calabro ) armed with the revolver in "No Time to Die" (S11E02). Smith & Wesson Model 60 Vincent Pauley (Albert Paulsen ) carries in his briefcase also a Smith & Wesson Model 60 revolver in episode "The Conspirators" (S07E05).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Classic Smith & Wesson Model 60 - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 60 is seen on left.Unidentified Colt? Ward Fowler (William Shatner ) used to murder in episode "Fade in to Murder " (S06E01) an unidentified revolver resembla as Colt.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Submachine Guns RPB Industries MAC-11 Joe Devlin (Clive Revill ) and Vincent Pauley (Albert Paulsen ) are seen with a RPB Industries MAC-11 and Ingram MAC-11 in episode "The Conspirators" (S07E05)).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RPB Industries MAC-11 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vincent Pauley (Albert Paulsen ) pulls from his briefcase a RPB Industries MAC-11 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Joe Devlin (Clive Revill ) holds this weapon in his hand. Ingram MAC-11 Vincent Pauley (Albert Paulsen ) handed a Ingram MAC-11 to Joe Devlin (Clive Revill ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAC-11 with stock extended - .380 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Joe Devlin aims an Ingram MAC-11 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up. Uzi Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) shows a full-size Uzi in the briefcase of Vincent Pauley (Albert Paulsen ) in episode "The Conspirators" (S07E05)).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Uzi - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles M1 Garand Guard of gate of Suarian embassy Hakim (Nate Esformes ) is armed with a M1 Garand rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hakim fired his M1 Garand . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the barrel. Shotguns Ithaca 37 LAPD officers are seen armed with the Ithaca 37 shotgun in "No Time to Die" (S11E02).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ithaca 37 - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing LAPD officers are seen armed with the Ithaca 37 shotgun in "No Time to Die" (S11E02). 
