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Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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Episode 1
Lt. Columbo is invited as guest speaker in a Criminology course and squares off against two cunning students, who are confident they have duped the lieutenant with various leads, when their professor is found murdered.
Directed by E.W. SwackhamerWritten by Jeffrey Bloom, Frederick King KellerGuest stars Guy Stockwell, Stephen Caffrey, Katherine Cannon, William Lucking, James Sutorius, Les Lannom, Robert Culp, Gary Hershberger
Episode 2
Wade Anders, a former security expert, hosts the show Crime Alert. A rival host, news reader Bud, discovers Wade was in a porno movie and plans to tell the world then take over his show.
Directed by Daryl DukeWritten by Sonia Wolf, April Raynell, Patricia FordGuest stars Peter Haskell, George Hamilton, Penny Johnson Jerald, Louis Herthum, Robert Donner, Rick Najera, Marie Chambers, Dennis Bailey
Episode 3
Lt. Columbo is pitted against an equally brilliant, nationally recognized criminal defence lawyer who murders his rock star girlfriend when he discovers she is seeing another man.
Directed by Alan J. LeviWritten by William Read WoodfieldGuest stars Dabney Coleman, Little Richard, Tad Horino, John Martin, Julian Stone, Shera Danese, Cheryl Paris, Sondra Currie
Episode 4
After winning a $30 million lottery, photographer Freddy Brower, who wishes to keep the money a secret from the wife who is divorcing him, arranges with his uncle, wealthy jeweler Leon Lamarr, to pretend the lottery ticket is Lamarr's, until the divorce is final. Little does Brower know his uncle is having an affair with Brower's wife. Lamarr kills Brower in order to keep the lottery winnings for himself.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Jeffrey BloomGuest stars Rip Torn, Jamie Rose, Gary Kroeger, Betsy Palmer, Warren Berlinger, Antony Ponzini, Penny Santon, Marilyn Tokuda
Episode 5
Columbo attends the wedding of his police officer nephew. While her husband takes a shower, the bride disappears from the bridal suite. The groom enlists Uncle Columbo's help in unraveling the case. Seems she has been kidnapped by a psychopath who intends to kill her once he consummates "their" marriage.
Directed by Alan J. LeviWritten by Evan HunterGuest stars Joanna Going, Thomas Calabro, Dan Butler, Doug Savant, Daniel McDonald, Don Swayze, Donald Moffat, Daniel Davis
Episode 6
Given a deadline to pay his debts or else, chronic gambler Harold plants a bomb under the Rolls Royce of his uncle, sports magnate Big Fred. However, Big Fred is killed by a hit-and-run driver while jogging that very morning, and the Rolls Royce explodes when Fred's gardener tries to move it out of the way of the TV camera crews. Just when Columbo thinks he has the goods on Harold, it is Harold who turns up dead.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Tyne Daly, Greg Evigan, Frank McRae, Don S. Davis, Steve Forrest, León Singer, Michael Gregory, Stephen Liska
Episode 7
Nick Franco is a violent, two-timing gigolo and his current paramour, Laura Stanton, has had enough. With the help of a young woman named Lisa, she murders her lover and sets herself up with an airtight alibi. When Columbo starts sniffing on her trail, Laura quickly works to seduce the married detective, hoping that her sex appeal will throw the usually stubborn Lieutenant off the scent.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Peter FalkGuest stars Faye Dunaway, Claudia Christian, Armando Pucci, Bill Macy, Doug Sheehan, Shelley Morrison, John Finnegan, Tom Henschel
Episode 8
Ego-maniac Fielding Chase, is a radio talk show host who in order to prevent his daughter from moving to New York, murders a member of his staff.
Directed by Dennis DuganWritten by Peter S. FischerGuest stars Molly Hagan, Jack Laufer, Richard Kline, Yorgo Constantine, Mark Lonow, Beverly Leech, Brian Markinson, Robin Clarke
Episode 9
A photograph is the only clue for Columbo when two dead men and a seven year old mystery with $4 million dollars involved as well as an obnoxious insurance investigator come into play.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Evan HunterGuest stars Ed Begley Jr., Burt Young, Harrison Page, Shera Danese, Edward Hibbert, Kristin Bauer, John Dunbar, Albie Selznick
Episode 10
Graham McVeigh, a thoroughbred ranch owner, kills his brother, and frames a local mob bookie. Then, under the guise of making good on his brother's debt, he kills the bookie as well, claiming self-defense. Mob boss Vincenzo Fortelli starts to exert pressure on McVeigh. To solve the crime Columbo must work with the gangster.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Peter S. FischerGuest stars George Wendt, Rod Steiger, Jeff Yagher, Jay Acovone, John Finnegan, Don Calfa, Linda Gehringer, Bruce Kirby
Episode 11
Cathleen Calvert and her lover, crime scene investigator Patrick Kinsley, plot to get rid of Calvert's husband, Clifford, a powerful businessman, by killing an investment broker with whom he is currently feuding, and pinning the murder on Clifford. As long as he is alive and in prison, Cathleen has access to all his money. Columbo must uncover a criminal who is part of the team handling the investigation.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Charles KippsGuest stars Barry Corbin, David Rasche, Shera Danese, John Finnegan, James Almanzar, Raye Birk, Will Nye, Franklin Cover
Episode 12
Mortician to the stars Eric Prince, kills gossip reporter Verity Chandler, who had knowledge of skeletons in Prince's closet. Columbo must figure out what happened to her and why.
Directed by Patrick McGoohanWritten by Patrick McGoohan, Jeffrey HatcherGuest stars Patrick McGoohan, Rue McClanahan, Richard Riehle, Spencer Garrett, Aubrey Morris, Edie McClurg, Richard Libertini, Ron Masak
Episode 13
Hollywood film composer and conductor Findlay Crawford has been mentor to a talented young composer who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work for the last few years, and penned Crawford's entire last movie score, which won an Oscar. When the protege wants to venture out on his own, Crawford, whose own talent seems to have run dry, concocts the perfect murder, made to look like a suicide.
Directed by Patrick McGoohanWritten by Patrick McGoohan, Jeffrey CavaGuest stars Billy Connolly, Richard Riehle, Charles Cioffi, Hillary Danner, Chad Willett, Scott Atkinson, Obi Ndefo, Randy Oglesby
Episode 14
The final Columbo story starring Peter Falk, Los Angeles rave promoter Justin Price helps his girlfriend Vanessa get rid of the corpse of her ex-husband, who was backing Price's new club, after he drops dead in Vanessa's apartment. When an investigative reporter pieces the crime together and threatens to blackmail Justin, Justin kills him.
Directed by Jeffrey ReinerWritten by Michael AlaimoGuest stars Karen Maruyama, Matthew Rhys, Jennifer Sky, Douglas Roberts, Carmine Giovinazzo, Julius Carry, Steve Schirripa, John Finnegan
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Peter FalkLt. Columbo
Jack CassidyRiley Greenleaf
Robert CulpJordan Rowe
Patrick McGoohanNelson Brenner
Val AveryRalph Dobbs
Arlene MartelSalesgirl
Bruce KirbySergeant Kramer
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