Farewell Peter Falk

Despite his success on stage, Falk encountered a little difficulty breaking into movies, in part because of the glass eye he wore in his right eye.
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Falk in 1963
A New York city native, actor Peter Falk began acting off-Broadway in the mid-1950s, where he gained notice for a performance alongside Jason Robards in The Iceman Cometh.

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