A Pocketful of Miracles garnered his second Oscar nomination, but it was through his collaboration with filmmaker John Cassavetes that Falk entered into his most creative period in 1970 when movies such as A Woman Under the Influence helped launch the independent film movement.

But in 1958, Falk landed his first movie, Murder Incorporated, and was nominated for an Oscar.

Surgeons had removed his right eye, along with a malignant tumor, when he was three years old. Although he worked continuously for the next three years, a theatrical agent advised him not to expect much work in motion pictures because of his glass eye. Falk came to prominence in 1956 in the successful Off-Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh. He then turned to an old college interest: acting. Starting in Hartford, where he worked as a management analyst for the Connecticut State Budget Bureau, Falk was no more successful than at an earlier attempt to work with the CIA. Book Synopsis In Just One More Thing, Peter Falk - award-winning actor - takes us behind-the-scenes into his professional and private life. Just One More Thing is pure Peter Falk, and reads as if he were sitting next to you, chuckling as he recalls his remarkable past.About the Book An award-winning actor takes readers behind the scenes into his professional and private life-starting in Hartford, where he worked as a management analyst for the Connecticut State Budget Bureau through an earlier attempt to work with the CIA, and ultimately acting. Bottom line, it’s the world’s most famous raincoat.’ He’s been quoted as saying, ’I wanted to wear something people would remember. He bought it years before he became an actor. Interestingly, Columbo’s raincoat came out of Falk’s bedroom closet. Columbo, winning four Emmys for the role. He was then nominated again for his second film, Pocketful of Miracles starring Bette Davis.įalk went on to become a favourite among filmgoers, yet it was through television that he reached his widest audience as Lt. Later, a talent scout for Columbia Pictures described Falk as a second John Garfield, but Harry Cohn, the head of Columbia Pictures, unfortunately disagreed: ’For the same price, I can get an actor with two eyes.’īut in 1958, Twentieth Century Fox came to New York to make a movie - Murder Inc - and Falk landed a juicy role for which he received rave reviews and, incredibly, was nominated for an Academy Award. Although he worked continuously for the next three years, bouncing from one off-Broadway theatre to the next, a theatrical agent advised him not to expect much work in motion pictures because of his glass eye. Peter Falk came to prominence as an actor in 1956 in the highly successful off-Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh with Jason Robards.

Just One More Thing by Peter Falk