![Peter Falk: Actor famous for playing scruffy TV detective Columbo, a role for which he won four Emmys | The Independent | The Independent Peter Falk: Actor famous for playing scruffy TV detective Columbo, a role for which he won four Emmys | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2011/06/26/18/617990.jpg?width=1200)
Peter Falk: Actor famous for playing scruffy TV detective Columbo, a role for which he won four Emmys | The Independent | The Independent
![TIL Peter Falk lost his right eye to cancer at the age of three. He wore a glass eye in its place, which gave him his trademark squint. : r/todayilearned TIL Peter Falk lost his right eye to cancer at the age of three. He wore a glass eye in its place, which gave him his trademark squint. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/YHTGuTlm_JOiyFbKPS2af3hssy_Fy0M7AK7gePZe9vM.jpg?auto=webp&s=9b924e9ff0c5e80bf6d48b16fbc691632ed72c8a)
TIL Peter Falk lost his right eye to cancer at the age of three. He wore a glass eye in its place, which gave him his trademark squint. : r/todayilearned
![Peter Falk: I joined the merchant navy – they allowed crew with one eye | TV crime drama | The Guardian Peter Falk: I joined the merchant navy – they allowed crew with one eye | TV crime drama | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/9/1410255916962/49f4d45d-44d2-4351-ab5c-4eaa337fdb00-1024x768.jpeg?width=465&quality=85&dpr=1&s=none)
Peter Falk: I joined the merchant navy – they allowed crew with one eye | TV crime drama | The Guardian
![Tony Naggs on Twitter: "@HelloCullen Peter Falk lost his right eye as a child (3 yo) and had a prosthetic “glass” eye." / Twitter Tony Naggs on Twitter: "@HelloCullen Peter Falk lost his right eye as a child (3 yo) and had a prosthetic “glass” eye." / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUkki3rUEAAP45C.jpg)