Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Columbo' from 1970-1982:
- Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo (1971-1977)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Columbo':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
March 1, 1971: Ransom For A Dead Man
Season 0, episode 1
W: Dean Hargrove D: Richard Irving
With Jed Allan (Phil), Harold Gould (Agent Carlson), John Fink (Michael Clarke), Lee Grant (Leslie Williams), Charles Macaulay (Richard), Richard Roat (Perkins), Bill Walker (Cromwell), Paul Carr (Hammond), Celeste Yarnall (Gloria), Patricia Mattick (Margaret Williams), Richard O'Brien (Priest), Hank Brandt (Doctor), Jeane Byron (Pat).
A brilliant woman attorney secretly kills her husband, then devises a scheme to gain possession of her stepdaughter's trust fund.
September 15, 1971: Murder By The Book
Season 1, episode 1
W: Steven Bocho D: Steven Spielberg
With Rosemary Forsyth (Joanna Ferris), Martin Milner (Jim Ferris), Jack Cassidy (Ken Franklin), Lynette Mettey (Gloria), Barbara Colby (Lilly La Sanka).
Peter Falk stars in the premiere of Columbo, one of three rotating mystery dramas (with McCloud and McMillan and Wife). Columbo is a colorful police lieutenant whose disheveled and lackadaisical approach masks a finely-tuned mind to the mores of criminals. Tonight, a mystery writer plans a "perfect crime" with his ex-partner as the target.
Season 1, episode 2
W: William Link, Richard Levinson D: Bernard L. Kowalski
With Ray Milland (Arthur Kennicutt), Pat Crowley (Lenore Kennicutt), Robert Culp (Brimmer), Brett Halsey (Ken Archer), Eric James (Denning), Lieux Dressler (Ceil Gentry), Barbara Baldavin (Secretary).
A private investigator called in to check out an unfaithful wife gives her husband a phony clean bill of health report and then attempts to blackmail the young woman.
Season 1, episode 3
W: John T. Dugan D: Jack Smight
With Kate Reid (Mrs. Walters), Suzanne Pleshette (Helen Stewart), Eddie Albert (Major General Martin Hollister), John Kerr (Col. Roger Dutton), Val Avery (Harry Barnes).
Det. Columbo's prime witness begins to doubt her testimony when the murder suspect, a war hero, takes up courting her.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Jackson Gillis D: Hy Averback
With Don Ameche (Frank Simpson), Kim Hunter (Edna Matthews), Ross Martin (Dale Kingston), Rosanna Huffman (Tracy O'Connor), Vic Tayback (Sam Franklin), Mary Wickes (Landlady), Barney Phillips (Capt. Wyler), Sandra Gould (Matron).
Det. Columbo is caught in a complicated case of stolen art and murder with evidence pointing to an innocent woman.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Steven Bochco D: Norman Lloyd
With Leslie Nielsen (Peter Hamilton), Richard Anderson (Bryce Chadwick), Jessie Royce Landis (Mother Chadwick), Susan Clark (Beth Chadwick), Barbara Rhoades (Hostess), Garry Walberg (Detective), Jon Lormer (Hearing Officer), Richard Bull (Detective), Joel Fluellen (Charles).
Det. Columbo investigates a murder brought about when a brother and sister quarrel over a corporation.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Jackson Gillis D: Edward M. Abroms
With William Windom (Everett Logan), James Gregory (David Buckner), Ida Lupino (Doris Buckner), Roddy McDowall (Roger Stanford), Anne Francis (Valerie Bishop), Jason Wingreen (Policeman), Lew Brown (Farrell), Stuart Nisbet (Pinstripe), Eddie Quillan (Ferguson), Lawrence Cook (Quincy).
Det. Columbo investigates a murder caused by an exploding cigar box, and has a confrontation with the killer on the Palm Springs tramway.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Steven Bochco D: Peter Falk
With Patrick O'Neal (Elliot Markham), Janis Paige (Goldie Williamson), Forrest Tucker (Bo Williamson), Pamela Austin (Jennifer Williamson), Bettye Ackerman (Miss Sherman), John Fiedler (Dr. Moss), John Finnegan (Carl).
When a leading architect is suspected of murder, Columbo is persuaded to dig up a newly poured pylon at a building site to search for the body.
September 17, 1972: Etude In Black
Season 2, episode 1
W: Steven Bochco D: Nicholas Colasanto
With John Cassavetes (Alex Benedict), Blythe Danner (Janice Benedict), Anjanette Comer (Jennifer Welles), Myrna Loy (Lizzy Fielding), James Olson (Paul Rifkin), James McEachin (Billy Jones), Don Knight (Mike Alexander), Pat Morita (Houseboy), Michael Fox (Dr. Benson).
The second season begins with the ever-dogged Lt. Columbo investigating a classical music conductor who is the victim of blackmail by hs mistress, and who becomes involved in murder.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Jonathan Latimer D: Boris Sagal
With Ray Milland (Jarvis Goodland), Bradford Dillman (Tony Goodland), Bob Dishy (Sgt. Wilson), Sandra Smith (Cathy Goodland), William Smith (Ken Nichols), Arlene Martel (Gloria West), Robert Karnes (Grover).
A weak nephew cooperates with his uncle in his own fake kidnapping to break a trust fund and is murdered for his trouble. Columbo's investigation is hampered by an over-eager police sergeant assigned to help him on the case.
Season 2, episode 3
W: John T. Dugan D: Jeremy Kagan
With Robert Culp (Paul Hanlon), Dean Jagger (Walter Cannell), James Gregory (Coach Rizzo), Valerie Harper (Eve Babcock), Susan Howard (Shirley Wagner), Dean Stockwell (Eric Wagner), Val Avery (Ralph Dobbs), Richard Stahl (Mr. Fremont).
With the aid of electronics, a man sets up an alibi to cover his absence from a football game and a murder. Columbo's investigation runs the gamut from the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, to a lady of the evening who mistakes him for a client.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Jackson Gillis D: Richard Quine
With Richard Basehart (Nicholas Frame), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Tanner), Bernard Fox (Chief Durk), John Williams (Sir Roger Haversham), Honor Blackman (Lilian Stanhope), Arthur Malet (Joe Fenwick), Harvey Jason (Director), Ronald Long (Mr. Jones), Walker Edmiston (Gardener), John Fraser (Sgt. O'Keefe).
Lt. Columbo goes to England to study Scotland Yard's investigative techniques and becomes involved in a very unusual murder case.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Jackson Gillis D: Richard Quine
With Pippa Scott (Jean Davis), Anne Baxter (Nora Chandler), Mel Ferrer (Jerry Parks), Kevin McCarthy (Dr. Frank Simmons), Frank Converse (Mr. Fallon).
Mystery surrounds an aging actress who chooses to live in a small cottage in the center of a huge Hollywood lot after the death of her husband, and who plots against a gossip columnist prying into her affairs.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Shirl Hendryx D: Hy Averback
With Leonard Nimoy (Dr. Mayfield), Anne Francis (Sharon Martin), Nita Talbot (Marsha Dalton), Jared Martin (Harry Alexander), Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Morgan), Will Geer (Dr. Heidemann), Victor Millan (Det. Flores), Kenneth Sansom (Paul), Murray MacLeod (Dr. Simpson), Leonard Simon (Dr. Michaelson), Ron Stokes (Tom).
A brilliant surgeon murders a nurse after she suspects he's trying to kill his colleague, a world-famous heart expert.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Jackson Gillis D: Edward M. Abroms
With Laurence Harvey (Emmett Clayton), Jack Kruschen (Tomlin Dudek), Lloyd Bochner (Mazoor Berozski), Heidi Bruhl (Linda Robinson), Michael Fox (Dr. Benson), Paul Jenkins (Sgt. Douglas), Stuart Nisbet (Dr. Sullivan), Oscar Beregi Jr. (Restaurant Proprietor).
Lt. Columbo is called in when a former chess champion is found gravely injured before his world title match with the current champion, who knows that his reign would be over if the two should meet.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Steven Bochco, Peter Allan Fields D: Robert Butler
With Martin Landau (Dexter Paris/Norman Paris), Jeanette Nolan (Mrs. Peck), Tim O'Connor (Michael Hathaway), Julie Newmar (Lisa Chambers), Paul Stewart (Clifford Paris), Dabney Coleman (Det. Murray), Kate Hawley (Mrs. Johnson), Michael Richardson (Lawyer).
Lt. Columbo investigates twin brothers who are suspected of murdering a wealthy uncle on the eve of his marriage to a young girl.
September 23, 1973: Lovely But Lethal
Season 3, episode 1
W: Jackson Gillis D: Jeannot Szwarc
With Vera Miles (Viveca Scott), Martin Sheen (Karl Lessing), Vincent Price (David Lang), Sian Barbara Allen (Shirley Blaine), Fred Draper (Dr. Murcheson), Gino Conforti (Ferdy).
The third season begins as a cosmetics queen murders a young chemist to recover a beauty formula, and leads Columbo through an investigation that uncovers a fierce battle for cosmetics industry supremacy involving lying, stealing and industrial espionage.
Season 3, episode 2
W: Stanley Ralph Ross D: Leo Penn
With Donald Pleasence (Adrian Carsini), Julie Harris (Karen Fielding), Vito Scotti (Maitre'd), Gary Conway (Enrico Carsini), Joyce Jillson (Joan Stacey), Dana Elcar (Falcon), Robert Walden (Billy Fine), Reid Smith (Andy Stevens), Regis Cordic (Lewis), Robert Ellenstein (Stein), Pamela Campbell (Cassie Marlowe).
Lt. Columbo learns about winemaking and the not so brotherly relationship between two owners of a family winery which results in a murder.
Season 3, episode 3
W: Roland Kibbee, Dean Hargrove D: Boris Sagal
With Jackie Cooper (Nelson Hayward), Ken Swofford (Harry Stone), Joanne Linville (Victoria Hayward), Tisha Sterling (Linda Johnson), Robert Karnes (Sgt. Verson), Regis Cordic (Deputy Commissioner), Jay Varela (Sgt. Rojas), Sandy Kenyon (Harris), Jack Riley (Director), Mario Gallo (Dr. Perenchio), Vito Scotti (Mr. Chadwick).
Columbo is on the trail of a bizarre murder plot involving a senatorial candidate who murders his campaign manager to keep his name clear of a love triangle.
Season 3, episode 4
W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Richard Quine
With Robert Culp (Dr. Bart Keppler), Chuck McCann (Roger White), Louise Latham (Mrs. Norris), Robert Middleton (Victor Norris), Arlene Martel (Tanya Baker), Francis DeSales (Patterson), Dennis Robertson (Det. Marley), Ann Driscoll (Mrs. Halstead), E.A. Sirianni (Norbert), George Wyner (Film Editor), Richard Stahl (Ballistics Man).
A ruthless motivational research specialist uses blackmail to further his career -- and kills one of his blackmail victims when he threatens to go to the police.
Season 3, episode 5
W: Peter S. Fischer D: Robert Butler
With Jack Cassidy (Riley Greenleaf), Mickey Spillane (Allen Mallory), Mariette Hartley (Eileen Macrae), John Davis Chandler (Eddie Kane), Jacques Aubuchon (Jeffrey Neal), Gregory Sierra (Lou D'Allesandro), Alan Fudge (David Chase), Paul Shenar (Sgt. Young), Ted Gehring (Security Guard), Vern Rowe (Restaurant Owner).
A ruthless publisher orders the slaying of his best-selling writer to prevent his future association with a competing publishing house.
Season 3, episode 6
W: Steven Bochco, Dean Hargrove D: Alf Kjellin
With Jose Ferrer (Dr. Marshall Cahill), Jessica Walter (Margaret Nichols), Lew Ayres (Prof. Howard Nichols), Robert Walker Jr. (Neil Cahill), Lee H. Montgomery (Steve Spelberg), Lou Wagner (Ross), Arthur Batanides (Murph), Charles Macaulay (Farnsworth), John Zaremba (Coroner), William Bryant (Fields), Bert Holland (Whitehead), Jefferson Kibbee (Jeff).
The head of a think tank kills a fellow doctor who had threatened to expose the man's son as having plagiarized a scientific theory from a deceased colleague.
Season 3, episode 7
W: David Rayfiel, Roland Kibbee, Dean Hargrove D: Nicholas Colasanto
With Johnny Cash (Tommy Brown), Ida Lupino (Edna Brown), Sorrell Booke (J.J. Stinger), Bill McKinney (Luke Basket), John Dehner (Roland Pangborn), Bonnie Van Dyke (Maryann), Janit Baldwin (Tina), John Randolph (Colonel), Richard Caine (Bennett), Donald Mantooth (Phil), Jefferson Kibbee (Frank), Doug Dirkson (Jeff), Larry Burrell (TV Reporter), Vito Scotti (Mr. Grindell).
A husband-and-wife team of gospel singers, who have a marriage of convenience, are called to the attention of Columbo when the husband fakes an airplane accident to get rid of his fanatically evangelistic wife.
Season 3, episode 8
W: Peter S. Fischer, William Link D: Ben Gazzara
With Richard Kiley (Commissioner Halperin), Michael McGuire (Hugh Caldwell), Val Avery (Artie Jessup), Rosemary Murphy (Margaret Halperin), Eleanor Zee (Thelma), Arlene Martel (Sales Girl), Victor Campos (Doyle), Byron Morrow (Amos Lawrence), Joshua Bryant (Dr. MacMurray), James V. Christy (Sharkey), Alma Beltran (Mrs. Fernandez), Albert Popwell (Al Como), John Finnegan (Lt. Dryer).
A deputy police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife, and gets the friend to repay the favor.
September 15, 1974: An Exercise In Fatality
Season 4, episode 1
W: Peter S. Fischer D: Bernard L. Kowalski
With Robert Conrad (Milo Janus), Gretchen Corbett (Jessica Conroy), Pat Harrington Jr. (Buddy Castle), Collin Wilcox (Ruth Stafford), Philip Bruns (Gene Stafford), Jude Farese (Al Murphy), Darrell Zwerling (Lewis Lacey).
A physical-fitness zealot slays a business associate who has uncovered some fraudulent dealings, and then tries to cover up his crime.
Season 4, episode 2
W: Peter S. Fischer D: Alf Kjellin
With Dick Van Dyke (Paul Galesco), Don Gordon (Alvin Deschler), Antoinette Bower (Frances Galesco), Joanna Cameron (Lorna), Joyce Van Patten, Vito Scotti (Thomas Dolan), Larry Storch (Mr. Weekly), Alice Backes (Mrs. Mayland), Harvey Gold (Harry Lewis), Bill Zuckert (Capt. Sampson).
A henpecked photographer carries out a deadly plan to liberate himself from a domineering wife.
Season 4, episode 3
W: Howard Berk D: Harvey Hart
With Patrick McGoohan (Col. Rumford), Tom Simcox (William Haynes), Mark Wheeler (Cadet Springer), Bruce Kirby (George Kramer), Karen Lamm (Susan Gerard), Burr DeBenning (Captain Loomis), Madeleine Sherwood (Miss Brady), Sidney Armus (Officer Corso), Bruno Kirby (Cadet Morgan).
An overbearing military academy commandant, who believes his military career is about to end, devises an ingenious scheme to eliminate the man responsible.
Season 4, episode 4
W: Jackson Gillis, William Driskill D: Ben Gazzara
With Poupee Bocar (Rosanna Wells), Robert Vaughn (Hayden Danziger), Patrick Macnee (Captain Gibbon), Dean Stockwell (Lloyd Harrington), Bernard Fox (Purser Watkins), Jane Greer (Sylvia Danziger), Robert Douglas (Dr. Pierce), Susan Damante (Melissa), Peter Maloney (Artie Podell), Curtis Credel (Magician).
Lt. Columbo's vacation aboard an ocean cruiser to Mexico goes off course when the ship's featured vocalist is found dead.
Season 4, episode 5
W: David Lewis, Booker Bradshaw D: Bernard L. Kowalski
With Oskar Werner (Harold van Wyck), Gena Rowlands (Elizabeth van Wyck), Robert Brown (Arthur Midas), Patricia Barry (Francine), Martha Scott (Margaret Midas), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Baxter), Bart Burns (Thompson), Trisha Noble (Marcy).
A matriarch who is slain in her own home in front of the TV cameras she used to keep out intruders, has both her family and Lt. Columbo stumped.
Season 4, episode 6
W: Peter S. Fischer D: Harvey Hart
With George Hamilton (Dr. Marcus Collier), Lesley Ann Warren (Nadia Donner), Stephen Elliott (Karl Donner), Karen Machon (Dr. Borden), Fred Draper (David Morris), Bruce Kirby (Sgt. Kramer), Ryan MacDonald (Charles Whelan), Jack Manning (Daniel Morris), William Wintersole (Dr. Hunt), Gloria Kaufman (Brenda), Redmond Gleeson (Arnold), Vance Davis (Officer Hendryx), Danny Wells (Gary Keppler).
An unscrupulous psychiatrist romances a wealthy young woman while treating her emotional problems. The union is shattered, however, when the woman's husband, an influential university trustee, threatens to have him fired -- a threat that costs him his life.
September 14, 1975: Forgotten Lady
Season 5, episode 1
W: William Driskill D: Harvey Hart
With Janet Leigh (Grace Willis), John Payne (Ned Diamond), Maurice Evans (Raymond), Sam Jaffe (Henry Willis), Scott Salmon (Fred Loring), Harvey Gold (Coroner), Ross Elliott (Dr. Lansberg), Robert F. Simon (Dr. Westrum), Army Archerd (Himself), Linda Gaye Scott (Alma), Francine York (Sgt. Lefkowitz), Jerome Guardino (Harris).
In the fifth season opener, an aging movie queen yearns for a return to the big time and plots the demise of her wealthy physician husband -- the man who forced her to give up her career in the first place.
Season 5, episode 2
W: Lou Shaw D: Ted Post
With Hector Elizondo (Hassan Salah), Sal Mineo (Rahmin Habib), Barry Robins (King), Kenneth Tobey (Police Commissioner), Andre Lawrence (Youseff Alafa), Xenia Gratsos (Zena), Dick Dinman (Kermit Morgan), George Skaff (Kura), Nate Esformes (Hakim), Bill Zuckert (Capt. August), Harvey Gold (Coroner), Jay Varela (Capt. Ortega).
A crime that appears to be politically motivated puts Columbo on the trail of a foreign dignitary.
Season 5, episode 3
W: William Driskill D: Patrick McGoohan
With Patrick McGoohan (Nelson Brenner), Leslie Nielsen (A.J. Henderson), Val Avery (Louie), David White (Phil Corrigan), Bruce Kirby (George Kramer), Vito Scotti (Salvatore Defonte), Otis Young (Lawrence Melville), Barbara Rhoades (Joyce), Carmen Argenziano (Coroner), Cliff Carnell (Don), Paul Gleason (Parsons), Angela May (Ruth), Betty McGuire (Della).
An advertising executive's secret life as a top spy is endangered when he becomes the target of Lt. Columbo's homicide investigation.
Season 5, episode 4
W: Brad Radnitz D: Ted Post
With Ricardo Montalban (Luis Montoya), Robert Carricart (Hector Rangel), A Martinez (Curro Rangel), Maria Grimm (Nina Montoya), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Lt. Sanchez), Jorge Rivero, Emilio Fernandez, Enrique Lucero, Evita Munoz Chachita.
When a famous bullfighter's trusted bookkeeper turns up dead in a bullring, Lt. Columbo suspects murder -- with a bull as the murder weapon.
Season 5, episode 5
W: Michael Sloan D: Harvey Hart
With Jack Cassidy (The Great Santini), Nehemiah Persoff (Jesse Jerome), Robert Loggia (Harry Blandford), Bob Dishy (Sgt. Wilson), Cynthia Sikes (Della Santini), George Sperdakos (Thackery), Redmond Gleeson (Danny Green), Victor Izay (Lassiter), Robert Gibbons (Rodger), Michael Payne (Jefferson).
The Great Santini is a master magician, but his employer discovers that he was a Nazi camp guard during World War II and tries to blackmail him.
Season 5, episode 6
W: Jackson Gillis D: Patrick McGoohan
With Robert Vaughn (Charles), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Kittering), John Dehner (Commodore Otis Swanson), Fred Draper (Swanny Swanson), Diane Baker (Joanna Clay), Joshua Bryant (Wayne Taylor), Susan Foster (Lisa), Bruce Kirby (George Kramer).
Commodore Swanson is tired of his greedy son-in-law turning his ship building business into an embarassment and decides to sell the company.
October 10, 1976: Fade In To Murder
Season 6, episode 1
W: Lou Shaw, Peter S. Feibleman D: Bernard L. Kowalski
With William Shatner (Ward Fowler), Lola Albright (Claire Daley), Alan Manson (Sid Daley), Bert Remsen (Mark Davis), Walter Koenig (Sgt. Johnston), Fred Draper (Joseph), Frank Baxter (Walter Gray), Victor Izay (Conroy), Danny Dayton (Director), Timothy Carey (Tony), Shera Danese (Molly), .
Ward Fowler, who plays the popular TV detective Inspector Lucerne, kills his agent -- who also happens to be his ex-wife -- because she is blackmailing him.
Season 6, episode 2
W: Peter Feibleman D: Robert Douglas
With Joyce Van Patten (Ruth Lytton), Jeannie Berlin (Janie Brandt), Tim O'Connor (Edward Lytton), Lucy Saroyan (Elise), Anthony Holland (Darryl), Jess Osuna (Dr. Shaeffer), Peter S. Feibleman (Milton Shaeffer), Celeste Holm (Phyllis Brandt).
A bitter matron sets up a deadly plan involving homicide and robbery to retain possession of a family-owned museum.
Season 6, episode 3
W: Robert Malcolm Young D: Sam Wanamaker
With Sorrell Booke (Bertie Hastings), Samantha Eggar (Vivian Brandt), Theodore Bikel (Oliver Brandt), Kenneth Mars (Mike Mars), Basil Hoffman (Mr. Danziger), Howard McGillin (George Campanella), George Sperdakos (Mr. Wagner), Jamie Lee Curtis (Waitress), Carol Jones (Caroline Treynor), Todd Martin (Sgt. Burke), Dorrie Thomson (Miss Elsenback), Carlene Watkins (Amy), Fay DeWitt (Angela), Kathleen King (Suzy).
Columbo tangles with a businessman who killed his partner for embezzling.
November 21, 1977: Try And Catch Me
Season 7, episode 1
W: Paul Tuckahoe, Gene Thompson D: James Frawley
With Ruth Gordon (Abigail Mitchell), Mariette Hartley (Veronica Bryce), G.D. Spradlin (Martin Hammond), Charles Frank (Edmund Galvin), Mary Jackson (Annie), Jerome Guardino (Sgt. Burke).
A mystery writer becomes obsessed with avenging the death of her niece, and utilizes a plot from one of her novels to slay the man responsible.
Season 7, episode 2
W: Robert Van Scoyk D: Jonathan Demme
With Louis Jourdan (Paul Gerard), Richard A. Dysart (Max Duvall), France Nuyen (Mary Choy), Mako (Mr. Ozu), Larry D. Mann (Albert), Michael V. Gazzo (Vittorio Rossi), Fred Holliday (Crawford), Antony Alda (Mario Delucca), Todd Martin (Sgt. Burke), Alberto Morin (Chef Louis), Jim Murphy (Charlie), Shera Danese (Eve Plummer).
When a restaurateur threatens to expose a blackmailing food critic, he becomes the victim of a near-perfect crime.
Season 7, episode 3
W: Robert Blees D: James Frawley
With Trish Van Devere (Kay Freestone), Laurence Luckinbill (Mark McAndrews), Patrick O'Neal (Frank Flanagan), Lainie Kazan (Valerie Kirk), Ron Rifkin (Luther), James McEachin (Walter Mearhead), Susan Krebs (Wendy), Milt Kogan (Dubbing).
A network TV programming chief is murdered, and Columbo narrows the list of suspects to a ruthless distaff executive who was passed over for promotion by the victim -- her lover.
Season 7, episode 4
W: Tom Lazarus D: James Frawley
With Nicol Williamson (Dr. Eric Mason), Tricia O'Neil (Miss Cochrane), Kim Cattrall (Joanne Nichols), Frank Aletter (Dr. Garrison), Ed Begley Jr. (Officer Stein), Joel Fabiani (Charlie).
A noted psychologist, specializing in mind control, uses his experience and Doberman pinschers to carry out the slaying of his assistant.
Season 7, episode 5
W: Howard Berk D: Leo Penn
With Albert Paulsen (Vincent Pauley), Clive Revill (Joe Devlin), L.Q. Jones (Chuck Jensen), Bernard Behrens (George O'Connell), Jeanette Nolan (Kate O'Connell), Michael Horton (Kerry Malone), Deborah White (Angela), Sean McClory (Captain), Michael Prince (Michael Moore), Don Whyte (Leach), Tony Giorgio (Harry), John McCann (Brandon).
Irish whisky, a hard-drinking Irish poet and a book of Irish verse with a cryptic inscription are the only elements Lt. Columbo has to work with to solve the slaying of a gun runner.