Columbo (character)

Lieutenant Frank Columbo is the main character in the American detective crime drama television series Columbo, in which is he portrayed by Peter Falk. The character was created by Richard Levinson and William Link. Columbo is a shrewd and exceptionally observant homicide detective who often disguises his aptitude with his inelegant, shambling manner; trademarks of his blue-collar ethos include his rumpled beige raincoat, cigar and relentless investigative approach. Columbo's "everydayness" is what enables him to succeed, as "his attunement to routines and their disruption, to habits of speech and behaviour, and to the things people ordinarily say and do ... makes his distinctive mode of detection possible, allowing him to notice when something doesn’t ‘fit’."