Editing Columbo (section)

== Other appearances ==

=== Stage ===
[[File:Prescription-Murder-program-cover-Fisher-Theatre.jpg|thumb|Program cover for ''Prescription: Murder'', presented in March 1962 at Detroit's [[Fisher Building|Fisher Theatre]] during a national tour. Plans for a Broadway run were abandoned due to the illness of Thomas Mitchell.]]
The Columbo character first appeared on stage in 1962 in ''Prescription: Murder'' with [[Thomas Mitchell (actor)|Thomas Mitchell]] in the role of Columbo.

In 2010, ''Prescription: Murder'' was revived for a tour of the United Kingdom with [[Dirk Benedict]] and later [[John Guerrasio]] as Columbo.<ref>{{cite web|title=Columbo: Prescription Murder|url=http://www.columbo-prescription-murder.com/|access-date=February 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326020425/http://www.columbo-prescription-murder.com/|archive-date=March 26, 2012}}</ref>

=== Television ===
Falk appeared as Columbo in an ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' sketch produced for a 2003 TV special celebrating the 50th anniversary of ABC.

Falk appeared in character as Columbo in 1977 at ''[[The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast]]'' of [[Frank Sinatra]].

=== Cinema ===
While Falk generally appeared as himself in [[Wim Wenders]]'s 1987 movie {{lang|de|[[Der Himmel über Berlin]]}} ("Wings of Desire"), there is also a short [[cameo appearance]] in the film where Falk is specifically recognized and greeted as "Columbo" by a couple of bywalkers.

=== Books ===

A ''Columbo'' series of books was published by MCA Publishing, written by authors Alfred Lawrence, Henry Clements and Lee Hays. This series of books, with the first title published in 1972, was mostly adapted from the TV series.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 8, 1976 |title=Columbo books |url=http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/books.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709210741/http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/books.htm |archive-date=July 9, 2011 |access-date=June 27, 2011 |website=The Ultimate Columbo Site |publisher=}}</ref>

Columbo was also used as the protagonist for a series of novels published between 1994 and 1999 by Forge Books, an imprint of [[Tor Books]]. All of these books were written by William Harrington.

William Link, the co-creator of the series, wrote a collection of Columbo short stories, titled ''The Columbo Collection'', which was published in May 2010 by [[Crippen & Landru]], a specialty mystery publisher.<ref>{{cite book|last=Harrington|first=William|title=''The Columbo Collection'' at|isbn=978-1932009941|year=2010|publisher=Crippen & Landru Publishers }}</ref>