365 Days of Columbo: January 4th

Richard Stahl's Birthday

Wanna travel? If so Richard Stahl might be your man since he TWICE played travel agents on Columbo. First he confirmed Paul Hanlon's travel plans in The Most Crucial Game then in season 3 he did the same for the doomed Karl Lessing's travel plans in Lovely But Lethal.


Later in season 3 he once again appeared to foil Robert Culp as a ballistics man in Double Exposure.

He was born January 4th, 1932.

Sorrell Booke's Birthday 

Better known as Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard, Sorrell Booke appeared in Columbo twice. He had a tiny part in Swan Song as Johnny Cash's manager.


And he returned for a more substantial part in season 6 as the murder victim Bertie Hastings in The Bye Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case.


Booke was born January 4th, 1930.

Farewell Jerome Guardino 

Guardino appeared in four episodes. He was Sergeant Burke in Try and Catch Me, Make Me a Perfect Murder, and Murder, Smoke and Shadows. But many Columbo fans will recognize him as Detective Harris...the guy Columbo pays to take his pistol test for him in Forgotten Lady.


He passed away on January 4th, 2020.

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