365 Days of Columbo: April 30th

Happy Birthday Burt Young

Actor Burt Young was born April 30, 1940. Columbo fans know him from the 1994 ABC episode Undercover, where he plays lowlife crook Mo Weinberg opposite Peter Falk, Ed Begley Jr., Shera Danese, and Harrison Page. 

Of course, Young is best remembered (including by Geraldine Ferguson) as Paulie Pennino in the Rocky films, a role that earned him an Oscar nomination for the original Rocky. He also had memorable parts in Chinatown, The Gambler, Once Upon a Time in America, and The Sopranos. 

Young passed away on October 8, 2023, at age 83.

Remembering Agnes Moorehead

April 30th also marks the death of Agnes Moorehead, who passed away on this date in 1974. Moorehead never appeared in the Peter Falk television series, but she does have an important place in Columbo history: she played Claire Fleming in the original stage version of Prescription: Murder, opposite Joseph Cotten as Dr. Roy Flemming and Thomas Mitchell as Lieutenant Columbo.