Here are the most iconic Columbo guest stars.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT One of the standout features of Richard Levinson and William Link's iconic detective series was the number of iconic Columbo guest stars that appeared. First airing in 1971, Columbo follows Lieutenant Columbo, a quirky yet shrewd LAPD homicide detective who investigates and solves murder cases.
Janet Leigh Janet Leigh plays Grace Wheeler Willis in Columbo season 5, episode 1 "Forgotten Lady". Grace is a former movie star who is looking to make a return to the big screen. However, when her husband tells Grace that her dreams of making a comeback are unrealistic, she drugs him up with sleeping pills and then shoots him to make his death look like a suicide. Leigh is best known for playing Marion Crane, the famous murder victim of Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
Johnny Cash In Columbo season 3, episode 7 "Make Me a Perfect Murder", legendary musician Johnny Cash plays famous gospel singer Tommy Brown. When his wife Edna accuses him of raping one of his backup singers, Maryann, Brown kills both women by drugging them to sleep while piloting his private plane and then parachuting out of the plane before it crashes into some mountains in the desert.
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