Okay, the contestants in “Last Columbo Murderer Standing” (NBC only) are actually hanging in there pretty well. Last time I updated my list was May 4, 2011, at which time 13/40 were still alive (32.5%). As of today, about five and a half years later (November 12, 2016), we have only lost three more, and so are at 10/40 (25%).
I have added the ages of the surviving murders (range 75 – 90). Van Dyke is the oldest, and Trish Van Devere (“Make Me A Perfect Murder”, Season 7, episode 3, a pretty good one) is the youngest, so I guess she is the odds on favorite to win, though I don’t know her health status. Neither of the pilot murderers are with us, but there is at least one murderer from each NBC season still standing. I mostly used “The Ultimate Lieutenant Columbo Site” for the list of murderers, though I made a few of what I thought were needed corrections. There can be some ambiguity here (for instance, Richard Basehart (dead) and not Honor Blackman (alive) is listed as the murderer for “Dagger of the Mind”, Season 2, Episode 4 (Columbo in London), even though I might have listed them jointly. I used Wikipedia and “Dead or not Dead” for breathing status. Any corrections would be appreciated. Below is the list of the 10 remaining contestants, followed by the list of what I have as all 40 unique murderers for the 7 seasons (plus two pilots) of the NBC episodes. 1. Susan Clark 76 2. Martin Landau 85 3. Vera Miles 87 4. Dick Van Dyke 90 5. George Hamilton 77 6. Hector Elizondo 79 7. William Shatner (85) 8. Joyce Van Patten (82) 9. Trish Van Devere (75) 10. Clive Revill (86) *Pilots* 1. Gene Barry 2. Leslie Williams *Season 1 (1/7)* 3. Jack Cassidy 4. Robert Culp 5. Eddie Albert 6. Ross Martin 7. *Susan Clark 76 8. Roddy McDowall 9. Patrick O'Neal *Season 2 (1/8)* 10. John Cassavetes 11. Ray Milland 12. Robert Culp 13. Richard Basehart (Honor Blackman, not dead) 14. Anne Baxter 15. Leonard Nimoy 16. Laurence Harvey 17. *Martin Landau 85 *Season 3 (1/8)* 18. *Vera Miles 87 19. Donald Pleasence 20. Jackie Cooper 21. Robert Culp 22. Jack Cassidy 23. Jose Ferrer 24. Johnny Cash 25. Richard Kiley *Season 4 (2/6)* 26. Robert Conrad 27. *Dick Van Dyke 90 28. Partick McGoohan 29. Robert Vaughn 30. Oskar Werner 31. *George Hamilton 77 *Season 5 (1/6)* 32. Janet Leigh 33. *Hector Elizondo 79 34. Partick McGoohan 35. Ricardo Montalban 36. Jack Cassidy 37. Fred Draper *Season 6 (2/3)* 38. *William Shatner (85) 39. *Joyce Van Patten (82) 40. Theodore Bikel *Season 7 (2/5)* 41. Ruth Gordon 42. Louis Jourdan 43. *Trish Van Devere (75) 44. Nicol Williamson 45. *Clive Revill (86) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
