Recently watched a Columbo episode from 1971 called "Ransom for a Dead Man", and thought a face looked familiar. The character's name was Paul Williams, who was quickly disposed of by his wife, played by Lee Grant during the opening scene of the episode. After checking IMDB, I realized the actor, Harlan Warde, appeared in 2 TAGS episodes: - Barney Fife, Realtor (1965) ... Mr. Williams- Opie and the Spoiled Kid (1963) ... Simon Winkler Ironically he played a Mr. Williams in the episode where Barney was a realtor. He played Howie's father (I thought Howie's last name was Pruitt) and lived in the house that Andy/Bee thought they wanted (the Williams place), but it turns out the house had furnace problems and a foot of water in the basement. He portrayed Arnold Winkler's father in "Opie and the Spoiled Kid" episode. After realizing his boy Arnold was way out of line discipline-wise, and took him out to the "good old fashioned" woodshed behind the Mayberry courthouse for some well deserved corporal punishment. If anyone is interested, there's an excellent website dedicated to Columbo, one of the best characters/detective shows in history. They really get deep into all things Columbo, and there are others TAGS alumni that have appeared on Columbo episodes. Columbo's first run of episodes (the classics), along with TAGS complete episodes are both now on Amazon Prime, although the Columbo's are "free with commercials", which you can't fast forward through. TAGS show the original episodes along with the epilogues, commercial free. Cheers. http://www.columbophile.com
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