A list of actors and actresses who have appeared in Columbo related media.
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Television
Enough Rope (1960)
An episode of The Chevy Mystery Show (1960):
- Bert Freed: Police Lt. Columbo
Columbo
Appeared in Columbo (1971-2003):
- Ian Abercrombie: Sidney
- Carmichael in Mrs. Columbo
- Jay Acovone: Bruno Romano
- Eddie Albert: Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister
- Tony Amendola: Clergyman
- Jo Anderson: Lydia Corman
- Richard Anderson: Bryce Chadwick
- Carmen Argenziano: Coroner Anderson
- Scott Atkinson: Tony
- Karen Austin: Dr. Paula Hall
- Val Avery: Harry Barnes/Ralph Dobbs/Artie Jessup/Louie
- Diane Baker: Joanna Clay
- Majel Barrett: Hospital Announcer
- Patricia Barry: Francine
- Richard Basehart: Nicholas Frame
- Arthur Batanides: Murph
- Patrick Bauchau: Max Barsini
- Anne Baxter: Nora Chandler
- Ed Begley Jr.: Irving Krutch/Officer Stein
- Theodore Bikel: Oliver Brandt
- Honor Blackman: Lillian Stanhope
- Sorrell Booke: J.J. Stringer/Bertie Hastings
- Phil Bruns: Gene Stafford
- Don Calfa: Rudy
- Johnny Cash: Tommy Brown
- John Cassavetes: Alex Benedict
- Jack Cassidy: The Great Santini/Riley Greenleaf/Ken Franklin
- Kim Cattrall: Joanne Nicholls
- Maree Cheatham: Mrs. Rowe
- Claudia Christian: Lisa Martin
- Eric Christmas: Bruno Wexler
- William Christopher: Male Scientist
- Robert Clotworthy: Boodle Boy/Jonathan B. Miller
- George Coe: Dr. Sydney Hammer
- Dabney Coleman: Det. Murray/Hugh Creighton
- Gino Conforti: Ferdy
- Billy Connolly: Findlay Crawford
- Robert Conrad: Milo Janus
- Jackie Cooper: Nelson Hayward
- Barry Corbin: Clifford Calvert
- Robert Costanzo: Sgt. Russo
- Lindsay Crouse: Dr. Joan Allenby
- Pat Crowley: Mrs. Lenore Kennicutt
- Robert Culp: Dr. Bart Kepple/Investigator Brimmer/Jordan Rowe/Paul Hanlon
- Charles Huston in Mrs. Columbo
- Sondra Currie: Sgt. Hubach/Mrs. Rocca
- Jamie Lee Curtis: Waitress
- Blythe Danner: Janice Benedict
- Don S. Davis: Bertie
- John Dehner: Commodore Otis Swanson/Roland Pangborn
- Bradford Dillman: Tony Goodland
- Bob Dishy: Sgt. Frederic Wilson/Sgt. John J. Wilson
- Sgt. Norris in Mrs. Columbo
- Robert Donner: Arnie/The Drunk/Zeke Rivers
- Fred Draper: Cab Driver/David Morris/Joseph/Lab Tech/Murcheson/Swanny/Swanson
- Faye Dunaway: Lauren Staton
- Dana Elcar: Falcon
- Héctor Elizondo: Hassan Salah
- Stephen Elliott: Gen. Padget/Carl Donner
- Efrain Figueroa: McGee
- John Fink: Michael Clark
- Douglas Fisher (Actor): Butler
- Rosemary Forsyth: Joanna Ferris
- Bernard Fox: Purser Watkins/Det. Chief Supt. William Durk
- Anne Francis: Valerie Bishop/Nurse Sharon Martin
- Charles Frank: Edmund Galvin
- Alan Fudge: David Chase/Mr. Harrow/Mr. Redman
- Penny Fuller: Mrs. Finch
- Jorge Garcia: Julius
- Spencer Garrett: Roger Gambles
- Will Geer: Dr. Edmund Hidemann
- Linda Gehringer: Lorraine Buchinsky
- Carmine Giovinazzo: Tony Galper
- Paul Gleason: Parsons
- Joanna Going: Melissa Alexandra Hayes
- Ruth Gordon: Abigail Mitchell
- James Gregory: David L. Buckner/Coach Rizzo
- Michael Gregory: Mr. Hacker
- Deidre Hall: Dian Hunter/Receptionist
- Shashawnee Hall: Investigator #2
- Valerie Harper: Eve Babcock
- Pat Harrington Jr.: Buddy Castle
- Mariette Hartley: Eileen McRae/Veronica
- Steven Hill: Mr. Marosco
- Celeste Holm: Phyllis Lytton Brandt
- Cady Huffman: Receptionist
- Kim Hunter: Edna Matthews
- Wilfrid Hyde-White: Tanner/Kittering, Esq.
- Mary Jackson: Annie
- Dean Jagger: Walter Cunnell
- Paul Jenkins (actor): Sgt. Douglas
- Boyle in Mrs. Columbo
- L.Q. Jones: Gun Dealer
- Juliet Mills: Eileen Hacker
- Peter Jurasik: Dr. Simon Ward
- Stanley Kamel: Tim Haines
- John Kerr: Col. Roger Dutton
- Richard Kiley: Mark Halperin
- Richard Kline: Louis "Lou" Cates
- Emily Kuroda: Linda
- Susan Krebs: Wendy
- Martin Landau: Dexter Paris/Norman Paris
- Louise Latham: Mrs. Norris
- Janet Leigh: Grace Wheeler Wills
- Ken Lerner: Dr. Walter Neff
- Ivan in Mrs. Columbo
- Joanne Linville: Vickie Hayward
- Paula in Mrs. Columbo
- Little Richard: Himself
- Robert Loggia: Harry Blandford
- Myrna Loy: Lizzy Fielding
- Laurence Luckinbill: Mark McAndrews
- William Lucking: Dominic Doyle
- Stephen Macht: David Kincaid
- Bill Macy: Ruddick
- Mako: Kenji Ozu
- Mark Margolis: Cosner
- Kenneth Mars: Mike
- Arlene Martel: Gloria West/Salesgirl/Tanya Baker
- Ross Martin: Dale Kingston
- Ron Masak: Eddie Fenelle
- Kevin McCarthy (actor): Dr. Frank Simmons
- Rod McCary: Coast Guard Officer
- Rue McClanahan: Verity Chandler
- Edie McClurg: Mrs. Lerby
- Roddy McDowall: Roger Stanford
- James McEachin: Billy Jones/Walter Mearhead
- Patrick McGoohan: Col. Lyle C. Rumford/Eric Prince/Nelson Brenner/Oscar Finch
- Bill McKinney: Luke Basket
- Ian McShane: Leland St. John
- Vera Miles: Viveca Scott
- Ricardo Montalbán: Luis Montoya
- Julia Montgomery: Cindy
- Pat Morita: The House Boy
- Byron Morrow: Amos Lawrence
- Rosemary Murphy: Margaret Halperin
- Julie Newmar: Lisa Chambers
- Leslie Nielsen: A.J. Henderson/Peter Hamilton
- Leonard Nimoy: Dr. Barry Mayfield
- Jeanette Nolan: Mrs. Peck/Kate O'Connell
- Patrick O'Neal: Elliot Markham/Frank Flanagan
- Harrison Page: Detective Sgt. Arthur Brown
- Janis Paige: Goldie Williamson
- Michael Pataki: Sam
- Jeff Perry: Leonard Fisher
- Nehemiah Persoff: Jesse Jerome
- Barney Phillips: Captain Wyler
- Donald Pleasence: Adrian Carsini
- Ian A. Morly in Mrs. Columbo
- Suzanne Pleshette: Helen Stewart
- Vincent Price: David Lang
- Marge Redmond: Helen Hendrix
- Della Reese: Johnny Carson's Guest
- Kate Reid: Mrs. Walters
- Jill Remez: Waitress
- Bert Remsen: Mark
- Clive Revill: Joe Devlin
- Matthew Rhys: Justin Price
- Richard Riehle: Sgt. Degarmo
- Jack Riley: Director
- Richard Roat: Perkins
- Gena Rowlands: Elizabeth Van Wick
- Katey Sagal: Secretary
- Dick Sargent: As Himself
- Richard Saxton: Newscaster
- Doug Savant: Det. Dennis Mulrooney
- Steve Schirripa: Freddie
- Martha Scott: Margaret Meadis
- Vito Scotti: Chadwick/Maitre d'/Mr. Grindell/Salvatore De Fonte/Thomas Dolan/Vito
- William Shatner: Fielding Chase/Ward Fowler
- Helen Shaver: Vivian Dimitri
- Martin Sheen: Karl Lessing
- Jennifer Sky: Vanessa
- William Smith: Ken Nichols
- Rebecca Staab: Tina
- Richard Stahl: Ballistics Man/Burton/Mr. Fremont
- Maury Sterling: Store Clerk
- Fisher Stevens: Alex Bradley
- Dean Stockwell: Eric Wagner/Lloyd Harrington
- Guy Stockwell: Club Owner
- Don Swayze: Albert Wagner
- Ken Swofford: Harry Stone
- Christopher Titus: Paramilitary Man #1
- Kenneth Tobey: Police Commissioner
- Rip Torn: Leon Lamarr
- Shaun Toub: Amir
- Dick Van Dyke: Paul Galesko
- Robert Vaughn: Charles "Charlie" Clay/Hayden Danziger
- Robert Walden: Billy Fine/Plainsclothesman
- Jessica Walter: Margaret Nicholson
- Audrey Wasilewski: Attendant
- George Wendt: Graham McVeigh
- Oskar Werner: Harold Van Wick
- Collin Wilcox: Ruth Stafford
- John Williams (actor): Sir Roger Haversham
- Jason Wingreen: Policeman
- Time Winters: Stan
- George Wyner: Film Editor
- Francine York: Sgt. Leftkowitz
- Bill Zuckert: Capt. August/Capt. Sampson/Father
Mrs. Columbo
Appeared in Mrs. Columbo (1979-1980):
- John Aprea: Phil Stoddard
- Armand Assante: Freddie Faust
- René Auberjonois: Bradlee/Monsieur Gerard
- Bibi Besch: Eileen Chambers
- Guy Boyd: Gary Markell
- Nicolas Coster: Zev Arno
- Ted Danson: Richard Dellinger
- Michael Fairman: Lieutenant
- Frederic Forrest: Martin
- Dick Gautier: Arthur
- Henry Jones: Josh Alden
- Kathleen Lloyd: Elaine
- Barney Martin: Dr. Prinz
- Allan Miller: Cooley
- Kate Mulgrew: Kate Callahan-Columbo
- Priscilla Pointer: Mrs. Prior
- David Rasche: William Gardner
- Patrick Kinsley in Columbo
- Andrew Robinson: Mitchell
- Al Ruscio: Victor March
- Joseph Ruskin: Sid Russell
- Dee Wallace: Janet Rutledge
- Shannon Wilcox: Claire
- Carmen Zapata: Landlady
Film
Prescription: Murder (1968)
Appeared in Prescritpion Murder (1968):
- Gene Barry: Dr. Ray Flemming
- Peter Falk: Lt. Columbo
- Katherine Justice: Joan Hudson
- William Windom: Burt Gordon
- Everett Logan in Columbo
Columbo Cries Wolf
Appeared in Columbo Cries Wolf (1990):
- Bee-Be Smith: Reporter
Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo
Appeared in Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo (1990):
- Rob Narita: Uniformed Policeman
Foreign Dubs
European French
Columbo:
- Maïk Darah: Maxine Jarrett.
- Francis Lax: Hassan Salah.
- Dominique Paturel: Frank Brailie.
- Serge Sauvion: Lieutenant Columbo.
