Ranking the Best Killers on Columbo
I debated limiting myself to one per actor, but that didn’t seem fair to Jack Cassidy, Patrick McGoohan, and Robert Culp.
25. Eric Prince (Patrick McGoohan) — Ashes to Ashes
24. Grace Wheeler (Janet Leigh) — Forgotten Lady
23. Hayden Danziger (Robert Vaughn) — Troubled Waters
22. Major General Martin Hollister (Eddie Albert) — Dead Weight
21. Carl Brimmer (Robert Culp) — Death Lends a Hand
20. Beth Chadwick (Susan Clark) — Lady in Waiting
19. Nora Chandler (Anne Baxter) — Requiem for a Falling Star
18. Paul Galesko (Dick Van Dyke) — Negative Reaction
17. Nelson Brenner (Patrick McGoohan) — Identity Crisis
16. Nelson Hayward (Jackie Cooper) — Candidate for Criem
15. Deputy Commissioner Mark Halperin (Richard Kiley) — A Friend in Deed
14. Dexter and Norman Paris (Martin Landau) — Double Shock
13. Dr. Barry Mayfield (Leonard Nimoy) — A Stitch in Crime
12. Paul Hanlon (Robert Culp) — The Most Crucial Game
11. The Great Santini (Jack Cassidy) — Now You See Him…
10. Dale Kingston (Ross Martin) — Suitable for Framing
9. Abigail Mitchell (Ruth Gordon) — Try and Catch Me
8. Tommy Brown (Johnny Cash) — Swan Song
7. Alex Benedict (John Cassavetes) — Etude in Black
6. Oliver Brandt (Theodore Bikel) — The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case
5. Riley Greenleaf (Jack Cassidy) — Publish or Perish
4. Adrian Carsini (Donald Pleasence) — Any Old Port in a Storm
3. Ken Franklin (Jack Cassidy) — Murder by the Book
2. Dr. Bart Keppell (Robert Culp) — Double Exposure
- Colonel Lyle Rumford (Patrick McGoohan) — By Dawn’s Early Light
