Robert Rafailovich Falk
Origin/Culture/Country: RussianRobert Rafailovich Falk: was a Russian painter. Falk was born in Moscow in 1886. In 1903 to 1904 he studied art in the studios of Konstantin Yuon and Ilya Mashkov, in 1905 to 1909 he studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture with Konstantin Korovin and
Peter Michael Falk
Origin/Culture/Country: AmericanPeter Michael Falk: is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, five-time Emmy Award-winning and one-time Golden Globe award-winning American actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo.Falk attended Ossining High School in Westchester County, New York and was the president of his senior class. After graduating from high school, Falk joined the United States Merchant Marine as a cook, before completing a Bachelor of Arts in political science at the New School for Social Research in 1951. He also attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York for three years. Gaining a Masters degree in public administration at Syracuse University in 1953, Falk applied unsuccessfully for a job with the CIA before becoming a management analyst with the Connecticut State Budget Bureau in Hartford.