[DOC] [TLE] 17 Things You Didn't Know About Columbo | Showbiz Geek [PAR] Jun 19, 2014 ... It proved to be Thomas' last role as he died while the play was on tour. ... the 
producers wanted Bing Crosby to take the role, he turned it down as it would ... 6 
Peter Falk lost his right eye at the age of three because of an eye-cancer. ... 7 
Columbo's first name was never formally revealed on the show, though... [DOC] [TLE] William Shatner - Wikipedia [PAR] William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, producer, 
and director. .... He was then contracted to play Kirk for the Star Trek series and 
held the role ... With very little money and few acting prospects, Shatner lost his 
home and ... In 1994, he starred as the murderer in the Columbo episode "
Butterfly in... [DOC] [TLE] When Italians Ruled the Airwaves - Wall Street Journal [PAR] Oct 22, 2010 ... One of his primary role models was Dean Martin (whom he ... By the end of the 
swing era in the 1940s, Italian-American crooners were ... Prima would have 
been the first guy inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame if he didn't sing in 
Italian. ... But Dion, it turned out, was among the last of that line. [DOC] [TLE] All I Needed to Know, I Learned from Columbo - Goodreads [PAR] In A Study in Scarlet, Holmes emphasizes his role as a consulting detective. The 
job, ... years, and later became the first actor to play Holmes on the radio. .... 
because people have chosen to be ignorant, but because they've not made a 
mindful effort to .... Stout greenlighted on the condition that he didn't have to 
watch it. [DOC] [TLE] BING CROSBY America's Favorite Crooner - Speaking of Radio [PAR] but also a radio and movie star thus becom- ... Harry took his first check from the 
brew- ... Bing held down a host ofjobs through ... because none of them knew 
how to read ... he was making as much money perform ... Their attitude still 
didn't .... sound of the big hands, Crosby offered. .... In 19?1 he turned down the 
role of. [DOC] [TLE] COOGI Shorts [PAR] But they can only avoid a restructuring of Greek government bonds held by ... 
Greece, is enough to prevent them losing even more money down the line. .... 
Columbo  he never had a first name  presented a refreshing contrast to other 
TV detectives. ... Instead, the role was offered to easygoing crooner Bing Crosby. [DOC] [TLE] FRANK SINATRA - John Lahr - writer, critic, theatre reviewer ... [PAR] He didn't dream, Tina Sinatra insists, of her father's often repeated account of .... 
The notion had first dawned on Sinatra when he was about eleven and was in his 
... show on the air, Sinatra wanted to sing with them; they turned him down. ... 
Frank is a singer who comes along once in a lifetime, but why did he have to... [DOC] [TLE] "He Had on a Hat": June 2011 [PAR] Jun 3, 2011 ... The role of Lt. Columbo was not originally offered to Falk. ... Movies ) was first 
offered to a few different actors, including crooner and Bob Hope sidekick Bing 
Crosby. Crosby turned down the role, reportedly because he felt the series would 
... Wings of Desire is not only Falk's best performance but one of the... [DOC] [TLE] Carole Lombard - Biography - IMDb [PAR] Her first role as a Fox player was Hearts and Spurs (1925), in which she had ... 
She and Powell hit it off and soon married, but the marriage didn't work out .... 
Linked romantically to crooner Russ Columbo until his accidental death late in 
1934. ... claimed he had been told that Lombard's plane had actually been shot 
down... [DOC] [TLE] Columbo - Notes | Facebook [PAR] Columbo, Los Angeles, CA. 3860 likes  8 talking about this. Just one more thing..
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Question: Crooner who was 1st offered role of "Columbo" but turned it down because he didn't need the money
Answer: Bing Crosby