Murder by Death
George Segal played Sam Spade, Jr., son of the original, in the film spoof, "The Black Bird" (1975). "The Black Bird" was panned by critics. Peter Falk delivered a more successful spoof the following year as Sam Diamond in Neil Simon's "Murder by Death". This was preceded by the spoof character Sam Diamond in "The Addams Family" episode "Thing Is Missing" (1965) portrayed by Tommy Farrell.