This was Coleman's second appearance in the franchise; he previously played a police detective in the 1973 episode "Double Shock".
( Peter Falk ): The disheveled but brilliant homicide detective.
(Julian Stone): Marcy’s lover and the man framed for her murder. Little Richard : Appears as himself in a guest cameo. Production & Trivia Director: Alan J. Levi. Writer: William Read Woodfield.
( Shera Danese ): Creighton’s ambitious assistant who discovers his crime and attempts to blackmail him for a partnership in his firm. Danese was Peter Falk’s real-life wife.
" Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star " is the third episode of Season 10 (the 58th episode overall) of the legendary mystery series Columbo . It originally aired on April 29, 1991.