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The highest paid actor on television at one time?
posted by Benton12STAFFMOD on February 3, 2023 at 12:23 PM
I wonder if he was. I read an article in the early 1980s showing Alan Alda of radical Mash (see my postings) to be that but the article was written in 1981 a year after Hawaii Five-O went off the air on the same network.
Reply by Steve
on February 9, 2023 at 5:43 PM
I thought Peter Falk was the highest paid actor for Columbo during it's first run.
Reply by Benton12
on February 9, 2023 at 9:08 PM
Falk only brilliantly played Columbo 7 years. And one TV movie in 68 along with suave acting great Gene Barry and beautiful and appealing Katherine Justice. That leaves like about 8 years he played Columbo vs Lord's 12 years as McGarrett.
Reply by bratface
on February 10, 2023 at 6:30 PM
You are right. He earned $300,000 per episode (maybe more), & $600,000 when it returned in 1989.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Falk#Columbo
As for Jack Lord, he was paid about $5,000 per episode for Hawaii 5-0.
Reply by Benton12
on February 11, 2023 at 12:09 AM
5000 1968 dollars is over 42000 today. I am sure Mr. Lord was paid way more than that by 1980. I just was wondering if Mr. Lord was just for a short time the highest paid actor on TV. Not the highest paid actor on TV of all time. I knew he was not that at all!
Reply by bratface
on February 11, 2023 at 12:43 AM
It's still NOWHERE close to what Peter Falk made during the same time.
Reply by Benton12
on February 11, 2023 at 10:32 AM
And of course Columbia was 6 or 7 TV movies a season not 22.