Fantasy Casting Old Columbo Guest Stars

It’s not sacrilege if they’re all dead. A lot of Columbo guest stars deliver performances that don’t make sense in 2026 even if they were perfect in 1974, so you get to think carefully about what worked for Jack Cassidy or Donald Pleasance and what might work for Hugh Jackman or Paul Giamatti. Anyway it’ll keep you off of your phone a bit while waiting at the DMV.