Robert Culp

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Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in television.

Culp's work on I Spy (1965-1988), the espionage television series in which co-star Bill Cosby and he played undercover agents, earned him a worldwide reputation.

He appeared in the CBS/Four Star Western series Trackdown as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman from 1957 to 1959. As FBI Agent Bill Maxwell on The Greatest American Hero, he brought him right to television in the 1980s.

Warren Whelan appeared on Everybody Loves Raymond later in his career.

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Culp gave hundreds of performances.

Early life

Culp was born in Oakland, California, or Berkeley, California, either. He was the only child of Crozier Cordell Culp, an attorney, and his partner, Bethel Martin Culp (née Collins). He graduated from Berkeley High School, where he was a pole vaulter, and took second place at the 1947 CIF California State Meet.

In Stockton, California, Culp attended the University of the Pacific, but did not graduate. He later attended Washington University in San Francisco State and the University of Washington School of Drama, but not with an academic degree. He obtained his acting instruction at HB Studio in New York City.

Personal life

Culp has lived five times and is the father of five children. Joshua, Jason, and Joseph were among Joshua, Jason, Joseph, and Rachel, his second wife, Nancy Wilner, and his daughter Rachel. Samantha was his second child with his first wife. Jason Culp is a voice actor who has narrated several audiobooks.

France Nuyen, a French actress who appeared on I Spy from 1967 to 1970, Culp was married to Jean Nulp, who was also known as France Nuyen. She appeared in four episodes, two of which were written by Culp. After the series's first airing, Culp and Nuyen also co-hosted the second episode of Turn-On in 1969, but the show was never shown.

Elmo Kennedy O'Connor, the grandson of Culp, is a rapper who appears under the name Bones.

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Career

Culp came to national prominence early in his career as the actor of the 1957–1959 CBS Western television series Trackdown, in which he appeared as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman, who was based in Porter, Texas. It was one of Culp's many appearances in television Westerns. Culp starred as Gilman in "Badge of Honor," a 1956 episode of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre in which Culp appeared as Gilman.

He appeared in two more episodes of Zane Grey Theatre in 1960, including various roles in "Morning Incident" and "Calico Bait." Culp continued to work in television, including a guest-starring role as Stewart Douglas in CBS's anthology series "So Dim the Sun" with June Allyson, after Trackdown ended in 1959 after two seasons. He appeared on David McLean's NBC Western series Tate in the summer of 1960.

Clay Horne appeared in the CBS Western Johnny Ringo's "Cave-In" series finale, starring Don Durant. In the CBS series Rawhide's Episode "Incident on Top of the World" in 1961, Culp appeared as Craig Kern, a morphine-addicted soldier. Culp was cast on the NBC anthology film, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, and the NBC Civil War drama, The Americans, about this time. In a first-season episode of NBC's The Man from U.C.L.E., Culp was cast as Captain Shark. (1964): (64). In three episodes of Harlan Ellison's classic "Demon with a Glass Hand" (Japan), some of his finest performances were in three episodes of The Outer Limits (1963–65). He appeared on the NBC's Western Bonanza in 1961. He appeared on ABC's crime drama "The Corruptors" from 1961-62. The Rifleman of the network, and the Rifleman of The Rifleman. Richard Egan appeared in NBC's NBC's current Western series Empire from 1962 to 1963.

In 1964, Culp played Charlie Orwell, an alcoholic veterinarian, in an episode of The Virginian (NBC 1962–1971) titled "The Stallion." He appeared in another Western, Gunsmoke movie the same year. In the series "Hung High," Joe Costa portrays an outlaw named Joe Costa who is trying to jail Matt Dillon for lynching a prisoner who had murdered the marshal's companion. Frank Melo appeared in "The Tender Twigs" of James Franciscus' NBC education drama series "Mr. Novak" in 1965.

Culp's most memorable role, CIA cover agent Kelly Robinson, who worked undercover as a touring tennis professional, appeared on the hit NBC series I Spy (1965–1968), starring Bill Cosby. Culp wrote the scripts for seven episodes, one of which he directed and another for which he received an Emmy Award for writing. He was also nominated for an acting Emmy (Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series category) for three years, but he lost each time to Cosby.

In an I Spy parody episode titled "Die Spy," Culp's inebriated Turkish waiter also appeared on Get Smart, the spy-spoof comedy series, in 1968. Maxwell Smart played by Don Adams in this film as he pretends to be the Culp's Kelly Robinson character as the world table-tennis champion. With actor/comedian Stu Gilliam imitating Cosby, the episode faithfully recreates the I Spy theme tune, montage graphics, and back-and-forth banter between Robinson and Scott.

After Franciosa was dismissed, Culp, Peter Falk, Robert Wagner, and Darren McGavin all stepped in to substitute with Anthony Franciosa's The Name of the Game's rotation in 1971, with Gene Barry and Robert Stack alternating a lead role. In the television film See the Man Run, he portrayed an unemployed actor, the husband of a vivacious Angie Dickinson. In three Columbo episodes ("Death Lends a Hand") in 1971, "The Most Important Game") in 1972, "Double Exposure"), Culp's father was one of two young murderers, as the father of one of two young murderers. In the pilot episode of Mrs. Columbo starring Kate Mulgrew in the title role, he also played the murderer.

In 1973, Culp barely took the male lead in the sci-fi television series Space: 1999. Culp's participation in the talks with creator and executive producer Gerry Anderson revealed himself not only as an actor but also as a producer and producer for the new film. The role was instead transferred to Martin Landau.

Bill Maxwell, a veteran FBI Special Agent, who works with a high-school coach who receives extraterrestrial superpowers, co-starred in The Greatest American Hero as a hero. He wrote and directed "Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell," his second-season finale episode, with free rein to do the episode as he pleased. The exhibit spanned three years, from 1981 to 1983. He reprised his role in the spin-off pilot The Greatest American Heroine and a voice-over on the stop-motion sketch comedy Robot Chicken. Culp was rumored to have Larry Hagman replace him as J. R. Ewing in Dallas at that time. Nevertheless, Culp denied it firmly, saying that he would never abandon his position as Bill Maxwell. On The Cosby Show in 1987, he reunited with Cosby, playing Dr. Cliff Huxtable's old friend Scott Kelly. The name was a combination of their I Spy characters' names.

Warren Whelan, the father of Debra Barone and Ray Barone's father, appeared on Everybody Loves Raymond as Warren Whelan, the father of Debra Barone and father-in-law. He appeared on episodes of other television shows, including a 1963 Bonanza episode titled "Broken Ballad," as well as The Golden Girls, The Nanny, The Girls Next Door, and Wings. Halcyon Renard, the voice of the character in the Disney adventure cartoon Gargoyles, was presenter.

For the first time since 1968, Culp and Cosby reprised their roles as Robinson and Scott in I Spy Returns (1994), a nostalgic television film. Culp and Cosby reunited for one last time on the television show Cosby in an episode entitled "My Spy" (1999), in which Cosby's character, Hilton Lucas, wishes he is Alexander Scott on a mission with Kelly Robinson. In the episode "Trust No One" (February 18, 1995), Robert Culp appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger as Lyle Pike. On Diagnosis Murder in 1997, he served as both a CIA agent and the father of Dr. Jesse Travis. Barbara Bain, Robert Vaughn, and Patrick Macnee all appeared together.

Culp appeared in many television films, beginning with three of them in 1963: Ensign George Ross of The Raiders as the legendary gunslinger of John F. Kennedy and Jane Fonda's debonair fiancé.

In 1969, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice starred alongside Natalie Wood in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. In Hannie Caulder (1971), Thomas Luther Price, another gunman, appeared in a memorable role opposite Raquel Welch. Hickey & Boggs reunited him with Cosby for the first time since I Spy a year ago. This feature film, directed by Culp, stars Cosby and he portraying over-the-hill private eyes. He appeared in the comedy Combat Academy in 1986 as General Woods. In Alan J. Pakula's 1993 murder mystery, The Pelican Brief, Culp played the US President.

Culp appeared in the 1993 live action video game Voyeur as the game's villain, industrialist/politician Reed Hawke. He lent his voice to Doctor Breen, the chief antagonist in Half-Life 2 in 2004. Culp is portrayed as an erudite and detached narrator in the scenes where Eminem and Dr. Dre rap lyrics against each other in "Guilty Conscience"'s video clip. He appears only in the music video. Mark Avery, the narrator of the album version, is Mark Avery.

Culp's career was chronicled on the O'Reilly Factor, and the actor was named "TV Icon of the Week" on November 9, 2007. When Blanche needs a pacemaker on The Golden Girls, Culp played Simon, Blanche's beau.

Culp wrote scripts for seven I Spy episodes, one of which he also directed. He wrote and directed two episodes of The Greatest American Hero, including the series's finale. Culp wrote scripts for other television series, including Trackdown, a two-part episode from The Rifleman, and Cain's Hundred.

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