Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor, scriptwriter, voice actor and director, widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on I Spy (1965–1968), the espionage series in which he and co-star Bill Cosby played a pair of secret agents. Prior to that, he starred in the CBS/Four Star western series, Trackdown as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman from 1957-1959.The 1980s brought him back to television. He starred as FBI Agent Bill Maxwell on The Greatest American Hero and also had a recurring role as Warren Whelan on Everybody Loves Raymond. In all, Culp gave hundreds of performances in a career spanning more than 50 years.
| Full Name | Robert Culp |
| Net Worth | $900,000 |
| Date Of Birth | August 16, 1930 |
| Died | March 24, 2010, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Death Cause | Heart attack while walking |
| Place Of Birth | Oakland, California, USA |
| Height | 1.87 m |
| Occupation | Actor, scriptwriter, director |
| Profession | Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Film director, Television Director |
| Education | Berkeley High School, University of Washington School of Drama, HB Studio, University of the Pacific, San Francisco State University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Candace Faulkner, Sheila Sullivan, France Nuyen, Nancy Asch, Elayne Carroll |
| Children | Joseph Culp, Rachel Culp, Jason Culp, Samantha Culp, Joshua Culp |
| Parents | Crozie Culp, Bethel Collins |
| Nicknames | Robert Culp, Culp, Robert |
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| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Male, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series |
| Movies | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Hannie Caulder, Hickey & Boggs, The Pelican Brief, Sunday in New York, Sky Riders, PT 109, The Castaway Cowboy, Turk 182, Santa's Slay, Big Bad Mama 2, Most Wanted, The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday, A Cold Night's Death, Xtro 3: Watch the Skies, The Raiders, The Blue Li... |
| TV Shows | Columbo, The Greatest American Hero, I Spy, Trackdown |
| Star Sign | Leo |
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| 1 | Along with Patrick McGoohan, Jack Cassidy, George Hamilton and William Shatner, he is one of only five actors to play two or more murderers in Columbo (1971): Investigator Brimmer in Columbo: Death Lends a Hand (1971), Paul Hanlon in Columbo: The Most Crucial Game (1972) and Dr. Bart Keppel in Columbo: Double Exposure (1973). |
| 2 | 'Bill Maxwell' was not there to "protect" 'Ralph' (the Super Suit did that), but rather they were supposed to work together -- and part of the charm of the show was that they didn't always work that well together, but they did become -along with 'Pam'- a close-knit team. And friends. |
| 3 | The character 'Bill Maxwell' was not "CIA chief" as mentioned in this biography, but rather he was an FBI Special Agent. |
| 4 | Unrelated to actor Stephen Culp. |
| 5 | Grandfather to L.A.-based rapper Bones. |
| 6 | He made guest appearances on both of the longest running prime time dramas in US television history: Gunsmoke (1955) and Law & Order (1990). |
| 7 | He was a staunch liberal Democrat. |
| 8 | Ties with Patrick McGoohan as a major guest star on the TV series Columbo (1971), with four appearances. |
| 9 | At 21, as a senior at the University of Washington, Seattle, he won the Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway Intercollegiate Acting competition on February 24, 1952. He won $2,000 after being judged by Helen Hayes, Christian Westphalen and Clarence Derwent, ANTA and Equity officers. |
| 10 | He studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City. |
| 11 | Both he and his I Spy (1965) co-star, Bill Cosby, were involved in civil rights causes and, when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, the pair traveled to Memphis, Tenn., to join the striking garbage workers King had been organizing. |
| 12 | Ex-stepfather of Fleur Morell. |
| 13 | Wrote a pilot script in 1962-1963 for director Sam Peckinpah called "Summer Soldiers" that was never produced. |
| 14 | Wrote a pilot script in 1964 for an espionage series to star himself, but opted for I Spy (1965) instead. He went on to write several episodes for I Spy (1965), including the first episode. |
| 15 | Father of Samantha Culp, from his marriage to Candace Faulkner. |
| 16 | He was a poker playing buddy of Hugh M. Hefner; as a result, he was a frequent guest at the Playboy Mansion. |
| 17 | It was widely reported that Culp would have replaced Larry Hagman as J.R. in Dallas (1978) had Hagman decided not to return to the series because of contract negotiations. However, Culp has stated that he was never asked to play the part of J.R. and was not contacted by anyone from Dallas (1978). At the time this took place, he was costarring as F.B.I. agent "Bill Maxwell" on ABC's The Greatest American Hero (1981). He loved the show and his role and has said that he would not have left the show even if the part had been offered to him. |
| 18 | Father of Joseph Culp, Joshua Culp, Jason Culp and Rachel Culp, from his marriage to Nancy Asch. |
| 19 | Born at 11:16pm-PDT |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Assignment | 2010 | | Blakesley |
| The Orange Box | 2007 | Video Game | Dr. Wallace Breen (voice) |
| Robot Chicken | 2007 | TV Series | Bill Maxwell Sheriff of Nottingham |
| Half-Life 2: Episode One | 2006 | Video Game | Dr. Wallace Breen (voice) |
| Santa's Slay | 2005 | | Grandpa |
| Early Bird | 2005 | TV Movie | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | 1996-2004 | TV Series | Warren |
| Half-Life 2 | 2004 | Video Game | Dr. Wallace Breen (voice) |
| The Almost Guys | 2004 | | The Colonel |
| The Dead Zone | 2003 | TV Series | Jeffrey Grissom |
| Blind Eye | 2003 | Video | Isaac |
| Hunger | 2001/I | | The Chief |
| Eminem: E | 2000 | Video | Narrator (segment "Guilty Conscience") |
| Running Mates | 2000 | TV Movie | Sen. Parker Gable |
| Farewell, My Love | 2000 | | Michael Reilly |
| Wanted | 2000 | | Fr. Patrick |
| Newsbreak | 2000 | | Judge McNamara |
| Chicago Hope | 2000 | TV Series | Benjamin Quinn |
| Innocents | 2000 | | Judge Winston |
| Cosby | 1999 | TV Series | Scott Kelly |
| Unconditional Love | 1999 | | Karl Thomassen |
| Holding the Baby | 1998 | TV Series | |
| Conan | 1998 | TV Series | King Vog |
| Diagnosis Murder | 1997 | TV Series | Dane Travis |
| Viper | 1997 | TV Series | Mark Bishop |
| Most Wanted | 1997 | | Donald Bickhart |
| Spy Game | 1997 | TV Series | Crazed Terrorist |
| Spy Hard | 1996 | | Businessman |
| Gargoyles | 1995-1996 | TV Series | Halcyon Renard |
| Mercenary | 1996 | Video | McClean |
| Xtro 3: Watch the Skies | 1995 | | Major Guardino |
| Favorite Deadly Sins | 1995 | TV Movie | Actor playing Noble Hart |
| Burke's Law | 1995 | TV Series | Hiram Waters |
| Panther | 1995/I | | Charles Garry |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | 1995 | TV Series | Mr. Darryl |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | 1995 | TV Series | Lyle Pike |
| Wings | 1994 | TV Series | Ace Galvin |
| The Nanny | 1994 | TV Series | Stewart Babcock |
| I Spy Returns | 1994 | TV Movie | Kelly Robinson |
| Lonesome Dove: The Series | 1994 | TV Series | Cornelius Farnsworth |
| The Poetry Hall of Fame | 1993 | TV Movie | |
| The Pelican Brief | 1993 | | President |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | 1993 | TV Series | Elias Jackson |
| Voyeur | 1993 | Video Game | Reed Hawke |
| Timebomb | 1991 | | Mr. Phillips |
| Jake and the Fatman | 1987-1991 | TV Series | Harrison Gregg |
| Murderous Vision | 1991 | TV Movie | Dr. Bordinay |
| Columbo | 1971-1990 | TV Series | Jordan Rowe / Dr. Bart Kepple / Paul Hanlon / ... |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | 1990 | TV Series | John Hathaway |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter | 1990 | TV Movie | Richard Stuart |
| Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair | 1990 | TV Movie | Gen. Davies |
| The Golden Girls | 1990 | TV Series | Simon |
| The Famous Teddy Z | 1990 | TV Series | |
| Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog | 1989 | | Gregor |
| Who's the Boss? | 1989 | TV Series | Jason |
| Doctor Doctor | 1989 | TV Series | Hoey Babcock |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! | 1989 | Video | Lt. Connely |
| What Price Victory | 1988 | TV Movie | Billy Bob Claiborne |
| Matlock | 1987 | TV Series | Robert Irwin |
| Big Bad Mama II | 1987 | | Daryl Pearson |
| The Cosby Show | 1987 | TV Series | Scott Kelly |
| Hotel | 1986-1987 | TV Series | Daniel Kingsford / Paul Fitzgerald |
| Highway to Heaven | 1987 | TV Series | Ronald James |
| Combat High | 1986 | TV Movie | General Edward 'Ed' Woods |
| The Blue Lightning | 1986 | TV Movie | Lester McInally |
| The Gladiator | 1986 | TV Movie | Lieutenant Frank Mason |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1986 | TV Series | Norman Amberson |
| The Greatest American Hero | 1981-1986 | TV Series | Bill Maxwell |
| The Key to Rebecca | 1985 | TV Movie | Gen. Erwin Rommel |
| Brothers-in-Law | 1985 | TV Movie | Winston Goodhue |
| Turk 182! | 1985 | | Mayor Tyler |
| Calendar Girl Murders | 1984 | TV Movie | Richard Trainor |
| Her Life as a Man | 1984 | TV Movie | Dave Fleming |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | 1984 | TV Series | Arthur Farnell |
| Movie Madness | 1982 | | Paul Everest ("Success Wanters") |
| Thou Shalt Not Kill | 1982 | TV Movie | Steve Nevins |
| Killjoy | 1981 | TV Movie | Lou Corbin |
| The Night the City Screamed | 1980 | TV Movie | Frank McGuire |
| The Love Boat | 1980 | TV Series | Major Ross Latham |
| The Dream Merchants | 1980 | TV Series | Henry Farnum |
| A Man Called Sloane | 1979 | TV Series | Edward Denton |
| Goldengirl | 1979 | | Steve Esselton |
| Hot Rod | 1979 | TV Movie | T.L. Munn |
| Police Story | 1975-1979 | TV Series | Detective John Darrin / Sergeant Price |
| Mrs. Columbo | 1979 | TV Series | Charles Huston |
| Roots: The Next Generations | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Lyle Pettijohn |
| Women in White | 1979 | TV Movie | Anthony Broadhurst |
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | 1978 | TV Series | Joshua |
| Last of the Good Guys | 1978 | TV Movie | Sgt. Nichols |
| Spectre | 1977 | TV Movie | William Sebastian |
| Flood! | 1976 | TV Movie | Steve Brannigan |
| The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday | 1976 | | Jack Colby |
| Breaking Point | 1976 | | Frank Sirrianni |
| Sky Riders | 1976 | | Jonas Bracken |
| Inside Out | 1975 | | Sly Wells |
| A Cry for Help | 1975 | TV Movie | Harry Freeman |
| Give Me Liberty | 1974 | TV Movie | |
| Strange Homecoming | 1974 | TV Movie | Jack Halsey |
| The Castaway Cowboy | 1974 | | Calvin Bryson |
| Houston, We've Got a Problem | 1974 | TV Movie | Steve Bell |
| Outrage | 1973 | TV Movie | Jim Kiler |
| Shaft | 1973 | TV Series | Marshall Cunningham |
| A Name for Evil | 1973 | | John Blake |
| The Lie | 1973 | TV Movie | |
| A Cold Night's Death | 1973 | TV Movie | Robert Jones |
| Hickey & Boggs | 1972 | | Frank Boggs |
| See the Man Run | 1971 | TV Movie | Ben Taylor |
| Hannie Caulder | 1971 | | Thomas Luther Price |
| The Name of the Game | 1970 | TV Series | Paul Tyler |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1970 | TV Series | The Colonel Peter Jardine |
| Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | 1969 | | Bob Sanders |
| I Spy | 1965-1968 | TV Series | Kelly Robinson / Chuang Tzu |
| Get Smart | 1968 | TV Series | Waiter |
| Historias para no dormir | 1966 | TV Series | Trent |
| Mr. Novak | 1965 | TV Series | Frank Menlow |
| Dr. Kildare | 1963-1965 | TV Series | Dr. Jesse Hartwood / Matt Hendricks |
| The Hanged Man | 1964 | TV Movie | Harry Pace |
| Gunsmoke | 1964 | TV Series | Joe Costa |
| The Outer Limits | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Trent / Paul Cameron / Allen Leighton |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1964 | TV Series | Captain Shark Arthur Farnley Selwin |
| Ben Casey | 1964 | TV Series | Eric Morgan / Neil Herrick |
| The Virginian | 1964 | TV Series | Charles 'Charlie' Orwell |
| Rhino! | 1964 | | Dr. Jim Hanlon |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Peter Furgatch |
| The Movie Maker | 1964 | TV Movie | |
| The Great Adventure | 1964 | TV Series | Sam Houston |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Harry Lawrence |
| The Raiders | 1963 | | James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok |
| Sunday in New York | 1963 | | Russ Wilson |
| PT 109 | 1963 | | Ensign George 'Barney' Ross |
| Combat! | 1963 | TV Series | Sgt. John Metcalf |
| Insight | 1963 | TV Series | |
| Naked City | 1963 | TV Series | Richard Calder |
| Empire | 1963 | TV Series | Jared Mace |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1962 | TV Series | Chester 'Chet' Loomis |
| Cain's Hundred | 1962 | TV Series | Hank Shannon / Kurt Yoder |
| Wagon Train | 1962 | TV Series | Baylor Crofoot |
| The Rifleman | 1960-1962 | TV Series | Dave Foley / Colly Vane |
| Target: The Corruptors | 1961 | TV Series | Meeker |
| Bonanza | 1961 | TV Series | Ed Payson |
| Death Valley Days | 1961 | TV Series | Thomas Burdue / James Stuart |
| 87th Precinct | 1961 | TV Series | Curt Donaldson |
| The Americans | 1961 | TV Series | Finletter |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | 1961 | TV Series | Archie Bishop |
| The Detectives | 1961 | TV Series | Herbert Sanders |
| Rawhide | 1961 | TV Series | Craig Kern |
| Hennesey | 1961 | TV Series | Dr. Steven Gray |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1957-1960 | TV Series | Shad Hudson / Deputy Sam Applegate / Hoby Gilman |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | 1960 | TV Series | Holgrave |
| The Westerner | 1960 | TV Series | Shep Prescott |
| Outlaws | 1960 | TV Series | Sam Yadkin |
| The Chevy Mystery Show | 1960 | TV Series | Abel |
| Johnny Ringo | 1960 | TV Series | Clay Horne |
| Tate | 1960 | TV Series | Tom Sandee |
| General Electric Theater | 1960 | TV Series | Captain Masters |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1960 | TV Series | Stuart Douglas |
| Trackdown | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Hoby Gilman |
| Now Is Tomorrow | 1958 | TV Movie | Captain David Blair |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1956-1958 | TV Series | Corporal Neville / Hal |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1957 | TV Series | Clarence |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | 1957 | TV Series | Sam Bullock |
| Kraft Theatre | 1957 | TV Series | |
| Playwrights '56 | 1956 | TV Series | Clint |
| Star Tonight | 1956 | TV Series | Professor Teeling |
| NBC Television Opera Theatre | 1955 | TV Series | |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1953 | TV Series | Male Telescreen Voice |
| You Are There | 1953 | TV Series | Xenophon |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Sixties | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself / Kelly Robinson - I Spy |
| Pioneers of Television | 2011-2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life | 2011 | Video documentary | |
| For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | 2010 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
| Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel | 2009 | Documentary | Himself: Actor |
| The Girls Next Door | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| Hollywood Squares | 2004 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| Biography | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Chris Isaak Show | 2002 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Comedy Central Canned Ham | 2002 | TV Series | Host |
| NBC 75th Anniversary Special | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
| Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Canned Ham: The Dr. Evil Story | 1999 | TV Short documentary | Himself, host |
| Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Host |
| The 13th Annual Genesis Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Law & Order | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Could It Be a Miracle? | 1996 | TV Series documentary | |
| Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Quote Reader |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1994 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration | 1994 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Warren Oates: Across the Border | 1993 | Documentary | Himself |
| That's Action | 1990 | Video documentary | Narrator |
| The Pat Sajak Show | 1989 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards | 1988 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Breakaway | 1984 | TV Series | Himself |
| Circus of the Stars #7 | 1982 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Saturday Night Live | 1982 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Various |
| Saturn Awards | 1981 | TV Special | Himself |
| The John Davidson Show | 1981 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Alan Thicke Show | 1981 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1967-1981 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Milton Berle | 1980 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party | 1979 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Making of 'Golden Girl' | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Celebrity Bowling | 1973-1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tattletales | 1974-1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1975 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Dinah! | 1975 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Match Game 73 | 1973 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1972 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Changing Scene IV | 1971 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1969 | TV Series | Himself - Dramatic Reader |
| Della | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Operation Breadbasket | 1969 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| The 41st Annual Academy Awards | 1969 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| Laugh-In | 1968 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Performer |
| The Jerry Lewis Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host |
| Personality | 1967-1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Dream Girl of '67 | 1967 | TV Series | Himself - Bachelor Judge |
| The Match Game | 1967 | TV Series | Himself - Team Captain |
| I'll Bet | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| Stump the Stars | 1963 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist |
| Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
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