Robert Culp

ActorDirectorWriterProducer Aug 16 (died age 79) Oakland, California, USA 1948–2018 (70 year career)

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Biography

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. He also had a recurring role as Warren Whelan on Everybody Loves Raymond.

Known For

Film

The Pelican Brief

The President

Film

Spy Hard

Businessman

Film

The Greatest American Hero

Bill Maxwell

Film

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

Film

Santa's Slay

Grandpa

Film

Hannie Caulder

Thomas Luther Price

Film

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob Sanders

Film

The Rifleman

Writer

Filmography

Acting (163)

Movies (86)

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018

5.5

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life

as Self

The Assignment

as Blakesley

Santa's Slay

as Grandpa

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

as Self

The Almost Guys

as The Colonel

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

7.6

Blind Eye

2003

as Isaac

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

2002

as Self

Hunger

2001

as The Chief

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

as Narrator

Running Mates

as Sen. Parker Gable

Newsbreak

as Judge McNamara

Farewell, My Love

as Michael Reilly

Innocents

as Judge Winston

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

1999

as Narrator

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2

1999

as Self - Host

Wanted

1999

as Fr. Patrick

Canned Ham: The Dr. Evil Story

as Self

Most Wanted

as Donald Bickhart

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

as Self

Spy Hard

as Businessman

Mercenary

as McClean

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

as Quote Reader

Panther

as Charles Garry

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

1995

as Actor Playing Noble Hart

4.9

Xtro 3: Watch the Skies

as Major Guardino

I Spy Returns

as Kelly Robinson

The Pelican Brief

as The President

Warren Oates: Across the Border

as Self

Timebomb

as Mr. Phillips

Murderous Vision

as Dr. Bordinay

That's Action

1990

as Narrator

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter

1990

as Richard Stuart

7.0

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair

1990

as General Davies

4.8

Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!

1989

as Lt. Connely

3.7

Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

1989

as Gregor

3.8

What Price Victory

1988

as Billy Bob Claiborne

Big Bad Mama II

as Daryl Pearson

The Blue Lightning

as Lester McInally

Combat Academy

as General Edward 'Ed' Woods

5.4

The Gladiator

1986

as Lieutenant Frank Mason

Turk 182!

as Mayor Tyler

The Key to Rebecca

as Gen. Erwin Rommel

Brothers-in-Law

as Winston Goodhue

Her Life as a Man

as Dave Fleming

Calendar Girl Murders

1984

as Richard Trainor

4.4

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982

as Paul Everest ("Success Wanters")

Thou Shalt Not Kill

as Steve Nevins

Killjoy

as Lou Corbin

The Night the City Screamed

as Frank McGuire

Hot Rod

as T.L. Munn

Goldengirl

as Steve Esselton

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

as Self (uncredited)

A Cry For Justice

as Sgt. Price

Last of the Good Guys

1978

as Sgt. Nichols

Flood!

as Steve Brannigan

Spectre

as William Sebastian

Playboy's Playmate Party

1977

Breaking Point

1976

as Frank Sirrianni

6.0

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

as Jack Colby

Sky Riders

as Jonas Bracken

A Cry for Help

as Harry Freeman

Inside Out

as Sly Wells

The Castaway Cowboy

as Calvin Bryson

Strange Homecoming

as Jack Halsey

Houston, We've Got a Problem

1974

as Steve Bell

6.0

Give Me Liberty

1974

as John Freeborn

Outrage!

as Jim Kiler

A Name for Evil

as John Blake

The Lie

as Lawrence

A Cold Night's Death

as Robert Jones

See the Man Run

as Ben Taylor

Hickey & Boggs

as Frank Boggs

Hannie Caulder

as Thomas Luther Price

6.2

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1969

as Bob Sanders

6.2

Operation Breadbasket

1969

as Self - Narrator

Black and White: Uptight

1969

as Host

The Hanged Man

as Harry Pace

Rhino!

as Dr. Hanlon

PT 109

as Ensign George 'Barney' Ross

Sunday in New York

as Russ Wilson

The Raiders

as Wild Bill Hickock

Sammy, the Way-Out Seal

1962

as Chester 'Chet' Loomis

6.3

1984

1953

as Male Telescreen Voice (voice)

5.5

Now Is Tomorrow

as Captain David Blair

Television (77)

Robot Chicken

2005

as Bill Maxwell / Sheriff of Nottingham (voice)

The Dead Zone

as Jeffrey Grissom

Conan the Adventurer

as King Vog

Everybody Loves Raymond

as Warren Whelan

Chicago Hope

as Benjamin Quinn

Gargoyles

as Halcyon Renard (voice)

Viper

as Mark Bishop

Burke's Law

as Hiram Waters

Diagnosis: Murder

as Dane Travis

The Nanny

as Stewart Babcock

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Lyle Pike

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993

as Elias Jackson

7.6

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993

as Mr. Darryl

6.9

Law & Order

1990

as Robert Culp (uncredited)

Wings

as Ace Galvin

Jake and the Fatman

as Harrison Gregg

Matlock

as Robert Irwin

The Golden Girls

as Simon

Murder, She Wrote

as Norman Amberson

The Cosby Show

as Scott Kelly

Highway to Heaven

as Ronald James

Hardcastle and McCormick

Hotel

as Paul Fitzgerald

The Greatest American Hero

as Bill Maxwell

The Dream Merchants

as Henry Farnum

Roots: The Next Generations

1979

as Lyle Pettijohn

7.5

Roots: The Next Generations

as Lyle Pettijohn

Mrs. Columbo

as Charles Huston

Women in White

as Anthony Broadhurst

The Love Boat

as Ross Latham

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Police Story

Columbo

as Investigator Brimmer

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Turn-On

The Name of the Game

as Paul Tyler

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self

6.6

Tales to Keep You Awake

1966

as Trent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Get Smart

I Spy

as Kelly Robinson

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Captain Shark

The Outer Limits

as Allen Leighton

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Peter Furgatch

5.7

The Great Adventure

1963

as Sam Houston

Mr. Novak

1963

as Frank Menlow

6.5

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Harry Lawrence

7.8

The Virginian

1962

as Charles 'Charlie' Orwell

Combat!

as Sgt. John Metcalf

Dr. Kildare

as Matt Hendricks

Ben Casey

Target: The Corruptors!

Cain's Hundred

as Kurt Yoder

87th Precinct

as Curt Donaldson

Outlaws

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960

as Archie Bishop

6.2

The Chevy Mystery Show

as Abel

The Westerner

as Prescott

Tate

Bonanza

as Ed Payson

Rawhide

as Craig Kern

The Detectives

Johnny Ringo

as Clay Horne

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Stuart Douglas

The Rifleman

Naked City

as Richard Calder

Wagon Train

as Baylor Crofoot

Trackdown

as Hoby Gilman

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Hoby Gilman

6.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Clarence

Gunsmoke

as Joe

Playwrights '56

General Electric Theater

1953

as Captain Masters

6.4

Death Valley Days

1952

as Thomas Burdue / James Stuart

6.4

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

as Sam Bullock

5.6

The Jack Benny Program

1950

as Self

7.8

Studio One

1948

as Male Telescreen Voice

5.0

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8

Crew (10)

Movies (4)

Hickey & Boggs

1972

Director

5.7

Operation Breadbasket

1969

Director

Operation Breadbasket

1969

Producer

Operation Breadbasket

1969

Writer

Television (6)

The Greatest American Hero

1981

Director

7.2

The Greatest American Hero

Writer

I Spy

Director

I Spy

Writer

The Rifleman

Writer

Trackdown

Writer