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The Wonderfulness of Robert Culp, 1930-2010
I am going to miss Robert Culp. Alongside Bill Cosby in the award winning television series “I Spy”, Culp was a heroic figure. As a child during the sixties, I was mesmerized watching the tennis player/spy Kelly Robinson and his coach/trainer/Rhodes Scholar/spy Alexander Scott, played by Cosby. No other television series before I Spy, had the racial equality, the chemistry and camaraderie of Culp and Cosby. The incredible music of Earle Hagen, (The Mod Squad, Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke, Danny Thomas and Mike Hammer), mixed with superb plots and filmed on locations around the world, made Culp and Cosby international stars in a world reeling from Vietnam, the 60’s counter culture, cold war espionage and racism. Their portrayal set the stage for a new era in televison and civil rights.
I Spy ran from 1965-1968, 3 seasons in all. Culp’s mix of comedy and wit were blended with drama, poignant and at times, bitter sweet successes. Culp wrote at least 7 of the 82 episodes and directed at least one. Working with C
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Robert Culp
American actor (1930–2010)
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Culp in a publicity photo in 1965 | |
| Born | Robert Martin Culp (1930-08-16)August 16, 1930 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 24, 2010(2010-03-24) (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito, California |
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| Years active | 1953–2010 |
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| Children | 5, including Joseph Culp |
| Relatives | Elmo Kennedy "Bones" O'Connor (grandson) |
Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor and screenwriter widely known for his work in television.[1] Tall, slim and exceedingly good-looking American leading man Robert Culp, a former cartoonist in his teen years, appeared off-Broadway in the 1950s before settling into polished, clean-cut film leads and "other man" supports a decade later. Hitting the popular TV boards in the hip, racially ground-breaking espionage program I Spy (1965), he made a slick (but never smarmy), sardonic name for himself during his over five-decade career with his sly humor, casual banter and tongue-in-cheek sexiness. Though he had the requisite looks and smooth, manly appeal (not to mention acting talent) for superstardom, a cool but cynical and somewhat detached persona may have prevented him from attaining it full-out.•
He was born Robert Martin Culp on August 16, 1930, in Oakland California. The son of attorney Crozie Culp and his wife, Bethel Collins, who was employed at a Berkeley chemical company, he offset his only-child loneliness by playacting in local theater productions. Culp also showed a talent for art while young and earned money as a cartoonist for Bay Area magazines and news
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