At 21, Culp made his Broadway debut in He Who Gets Slapped. Within six years, he was starring in his own TV Western, Trackdown. Culp began writing scripts for The Rifleman and Gunsmoke. He performed on the big screen for the first time in 1963, in the film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1968). In 1965, Culp and Bill Cosby were co-starred on the TV series I Spy. During I Spy's three seasons, Culp made his directorial debut in the 1972 theatrical feature Hickey and Boggs, in which he was reunited with Cosby. He then performed in the role of CIA chief Bill Maxwell on the weekly show, The Greatest American Hero (1980-1982), and played character roles as the President in The Pelican Brief (1993). Culp co-starred with Cosby for a 1994 I Spy TV-movie reunion. He will be greatly missed.
Robert Culp Official Websight
I didn't know there was an I SPY reunion movie. I completely missed that.
ReplyDeleteTom , it was on CBS (can you believe NBC did not want it? ) It was OK. It's on video . It's worth a look, but could have been better. It's better than that awful "Movie"
ReplyDeleteTom, I missed it too. I will look for more info.
ReplyDeleteI just added Robert Culp websight, to the bottom of the post.
ReplyDeleteDawn, Hulu and The TV Guide Network have finally put up some episodes of The Greatest American Hero. The episode "Vanity, Says the Preacher" was written and directed by Robert, and has two of his children in it.
ReplyDeletePaul, Could you post it for me? I would like to see it.
ReplyDeleteA very talented man -- will miss him!
ReplyDeleteGilby, I just read your Awesome review!!! I agree... what a versatile man he was.
ReplyDeleteEveryone , If you get a chance please run over to Gilby's new blog, RANDOM RAMBLINGS OF A BROADWAY, FILM, & TV FAN and read her thoughts on, Robert Culp. You can find a link to her blog on the side bar. Thanks.