Robert Culp
Highest Rated: 100% Sunday in New York (1963)
Lowest Rated: 0% National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1981)
Birthday: Aug 16, 1930
Birthplace: Oakland, California, USA
Actor, writer and director Robert Culp brought roguish charm with a hint of self-deprecating humor to two popular television series - "I Spy" (NBC, 1965-68) and "The Greatest American Hero" (ABC, 1981-83) - as well as a host of television episodes and the occasional feature film. Culp's role on "I Spy" - a secret agent posing as a tennis player - largely defined his screen persona, which was alternately freewheeling and deadly serious - and made him a welcome presence on network TV for decades after its conclusion. His "Greatest American Hero" role was a sort of cracked revamp of his "Spy" character - a caffeinated government spook charged with protecting an ersatz superhero - which endeared him to a new generation of viewers. Along the way, there were several features, including the sex comedy "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice" (1969), though few as successful as his TV work, and several scripts and turns as director for various shows. His series work, however, assured him lasting fame as a TV star who acted outside the mold.
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Robert Culp
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Assignment | Blakesley (Character) | - | 2010 |
40% |
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Santa's Slay | Grandpa (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Almost Guys | The Colonel (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Farewell, My Love | Michael Reilly (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newsbreak | Judge McNamara (Character) | - | 2000 |
14% |
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Running Mates | Sen. Parker Gable (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Wanted | Fr. Patrick (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dark Summer | Judge Winston (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unconditional Love | Karl Thomassen (Character) | $100.5K | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Mercenary | McClean (Character) | - | 1997 |
15% |
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Most Wanted | Donald Bickhart (Character) | $6.3M | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Xtro: Watch the Skies | Major Guardino (Character) | - | 1995 |
25% |
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Panther | Charles Garry (Character) | $6.3M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy Returns | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
55% |
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The Pelican Brief | President (Character) | $100.7M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Timebomb | Mr. Phillips (Character) | $60.8K | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murderous Vision | Dr. Bordinay (Character) | - | 1991 |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter | Richard Stuart (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbo Goes to College | Jordan Rowe (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! | Lt. Connely (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Price Victory | Billy Bob Claiborne (Character) | - | 1988 |
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Big Bad Mama II | Daryl Pearson (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Power Brokers | Robert Irwin (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blue Lightning | Lester McInally (Character) | - | 1986 |
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Gladiator | Lieutenant Frank Mason (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gladiator | Lieutenant Frank Mason (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Combat High | General Edward "Ed" Woods (Character) | - | 1986 |
20% |
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Turk 182! | Mayor Tyler (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Key to Rebecca | Gen. Erwin Rommel (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brothers-In-Law | Winston Goodhue (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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The Calendar Girl Murders | Richard Trainor (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Life as a Man | Dave Fleming (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thou Shalt Not Kill | Steve Nevins (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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Killjoy | Lou Corbin (Character) | - | 1981 |
0% |
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National Lampoon's Movie Madness | Paul Everest (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Greatest American Hero | Bill Maxwell (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Night the City Screamed | Frank McGuire (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rebel of the Road | T.L. Munn (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Hot Rod | T.L. Munn (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mrs. Columbo: Word Games | Charles Huston (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Cry for Justice | Sergeant Price (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Golden Girl | Unknown (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goldengirl | Steve Esselton (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Joshua (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last of the Good Guys | Sgt. Nichols (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spectre | William Sebastian (Character) | - | 1977 |
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Sky Riders | Jonas Bracken (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Flood! | Steve Brannigan (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Breaking Point | Frank Sirrianni (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday | Jack Colby (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Cry for Help | Harry Freeman (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Inside Out | Sly Wells (Character) | - | 1975 |
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The Castaway Cowboy | Calvin Bryson (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strange Homecoming | Jack Halsey (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Houston, We've Got a Problem | Steve Bell (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Give Me Liberty | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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A Cold Night's Death | Robert Jones (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Outrage | Jim Kiler (Character) | - | 1973 |
67% |
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Hickey & Boggs |
Frank Boggs (Character), Director |
- | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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A Name for Evil | John Blake (Character) | - | 1972 |
60% |
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Hannie Caulder | Thomas Luther Price (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | See the Man Run | Ben Taylor (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Bear Died Running | Paul Tyler (Character) | - | 1971 |
82% |
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Bob Sanders (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Movie Maker | Unknown (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rhino! | Dr. Hanlon (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hanged Man | Harry Pace (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Raiders | James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (Character) | - | 1964 |
64% |
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PT 109 | Ens. George "Barney" Ross (Character) | - | 1963 |
100% |
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Sunday in New York | Russ Wilson (Character) | - | 1963 |
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Sammy the Way Out Seal | Chester 'Chet' Loomis (Character) | - | 1962 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 85% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Everybody Loves Raymond | Warren (Guest Star) | 1996 1998-2001 2004 |
No Score Yet | 67% | The Dead Zone | Jeffrey Grissom (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cosby | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
8% | No Score Yet | Holding the Baby | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
43% | No Score Yet | Burke's Law | Hiram Waters (Guest Star) | 1995 |
86% | 86% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 72% | The Nanny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Quinn | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 1991 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Columbo | Investigator Brimmer (Guest Star) | 1971-1973 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | John Hathaway (Character) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | Simon (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who's the Boss? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 69% | The Cosby Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986-1987 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Highway to Heaven | Ronald James (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Norman Amberson (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greatest American Hero | Bill Maxwell (Character) | 1981-1983 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Detective John Darrin (Character) | 1975 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tattletales | Guest | 1974-1975 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shaft | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1969 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Character) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy |
Kelly Robinson (Character), Director, Writer |
1965-1968 |
No Score Yet | 82% | Get Smart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Novak | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Joe Costa (Guest Star) | 1964 |
92% | 90% | The Outer Limits | Dr. Paul Cameron (Character) | 1963-1964 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Eric Morgan (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Charles 'Charlie' Orwell (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cain's Hundred |
Unknown (Guest Star), Writer |
1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1957 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Westerner | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Ringo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown |
Hoby Gilman (Character), Writer |
1957-1959 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Clarence (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The United States Steel Hour | Hal (Character) | 1956 |