Robert Martin Culp was an American actor and screenwriter 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 television series in which co-star Bill Cosby and he played secret agents. Before this, he starred in the CBS/Four Star Western series Trackdown as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman in 71 episodes from 1957 to 1959. The 1980s brought him back to television as FBI Agent Bill Maxwell on The Greatest American Hero. Later, he had a recurring role as Warren Whelan on Everybody Loves Raymond, and was a voice actor for various computer games, including Half-Life 2. Culp gave hundreds of performances in a career spanning more than 50 years.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Dead Zone (2002)
Guest starring as Jeffrey Grissom
- Episode 2x09: The Man Who Never Was (Mar 9, 2003)
Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
Guest starring as Warren Whalen
(11 episodes)
- Episode 9x07: Debra's Parents (Nov 22, 2004)
- Episode 6x09: Older Women (Nov 19, 2001)
- Episode 5x23: Separation (May 14, 2001)
- Episode 5x09: Fighting In-Laws (Nov 20, 2000)
- Episode 4x16: The Tenth Anniversary (Feb 14, 2000)
- Episode 4x11: The Christmas Picture (Dec 13, 1999)
- Episode 3x12: The Toaster (Dec 14, 1998)
- Episode 2x25: The Wedding (2) (May 18, 1998)
- Episode 2x24: The Wedding (1) (May 11, 1998)
- Episode 1x10: Turkey or Fish (Nov 22, 1996)
- Episode 1x08: In-Laws (Nov 1, 1996)
The Nanny (1993)
Guest starring as Stewart Babcock
- Episode 1x20: Ode to Barbra Joan (a.k.a. Daddy Dearest) (Apr 13, 1994) [Special Guest Star]
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
Guest starring as Mr. Darryl
- Episode 2x14: Top Copy (Feb 19, 1995)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
Guest starring as Elias Jackson
- Episode 1x09: The Great American Medicine Show (Feb 13, 1993)
Wings (1990)
Guest starring as Ace Galvin
- Episode 6x10: The Wrong Stuff (Nov 29, 1994) [Special Guest Star]
Matlock (1986)
Guest starring as Robert Irwin
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: The Power Brokers (Nov 3, 1987) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x05: The Power Brokers (Oct 27, 1987) [Special Guest Star]
The Golden Girls (1985)
Guest starring as Simon
- Episode 5x17: Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-Tom (Feb 10, 1990)
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
Guest starring as John Hathaway
- Episode 4x11: The Long Years (Nov 16, 1990)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Norman Amberson
- Episode 2x12: Murder By Appointment Only (Jan 5, 1986)
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
Guest starring as Arthur Farnell
- Episode 1x16: School for Scandal (Jan 29, 1984)
Hotel (1982)
Guest starring as Paul Fitzgerald
- Episode 3x14: Child's Play (Feb 5, 1986)
Guest starring as Daniel Kingsford
- Episode 4x19: Glass People (Mar 18, 1987)
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Starring as Bill Maxwell
(45 episodes)
- Episode 3x14: The Greatest American Heroine (Feb 13, 1986)
- Episode 3x13: Vanity, Says the Preacher (Mar 3, 1983)
- Episode 3x12: Desperado (Feb 24, 1983)
- Episode 3x11: It's Only Rock and Roll (Feb 17, 1983)
- Episode 3x10: Wizards and Warlocks (Feb 10, 1983)
- Episode 3x09: Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo (Feb 3, 1983)
- Episode 3x08: Space Ranger (Jan 27, 1983)
- Episode 3x07: Live at Eleven (Jan 20, 1983)
- Episode 3x06: Heaven is in Your Genes (Jan 13, 1983)
- Episode 3x05: The Newlywed Game (Jan 6, 1983)
- Episode 3x04: The Resurrection of Carlini (Nov 19, 1982)
- Episode 3x03: This is the One the Suit Was Meant For (Nov 12, 1982)
- Episode 3x02: The Price is Right (Nov 5, 1982)
- Episode 3x01: Divorce Venusian Style (Oct 29, 1982)
- Episode 2x22: Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell (Apr 28, 1982)
- Episode 2x21: Who's Woo in America (Apr 14, 1982)
- Episode 2x20: Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory (Apr 7, 1982)
- Episode 2x19: The Good Samaritan (Mar 31, 1982)
- Episode 2x18: There's Just No Accounting... (Mar 24, 1982)
- Episode 2x17: Dreams (Mar 17, 1982)
- Episode 2x16: It's All Downhill from Here (Mar 3, 1982)
- Episode 2x15: The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea (Feb 24, 1982)
- Episode 2x14: A Chicken in Every Plot (Feb 17, 1982)
- Episode 2x13: The Shock Will Kill You (Feb 10, 1982)
- Episode 2x12: Just Another Three Ring Circus (Feb 3, 1982)
- Episode 2x11: The Hand-Painted Thai (Jan 27, 1982)
- Episode 2x10: Now You See It... (Jan 20, 1982)
- Episode 2x09: A Train of Thought (Jan 13, 1982)
- Episode 2x08: Plague (Jan 6, 1982)
- Episode 2x07: The Lost Diablo (Dec 16, 1981)
- Episode 2x06: The Beast in Black (Dec 9, 1981)
- Episode 2x05: Classical Gas (Dec 2, 1981)
- Episode 2x04: Hog Wild (Nov 25, 1981)
- Episode 2x03: Don't Mess Around with Jim (Nov 18, 1981)
- Episode 2x02: Operation Spoil Sport (Nov 11, 1981)
- Episode 2x01: The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball (Nov 4, 1981)
- Episode 1x09: The Best Desk Scenario (May 6, 1981)
- Episode 1x08: Fire Man (May 6, 1981)
- Episode 1x07: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (Apr 29, 1981)
- Episode 1x06: Reseda Rose (Apr 15, 1981)
- Episode 1x05: Saturday on Sunset Boulevard (Apr 8, 1981)
- Episode 1x04: Here's Looking at You Kid (Apr 1, 1981)
- Episode 1x03: The Hit Car (Mar 25, 1981)
- Episode 1x02: The Greatest American Hero (2) (Mar 18, 1981)
- Episode 1x01: The Greatest American Hero (1) (Mar 18, 1981)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Major Ross Latham
- Episode 4x04: Target Gopher / The Major's Wife / Strange Honeymoon / The Oilman Cometh (Nov 8, 1980)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Robert Culp
- Episode 7x18: Robert Culp / The Charlie Daniels Band (Apr 24, 1982)
Columbo (1968)
Guest starring as Brimmer
- Episode 1971-10-06: Death Lends a Hand (Oct 6, 1971)
Guest starring as Dr. Bart Kepple
- Episode 1973-12-16: Double Exposure (Dec 16, 1973)
Guest starring as Paul Hanlon
- Episode 1972-11-05: The Most Crucial Game (Nov 5, 1972)
Guest starring as Jordan Rowe
- Episode 1990-12-09: Columbo Goes to College (Dec 9, 1990)
The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Guest starring as Panelist
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x42: June 9-13, 1969 (Jun 9, 1969)
- Episode 1x40: July 3-7, 1967 (Jul 3, 1967)
- Episode 1x25: Apr 3 -7, 1967 (Apr 3, 1967)
- Episode 1x16: January 30-February 3, 1967 (Jan 30, 1967)
I Spy (1965)
Starring as Kelly Robinson
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: One of Our Bombs is Missing (Nov 16, 1966)
- Episode 2x06: Trial by Treehouse (Oct 19, 1966)
- Episode 1x02: A Cup of Kindness (Sep 22, 1965)
- Episode 1x01: So Long, Patrick Henry (Sep 15, 1965)
The Outer Limits (1963)
Guest starring as Trent
- Episode 2x05: Demon with a Glass Hand (Oct 17, 1964)
Guest starring as Paul Cameron
- Episode 1x09: Corpus Earthling (Nov 18, 1963)
Guest starring as Allen Leighton
- Episode 1x03: The Architects of Fear (Sep 30, 1963)
The Virginian (1962)
Guest starring as Charles "Charlie" Orwell
- Episode 3x03: The Stallion (Sep 30, 1964)
Trackdown (1957)
Starring as Hoby Gilman
(70 episodes)
- Episode 2x39: Quiet Night in Porter (Sep 23, 1959)
- Episode 2x38: Blind Alley (Sep 16, 1959)
- Episode 2x37: Back to Crawford (Sep 9, 1959)
- Episode 2x36: Inquest (Sep 2, 1959)
- Episode 2x35: Toss Up (May 20, 1959)
- Episode 2x34: The Unwanted (May 13, 1959)
- Episode 2x33: The Vote (May 6, 1959)
- Episode 2x32: Gift Horse (Apr 29, 1959)
- Episode 2x31: The Eyes of Jerry Kelso (Apr 22, 1959)
- Episode 2x30: The Trick (Apr 15, 1959)
- Episode 2x29: False Witness (Apr 8, 1959)
- Episode 2x28: The Protector (Apr 1, 1959)
- Episode 2x27: Stranger in Town (Mar 25, 1959)
- Episode 2x26: Fear (Mar 18, 1959)
- Episode 2x25: Hard Lines (Mar 11, 1959)
- Episode 2x24: The Threat (Mar 4, 1959)
- Episode 2x23: The Gang (Feb 25, 1959)
- Episode 2x22: The Samaritan (Feb 18, 1959)
- Episode 2x21: The Feud (Feb 11, 1959)
- Episode 2x20: Terror (Feb 4, 1959)
- Episode 2x19: Bad Judgment (Jan 28, 1959)
- Episode 2x18: McCallin's Daughter (Jan 2, 1959)
- Episode 2x17: Every Man a Witness (Dec 26, 1958)
- Episode 2x16: Guilt (Dec 19, 1958)
- Episode 2x15: The Kid (Dec 12, 1958)
- Episode 2x14: Three-Legged Fox (Dec 5, 1958)
- Episode 2x13: Day of Vengeance (Nov 28, 1958)
- Episode 2x12: Sunday's Child (Nov 21, 1958)
- Episode 2x11: Deadly Decoy (Nov 14, 1958)
- Episode 2x10: The Schoolteacher (Nov 7, 1958)
- Episode 2x09: The Avenger (Oct 31, 1958)
- Episode 2x08: Tenner Smith (Oct 24, 1958)
- Episode 2x07: Matter of Justice (Oct 17, 1958)
- Episode 2x06: Trapped (Oct 10, 1958)
- Episode 2x05: A Stone for Benny French (Oct 3, 1958)
- Episode 2x04: The Set-Up (Sep 26, 1958)
- Episode 2x03: The Chinese Cowboy (Sep 19, 1958)
- Episode 2x02: Outlaw's Wife (Sep 12, 1958)
- Episode 2x01: Killer Take All (Sep 5, 1958)
- Episode 1x32: The Governor (May 23, 1958)
- Episode 1x31: The Brothers (May 16, 1958)
- Episode 1x30: The End of the World (May 9, 1958)
- Episode 1x29: The Jailbreak (May 2, 1958)
- Episode 1x28: The Deal (Apr 25, 1958)
- Episode 1x27: The Mistake (Apr 18, 1958)
- Episode 1x26: The Winter Boys (Apr 11, 1958)
- Episode 1x25: The Pueblo Kid (Apr 4, 1958)
- Episode 1x24: The Boy (Mar 28, 1958)
- Episode 1x23: The House (Mar 21, 1958)
- Episode 1x22: The Judge (Mar 14, 1958)
- Episode 1x21: The Bounty Hunter (Mar 7, 1958)
- Episode 1x20: The Trail (Feb 28, 1958)
- Episode 1x19: The Wedding (Feb 14, 1958)
- Episode 1x18: The Young Gun (Feb 7, 1958)
- Episode 1x17: The Toll Road (Jan 31, 1958)
- Episode 1x16: The Witness (Jan 24, 1958)
- Episode 1x14: The Farrand Story (Jan 10, 1958)
- Episode 1x13: The Reward (Jan 3, 1958)
- Episode 1x12: Man and Money (Dec 27, 1957)
- Episode 1x11: The Town (Dec 13, 1957)
- Episode 1x10: Look for the Woman (Dec 6, 1957)
- Episode 1x09: End of an Outlaw (Nov 29, 1957)
- Episode 1x08: Self-Defense (Nov 22, 1957)
- Episode 1x07: Alpine, Texas (Nov 15, 1957)
- Episode 1x06: Sweetwater, Texas (Nov 8, 1957)
- Episode 1x05: Like Father (Nov 1, 1957)
- Episode 1x04: Easton, Texas (Oct 25, 1957)
- Episode 1x03: The San Saba Incident (Oct 18, 1957)
- Episode 1x02: Law in Lampasas (Oct 11, 1957)
- Episode 1x01: The Marple Brothers (Oct 4, 1957)
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Baylor Crofoot
- Episode 5x25: The Baylor Crowfoot Story (Mar 21, 1962)
Crew Credits
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: Vanity, Says the Preacher (Mar 3, 1983)
- Episode 2x22: Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell (Apr 28, 1982)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: Vanity, Says the Preacher (Mar 3, 1983)
- Episode 2x22: Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell (Apr 28, 1982)