Robert Culp Biography

Robert Culp was an American actor, voice artist, screenwriter, and director. He had given hundreds of performances in his career spanning over 50 years. However, he is best recognized for his role as Kelly Robinson in the espionage television series ‘I Spy’ and as FBI Agent Bill Maxwell in the comedy drama series ‘The Greatest American Hero’. Culp is also known for his work in films like ‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’ and ‘Hannie Caulder’. Born as the only child to an attorney and his wife, he attended multiple universities including University of the Pacific, Washington University and Washington School of Drama; however, he never graduated from any of these. Culp worked as a cartoonist in his teen years before starting his professional acting career. Besides being an actor, he was a screenwriter as well and wrote scripts for many ‘I Spy’ episodes and even directed a few of them. Slim, tall and exceedingly good-looking, the actor was married five times and fathered five children. On March 24, 2010, Culp collapsed and died of a heart attack while jogging at a local park near his apartment in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, at the age of 79.