Robert Culp 1930 - 2010 Rest In Peace

[Better Believe It]

Actor Robert Culp dies after fall
By Todd Leopold
CNN
March 24, 2010

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Robert Culp, the actor who rose to fame as secret agent Kelly Robinson on the groundbreaking 1960s TV series "I Spy" and later played Ray Romano's father-in-law on "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 79.

Culp died after falling on a sidewalk near a Los Angeles park, said his publicist, Dick Delson. Delson had no further details.

The versatile Culp not only acted in "I Spy," which aired on NBC from 1965 to 1968, he also wrote several episodes. The series, which also starred Bill Cosby as Robinson's partner (and, as their covers, trainer to Culp's globe-trotting tennis player), was the first to feature an African-American in a lead role; Cosby won three Emmys for his work.

"I never had so much fun in my life, never, before or since," he said of "I Spy" in a 2007 interview with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Archive of American Television.

Culp and Cosby remained good friends after the series left air.

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[tabasco]

1. Good actor.

Always enjoyed his work. RIP.

[JHB]

2. "Scenario"

So long, Bob.

[Liberal In Texas]

3. Another great on from my youth gone. RIP Mr. Culp. n/t

[KatyaR]

4. My men--

they were so sexy for 1960s TV--I was in love, even at 8 years old. That picture still makes me <sigh>.

Rest easy, Robert--we'll miss you . . . .

[BurtWorm]

5. He picked a good time to exit.

May he rest in peace.

[KatyaR]

6. I mean, really, look at this photo:

How could you NOT think that was sexy?

[immoderate]

7. Bob and Ted and Carol and Alice...

Good night, Mr. Culp. Peaceful voyage.

--imm