Robert Culp Net Worth

Robert Culp's Quotes

• [re writer/director Richard Brooks] Fairness, giving as much as you get, sticking to your word. Core honesty and decent behavior--Richard believed in that.

Interesting Facts about Robert Culp

1. Father of Joseph Culp, Joshua Culp, Jason Culp and Rachel Culp, from his marriage to Nancy Asch. Father of Samantha Culp, from his marriage to Candace Faulkner.
2. It was widely reported that Culp would have replaced Larry Hagman as J.R. in Dallas (1978) had Hagman decided not to return to the series because of contract negotiations. However, Culp has stated that he was never asked to play the part of J.R. and was not contacted by anyone from Dallas (1978). At the time this took place, he was costarring as F.B.I. agent "Bill Maxwell" on ABC's The Greatest American Hero (1981). He loved the show and his role and has said that he would not have left the show even if the part had been offered to him.
3. He was a poker playing buddy of Hugh Hefner; as a result, he was a frequent guest at the Playboy Mansion.
4. Wrote a pilot script in 1964 for an espionage series to star himself, but opted for I Spy (1965) instead. He went on to write several episodes for I Spy (1965), including the first episode.
5. Both he and his I Spy (1965) co-star, Bill Cosby, were involved in civil rights causes and, when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, the pair traveled to Memphis, Tenn., to join the striking garbage workers King had been organizing.
6. He studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
7. At 21, as a senior at the University of Washington, Seattle, he won the Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway Intercollegiate Acting competition on February 24, 1952. He won $2,000 after being judged by Helen Hayes, Christian Westphalen and Clarence Derwent, ANTA and Equity officers.
8. Ties with Patrick McGoohan as a major guest star on the TV series Columbo (1971), with four appearances.
9. He made guest appearances on both of the longest running prime time dramas in US television history: Gunsmoke (1955) and Law & Order (1990).
10. Unrelated to actor Steven Culp.
11. Along with Patrick McGoohan, Jack Cassidy, George Hamilton and William Shatner, he is one of only five actors to play two or more murderers in Columbo (1971): Investigator Brimmer in Columbo: Death Lends a Hand (1971), Paul Hanlon in Columbo: The Most Crucial Game (1972) and Dr. Bart Keppel in Columbo: Double Exposure (1973).
12. Was friends with Bill Cosby, and Katherine Helmond.
13. Grandfather of L.A.-based rapper Bones (born Elmo Kennedy O'Connor).
14. In the opening credits of Zane Grey Theater "Badge of Honor" 1957 he was presented as "Introducing Robert Culp".