Robert Culp Dead at 79

TheCentralScrutinizer · 25 Mar 10 :: 18:26

This makes me very sad. I loved this guy. I was a huge fan of The Greatest American Hero, as I've said here before. I also loved I,Spy.

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Editsound · 25 Mar 10 :: 18:48

And he was a 3 time killer on columbo. Which was the coolest.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 25 Mar 10 :: 19:43

Oh yeah! Forgot about that. He was! He was just too cool. I remember when he did a guest spot on the Cosby Show. They still had chemistry!

justme · 25 Mar 10 :: 21:40

That's such a shame that he had such a tragic accident! He looked like he really tried to take care of himself and stay in shape. He was a terrific actor. And has a son who is a terrific actor, too.

Is 3 times a record on Colombo? If it is, I never would've guessed it was held by Mr. Culp. I'd have put my money on Patrick McGoohan.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 25 Mar 10 :: 22:56

Not sure if it's a record on Columbo, but he did hold the record for The Outer Limits. He did three guest shots on that show too. Demon With A Glass Hand, written by Harlan Ellison, is one of the best hours in the history of TV. I bought it on tape as soon as the Outer Limits collection came out...

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 28 Mar 10 :: 06:42

R.I.P. Robert Culp.

b11001001 · 31 Mar 10 :: 23:01

IT is really sad, he was awesome. I loved him in Greatest American Hero too.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 31 Mar 10 :: 23:13

He and William Katt had great chemistry. I think by the time they were a few eps in, they were making up their own dialog half the time. And remember how Bill would eat dog biscuits and neither Ralph nor Pam would mention it, they'd just look at him funny? That killed me.

Editsound · 01 Apr 10 :: 04:38

As to the Columbo record. On the original show the record is 3 with Robert Culp and Jack Cassidy bothe playing the killer 3 times. But if you add in all of the new episodes in the late 80s and the movies in the 90s, then the record was 4 with yes Patrick Macgoohan playing the killer 4 times (2 old series, one new series, one movie). And yes I HAVE spent way too much time watching Columbo.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 01 Apr 10 :: 04:55

Hey, nothing wrong with watching a great show over and over. I have shows like that, of course.

justme · 01 Apr 10 :: 23:10

I love those old Columbos. The ones from the 80s were good, but he just didn't look like he was having as much fun as he did the first time around. In fact I loved all the shows on the old "Sunday Mystery Movie" series. It's so much fun to catch an old Columbo, McMillan & Wife, or Hec Ramsey. But Columbo was the best!

I remember Robert Culp killing a guy at his gym and Columbo could tell that the victim hadn't tied his own shoes, so that's how he got him. I think the other time he killed either his wife or girlfriend. But I don't remember any details.

Editsound · 02 Apr 10 :: 02:25

Oh you have just set me going...

The first time he was a security expert and he killed his girlfriend by accident, and he kept trying to bribe Columbo with a high paying job. Columbo catches him with a contact lens in Culp's trunk.

Second time he was the GM of a football team and he creates an alibi of being in the owners box during a football game when he is actually murdering Dean Stockwell in a swimming pool with a piece of ice.

The third time he is a maker of motivational films and uses subliminal cuts to get a client to go to the lobby at a specific time so he can shoot him.

The shoes being tied wrong was Robert Conrad. Yes, I have seen these episodes WAY too much.

b11001001 · 03 Apr 10 :: 04:05

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

He and William Katt had great chemistry. I think by the time they were a few eps in, they were making up their own dialog half the time. And remember how Bill would eat dog biscuits and neither Ralph nor Pam would mention it, they'd just look at him funny? That killed me.

Yep! I can't help but smile when Bill's eating those dog treats! Yeah, it will be sad the next time I watch the show.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 03 Apr 10 :: 05:44

I still want the box set. I should check eBay...

b11001001 · 03 Apr 10 :: 06:31

You should get the one with the cape and instruction manual!

b11001001 · 03 Apr 10 :: 06:39

I wish I would have. I bought them separately but oh well, it's just cool to have them.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 03 Apr 10 :: 06:56

Yeah, that's the set I mean. William Katt was at the FX Show in '07 (where I saw Chris) to promote it. His line was REALLY long, so I never got near him. LOL!

b11001001 · 04 Apr 10 :: 18:35

That's awesome though!

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