Robert Culp verstorben

[horner1980]

Durch einer der News in Facebook erreichte mich grade eine traurige Nachricht.

Robert Culp

ist verstorben

anscheinend durch einen Sturz im Los Angeles Park, so gut ist mein Englisch leider nicht.

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 of a fall in 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.

But Culp could be hard on himself, he said -- material he channeled into Kelly Robinson.

"There are a lot of flaws in Kelly Robinson, much more than you see in the ordinary leading character on a TV show," he said. "Those all come from inside. Those are all part of me."

Culp made the transition to motion picture actor with mixed success. He starred in 1969's "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," a talked-about film about spouse-swapping couples, as well as 1971's "Hannah Caulder," opposite Raquel Welch, and 1972's "Hickey & Boggs." Later in his career, he also appeared in "The Pelican Brief" (1993).

But he was most often seen on television, appearing in dozens of series episodes and TV movies over his 50-year career, starting with scores of episodes of Westerns and Golden Age dramas in the '50s and early '60s.

His notable credits include a co-starring role in the series "The Greatest American Hero" and appearances on "The Cosby Show," "Columbo," "Wings," "Chicago Hope" and "Raymond."

Culp is survived by his fifth wife, Candace Faulkner.

Actor Robert Culp dies after fall - CNN.com

Vielleicht kennen ihn einige aus "I Spy", bei uns bekannt als "Tennis, Schläger und Kanonen"

Rest in Peace Mr Culp

Bearbeitet 24. März 2010 von horner1980

[Gast FilmmusikOnkel]

Oh Mann. Das trifft mich.

Hab Robert Culp sehr sehr gerne gehabt. Nicht nur früher in der Serie TENNISSCHLÄGER UND KANONEN an der Seite von Bill Cosby, sondern auch in seinen Filmrollen als character actor. Von seinen letzten Rollen gefiel er mir besonders gut als US President in der Grisham Verfilmung THE PELICAN BRIEF.

Rest in peace, my friend.

Die Guten treten der Reihe nach ab.

[Bernd Junker]

Rest in piece, ...

So schnell geht das aber auch nicht ...

[Marcus Stöhr]

Oh, die Stimmt von Dr. Wallace Breen ist tot. Finde ich sehr schade. RIP