Robert Culp

Robert Culp (1930 - 2010)

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Robert Culp as Frank Boggs with a Smith & Wesson Model 29 in Hickey & Boggs (1972)

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Robert Culp armed with a Colt Government as Bill Maxwell in The Greatest American Hero.

Robert Culp was an American actor whose lengthy acting career often was in tough guy roles, the majority of which was on television. Among his most well known television roles included Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman in the western series Trackdown, as covert operations CIA Officer Kelly Robinson in the series I Spy, and his role as FBI Senior Special Agent Bill Maxwell in the cult series The Greatest American Hero. He also directed the feature Hickey & Boggs, which reunited him with his I Spy co-star Bill Cosby. A lifelong shooter, Culp competed in skeet shooting in his earlier days when he wasn't acting and won several competitions. He remained a gun owner until the day he died. He was also an accomplished athlete when he was a student. He was 79 years old when he died in 2010.

Robert Culp can be seen using the following weapons in the following films and television series:

Film

Gun	Character	Film	Note	Date
Smith & Wesson New Model No.3	Thomas Luther Price	Hannie Caulder	.	1971
Adams Revolver	Thomas Luther Price	Hannie Caulder		1971
Smith & Wesson Model 29	Frank Boggs	Hickey & Boggs	8 3/8" barrel	1972
Winchester Model 88	Jonas Bracken	Sky Riders		1976

Television

Gun	Character	Title	Note	Date
Smith & Wesson Schofield	Hoby Gilman	Trackdown		1957-1959
Luger P08	Captain Shark	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	"The Shark Affair" (S01E04)	1964
Walther P38K	Kelly Robinson	I Spy		1964-1968
M1 Carbine	Kelly Robinson	I Spy		1964-1968
Colt M1911A1	Dr. Bart Kepple	Columbo	Stanless, pearl grips/ "Double Exposure" (S03E04)	1973
Luger P08	Dr. Bart Kepple	Columbo	"Double Exposure" (S03E04)	1973
Colt Government	Bill Maxwell	The Greatest American Hero		1981-1983
Valmet M78	Bill Maxwell	The Greatest American Hero	"Here's Lookin' At You, Kid"	1981