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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 24, 2010 19:08:58 GMT -5
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Post by Crowfan on Mar 24, 2010 19:10:21 GMT -5
A real bummer. RIP
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Post by callipygias on Mar 24, 2010 19:21:25 GMT -5
He was funny in an episode of Wings, but he was fantastic in three of The Outer Limits' better episodes. He was one of those people who was always likeable and easy to watch.
What a great body of work he left behind.
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Post by Chuck on Mar 24, 2010 19:25:19 GMT -5
I concur, calli. He was superb on The Outer Limits' Demon With A Glass Hand. (Written by Harlan Ellison.) My all-time favorite episode of the series.
R.I.P.
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Post by caucasoididiot on Mar 24, 2010 20:30:02 GMT -5
I was just posting this out in CF Mountain when I noticed this section. Mr. Culp was central to my favorite hour of TV: the Outer Limits ep "The Architects of Fear." I've also been watching him with Bill Cosby in I Spy lately.
I'm going to go watch "Architects" now in memory.
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Post by Skyroniter on Mar 24, 2010 21:29:24 GMT -5
Guest starred on Combat! too. Strong performance in an excellent episode "Court Martial for Kirby."
R.I.P. Mr. Culp.
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Post by caucasoididiot on Mar 24, 2010 21:47:36 GMT -5
He actually wrote a good handful of I Spy episodes as well, including a particularly strong one called "The Loser" that guest starred Eartha Kitt.  |
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Post by Weirdo Writer on Mar 24, 2010 22:35:24 GMT -5
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Post by davidbeegah on Mar 24, 2010 22:44:33 GMT -5
R.I.P. Mr. Culp  you will be missed. I enjoyed your work for many years. A talented and versatile actor. |
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Post by siamesesin on Mar 25, 2010 8:25:05 GMT -5
I loved it when he did a guest shot on "Robot Chicken", and even did the commentary. He talked about having to see a vocal coach to get his "Maxwell" back. So funny! Such a versatile performer.
R.I.P. Mr. Culp
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Post by afriendlychicken on Mar 25, 2010 17:51:47 GMT -5
I wish I could remember Outer Limits. I do remember him in I Spy, Columbo and his guest appearances on The Cosby Show. Another, nice guy, Hollywood actor we'll miss. A dying breed there.  |
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Post by caucasoididiot on Mar 26, 2010 8:47:22 GMT -5
Hulu has the whole first season of Outer Limits, which includes The Architects of Fear and another of his, Corpus Earthling. Unfortunately, "Demon with a Glass Hand" isn't up. The entire run of I Spy is also up. I'd been pondering starting a thread on it. Culp and Cosby were a great pair, and a full season before Star Trek this show had Cosby as a principal, and definitely the smart guy of the pair. They were also unusual in doing overseas location shooting. I've been enjoying them. |
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Post by inlovewithcrow on Mar 26, 2010 13:08:12 GMT -5
I always admire these guys who understood when what they did was bad film, as Culp did with Caveman. RIP, fella.
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Post by caucasoididiot on Mar 26, 2010 18:40:42 GMT -5
I just remembered another odd factoid, In James Jones' novel The Thin Red Line the weapons platoon is commanded by Lt. Robert Culp. Of course I pictured the character looking like Mr. Culp the actor, and I gather that was Jones' intention (given that he had other characters with names like "William Whyte" and "Albert Gore," even a rifleman named "Cash" who felt a lot like Johnny). The novel was published in '61 and judging from the imdb Mr. Culp seems to have been pretty well known by then.
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Post by PimPamPet on Mar 28, 2010 13:43:49 GMT -5
He was superb on The Outer Limits' Demon With A Glass Hand. (Written by Harlan Ellison.) My all-time favorite episode of the series. I feel the same way. I saw it a few weeks ago after I bought the series on DVD. R.I.P. |
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