Robert Culp

Robert Culp (1930 - 2010)

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

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 as Kelly Robinson in the series I Spy in addition to his role as 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
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
Walther P38K	Kelly Robinson	I Spy	.	1964-1968
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