Robert Culp, who became a household name with the TV series I Spy – the first integrated TV show with a black co-star and later filled in dozens of TV and movie roles has died after a fall outside his home.
Culp, 79, died Wednesday after hitting his head in a fall while walking outside his Hollywood home, his manager told the Associated Press.
The versatile Culp had more than 150 roles starting in 1953, including military officers, gunslingers and assorted bad guys. But the globe-trotting 1965-68 show I Spy helped make him a household name, as it did for Bill Cosby, the first African-American co-star of a TV drama series.
I personally will remember him most for his role as Max the FBI Agent in Greatest American Hero.
Unfortunate for him to meet his end in such an accidental manner. He will be missed.
Here is the opening credits of Greatest American Hero in tribute:
