The Late Actor Robert Culp Continues to Fascinate Fans

Robert Culp Nice Guy Killer Spy

His amazing appeal endures more than 2 years after his death

Peter Falk once told me that of all the actors who played killers on Columbo, Robert Culp was one of his favorites. See also: "He was perfect," recalled Falk. Culp played four different Columbo killers over four seasons. As the perpetrator Culp projected an inherent likeability that made his characters .

Nice Guys Finish First

It's that enduring quality that even now, more than two years after his death at age 79, sustains Culp as one of Hollywood's most popular figures: Each day, thousands of readers click on his family-run home page () and visit old , when he died following a fall at his home. That's amazing for a guy who had just one memorable starring movie role (Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, 1969) and one lead part in a (on the groundbreaking I Spy opposite Bill Cosby). The fact is, Bob Culp was a guy we liked best in a supporting role (from The Greatest American Hero to Everybody Loves Raymond). He was always the star's best friend, and maybe that made him our friend, too.

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