Robert Culp Biography

Fast Facts

• As a competitive pole vaulter, he earned second place at the CIF California State Meet in 1947
• Interested in the dramatic arts by the age of ten, he created his own marionette show that he would charge neighborhood kids a nickel to see
• Often portrays characters who are involved with fighting crime
• As a close friend of Hugh Hefner, he frequently visited the Playboy Mansion
• Was rumored to be a replacement for Larry Hagman in "Dallas" when the show's contract negotiations faltered
• Adapted the comic strip "Terry and the Pirates" into a screenplay that had been accepted for filming right before his death