Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor, scriptwriter, voice actor and director, widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on I Spy (1965–1968), the espionage series in which he and co-star Bill Cosby played a pair of secret agents. He also had a recurring role as Warren Whelan on Everybody Loves Raymond.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 16, 1930
- March 24, 2010 (aged 79)
- Oakland, California, USA
- Actor, also director
- 75 on MovieCove · 150 credits in all
What are Robert Culp's films like?
Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 5 · Earnest 28
Light 14 · Serious 18 · Dark 5
Grounded 24 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 3
Gentle 12 · Charged 16 · Intense 9
A split, not a type: Steady 18 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 7
Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 3
A split, not a type: Casual 20 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 24 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 2
Resolved 31 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 7 of 30 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Ensign George 'Barney' Ross in PT 109 (1963)
- Heroas Allen Leighton in The Outer Limits (1963)
- Allyas James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok in The Raiders (1963)
- Heraldas Russ Wilson in Sunday in New York (1963)
- Heroas Kelly Robinson in I Spy (1965)
- Heraldas Bob Sanders in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
- Mentoras Thomas Luther Price in Hannie Caulder (1971)
- Tricksteras Ben Taylor in See the Man Run (1971)
- Heroas Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (1972)
- Heroas Robert Jones in A Cold Night's Death (1973)
- Shadowas Bryson in The Castaway Cowboy (1974)
- Heroas Harry Freeman in A Cry for Help (1975)
- Allyas Steve Brannigan in Flood (1976)
- Shadowas Jack Colby in The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
- Heraldas Jonas Bracken in Sky Riders (1976)
- Shadowas T.L. Munn in Hot Rod (1979)
- Shapeshifteras Frank McGuire in The Night the City Screamed (1980)
- Mentoras Bill Maxwell in The Greatest American Hero (1981)
- Shadowas Lou Corbin in Killjoy (1981)
- Shadowas Richard Trainor in Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
- Threshold guardianas Dave Fleming in Her Life as a Man (1984)
- Mentoras Gen. Erwin Rommel in The Key to Rebecca (1985)
- Mentoras General Edward 'Ed' Woods in Combat High (1986)
- Threshold guardianas Lieutenant Frank Mason in The Gladiator (1986)
- Heraldas Daryl Pearson in Big Bad Mama II (1987)
- Allyas Major Guardino in Xtro 3: Watch the Skies (1995)
- Mentoras McClean in Mercenary (1996)
- Shadowas Michael Reilly in Farewell, My Love (2000)
- Shadowas Sen. Parker Gable in Running Mates (2000)
- Mentoras Grandpa in Santa's Slay (2005)
Moods and endings
- Happy19
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous8
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Robert Culp's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 46 of their 75 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor, writer · free
- The Outer Limits (1963) · actor · free
- Historias para no dormir (1966) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- The Dead Zone (2002) · actor · free
- The Greatest American Hero (1981) · actor, director, writer · free
- Hickey & Boggs (1972) · actor, director · free
- Tate (1960) · actor · free
- Highway to Heaven (1984) · actor · free
- The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976) · actor · free
- Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990) · actor · free
- +10 more
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor · free
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- The Sixties (2014) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor, writer · free
- The Outer Limits (1963) · actor · free
- Law & Order (1990) · actor · free
- The Westerner (1960) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- The Dead Zone (2002) · actor · free
- The Greatest American Hero (1981) · actor, director, writer · free
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) · actor · free
- Tate (1960) · actor · free
- +8 more
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor
- Combat! (1962) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor, writer
- The Westerner (1960) · actor
- The Dead Zone (2002) · actor
- The Greatest American Hero (1981) · actor, director, writer
- Matlock (1986) · actor
- Hickey & Boggs (1972) · actor, director
- The Key to Rebecca (1985) · actor
- Highway to Heaven (1984) · actor
- I Spy (1965) · actor, director, writer
- +6 more
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor, writer · free
- The Dead Zone (2002) · actor · free
- The Pelican Brief (1993) · actor · free
- The Greatest American Hero (1981) · actor, director, writer · free
- Matlock (1986) · actor · free
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) · actor · free
- Highway to Heaven (1984) · actor · free
- The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976) · actor · free
- Diagnosis Murder (1993) · actor · free
- Favorite Deadly Sins (1995) · actor · free
- The Love Boat (1977) · actor · free
- Big Bad Mama II (1987) · actor · free
- +1 more
- Howdy, show their 5 titles on Howdy
- Shout! TV, show their 5 titles on Shout! TV
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 3 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- MovieSphere+, show their 2 titles on MovieSphere+
- ScreenPix, show their 2 titles on ScreenPix
- Best TV Ever, show their title on Best TV Ever
- Best Westerns Ever, show their title on Best Westerns Ever
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Subscription and free streaming for Robert Culp's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
150 credits, 75 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Sixties(2014)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
The Assignment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Santa's Slay(2005)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Robot Chicken(2005)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
The Almost Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Blind Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

The Dead Zone(2002)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all filmsHunger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Newsbreak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Running Mates(2000)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Farewell, My Love(2000)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Innocents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Wanted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Most Wanted(1997)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Conan the Adventurer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Mercenary(1996)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Everybody Loves Raymond(1996)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Spy Hard(1996)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies(1995)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Favorite Deadly Sins(1995)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Panther(1995)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Gargoyles(1994)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

I Spy Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Viper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

The Nanny(1993)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Diagnosis Murder(1993)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
The Pelican Brief(1993)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Walker, Texas Ranger(1993)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Timebomb(1991)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Murderous Vision (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

That's Action (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Wings(1990)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
What Price Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Big Bad Mama II(1987)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Jake and the Fatman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Combat High(1986)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Blue Lightning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Matlock(1986)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
The Gladiator(1986)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Golden Girls(1985)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
The Key to Rebecca(1985)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Brothers-in-Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Turk 182! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
The Cosby Show(1984)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Highway to Heaven(1984)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Calendar Girl Murders(1984)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Her Life as a Man(1984)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Hardcastle and McCormick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Movie Madness(1982)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Thou Shalt Not Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Killjoy(1981)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Dream Merchants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Goldengirl(1979)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Hot Rod(1979)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
A Cry for Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Mrs. Columbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Women in White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Last of the Good Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Playboy's Playmate Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Flood(1976)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Spectre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Breaking Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Sky Riders(1976)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Inside Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

A Cry for Help(1975)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all filmsStrange Homecoming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Give Me Liberty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Castaway Cowboy(1974)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Houston, We've Got a Problem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Outrage! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

A Name for Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

See the Man Run(1971)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Lie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Police Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

A Cold Night's Death(1973)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Hickey & Boggs(1972)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Hannie Caulder(1971)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Columbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Operation Breadbasket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Turn-On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Black and White: Uptight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

The Name of the Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Historias para no dormir(1966)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Get Smart(1965)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
I Spy(1965)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
The Hanged Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Rhino! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Raiders(1963)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Sunday in New York(1963)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all filmsBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Great Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Mr. Novak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Outer Limits(1963)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
PT 109(1963)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Sammy, the Way-Out Seal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Combat!(1962)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Ben Casey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Target: The Corruptors! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

87th Precinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Cain's Hundred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The Westerner(1960)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Tate(1960)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all showsThe Chevy Mystery Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Detectives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Johnny Ringo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Naked City(1958)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
The Rifleman(1958)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Trackdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Wagon Train(1957)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Playwrights '56 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

1984 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

You Are There (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Death Valley Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

The Jack Benny Program (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Robert Montgomery Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Now Is Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 149 titles, 148 of them dated from 1948 to 2018; peak year 1972.

Biggest box office
The Pelican Brief (1993)

Highest rated
The Sixties (2014)

Most popular right now
The Outer Limits (1963)
Film career
Peak 1972 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1963Screen debut· PT 109
- 1973First top-billed film· A Cold Night's Death
- 1973Career best· A Cold Night's Death
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Robert Culp's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 31st percentile, the median of all 41; across their 37 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up21
- 50th to 74th23
- 25th to 49th14
- Below 25th17
Shape of the crowd
35 of their 75 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved10
- Universally Panned3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser35
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed24
Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 35 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Robert Culp's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and sex & nudity run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Robert Culp work with?
People who share at least 2 of Robert Culp's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill Cosby shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Avi NesherShared titles: Mercenary (1996), Timebomb (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Avi Nesher

Actors
- Bill CosbyShared titles: The Sixties (2014), Hickey & Boggs (1972), I Spy (1965)See all 3 shared titles with Bill Cosby

- Cliff RobertsonShared titles: The Key to Rebecca (1985), PT 109 (1963), Sunday in New York (1963)See all 3 shared titles with Cliff Robertson

- Ed LauterShared titles: Farewell, My Love (2000), Mercenary (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Ed Lauter

- Raymond BurrShared titles: Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990), The Night the City Screamed (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Raymond Burr

Composers and editors
- Gil MelléShared titles: A Cry for Help (1975), A Cold Night's Death (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Gil Mellé
- David BerlatskyShared titles: A Cold Night's Death (1973), Hickey & Boggs (1972)See all 2 shared titles with David Berlatsky
- David ButtolphShared titles: PT 109 (1963), The Raiders (1963)See all 2 shared titles with David Buttolph

Mixed roles
- Monte HellmanShared titles: Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993), Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Monte Hellman






