Tag Archive: Robert Culp

CU: Robert Culp on Bill Hickman, Hickey & Boggs and the real car from the French Connection

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William “Bill” Hickman (25 January 1921 – 24 February 1986) was a stunt driver/actor from the 1950s through to the late 1970s. Hickman played a major role in terms of development and execution in three of the greatest movie car chase sequences of all time.

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CU: Robert Culp (1930-2010)

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Robert Culp (1930-2010)
I was always going to do a big article on Robert. Anyone who knows me, knows that. Anyone who’s ever been to the screening room knows that….
Robert wasn’t Criminally Unknown, as an actor, but as a writer and director that’s just what he was. He wrote seven episodes of I SPY, the seven BEST episodes. Any I SPY event i held was always going to start out with “THE LOSER”, hit “MAGIC MIRROR” and end with “HOME TO JUDGEMENT”… in my opinion the best hour of television ever.

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