I always forget he was also in Spectre. I like that film a lot and wish it had become a TV series or film serial, but at the time it was pretty soundly panned by critics, from what I hear. It's like a cross between Sherlock Holmes, The X Files, and Supernatural, except in 1977 and championed by Gene Roddenberry.
The obituaries get the title of Hannie Caulder wrong, which is annoying, but . . . that's another film I love that critics didn't like. The end is weak, OK, but Culp plays against type as a cool, cynical bounty hunter, and Christopher Lee plays a British gunsmith in Mexico, plus you have a half-naked gunslinging Raquel Welch, and the villains are played by Ernest Borgnine, Strother Martin, and Dogbone. What's not to like? It even has Diana Dors in a small role, and Stephen Boyd as the mysterious Preacher . . . who, you get the feeling, had some scenes that got cut, and hence he winds up more mysterious than he was even intended to be.
The obits also say he was on Everybody Loves Raymond, which I didn't know, and cite a film called Hickey & Boggs that I'd never heard of. Huh. It's a 1972 crime flick written by Walter Hill and directed by Culp (I had no idea) in which Culp and Cosby play burned out detectives. Sounds great. Alas, Netflix doesn't currently have it available.
Similarly, they don't have The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday, another Culp film I've always wanted to see.
It's sad he's gone, but he had a dynamite career and a good run. IMDb lists 163 acting credits, 14 writing credits, four directing credits, and apparently he sang a song on Bonanza. He was even in a movie that comes out later this year. :salute:
