Acting vet Robert Culp has died.
The actor who teamed up with Bill Cosby in the groundbreaking ’60s comedy-adventureI I Spy and played Bob in the critically acclaimed sex comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, died Wednesday after taking a fall outside his Los Angeles home.
He was 79.
Culp died at a local hospital where he was rushed after hitting his head while taking a walk, a Los Angeles police spokesman said.
The Oakland, California-born Culp began his TV career in the 1950s, appearing in the Western Trackdown. He went on to star in such classics like The Outer Limits and Columbo.
Culp was found near Hillside Avenue and El Cerrito Place, about a block from his home, said Sgt. Matt Jacobik of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood Division.
“A jogger found him and called 911 about 11:10 a.m.,” Jacobik said.
The actor was pronounced dead at the scene.