Editing Robert Culp (section)

==Early life and education==
Culp was born on August 16, 1930, in either [[Oakland, California]], or [[Berkeley, California]].<ref name=WaPo>{{cite news |last1=Shapiro |first1=T. Rees |title=Robert Culp dead; actor conveyed charm and wit on TV's 'I Spy' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032403038.html |access-date=January 11, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 25, 2010 |quote=Robert Martin Culp was born Aug. 16, 1930, either in Oakland or Berkeley, Calif., according to biographical sources. }}</ref> He was the only child of Crozier Cordell Culp, an attorney, and his wife, Bethel Martin Culp (née Collins). He graduated from [[Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California)|Berkeley High School]], where he was a [[pole vault]]er and took second place at the 1947 [[CIF California State Meet]].<ref name="LA Times Obit">{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-25-la-me-robert-culp25-2010mar25-story.html |title=Robert Culp dies at 79; actor starred in 'I Spy' TV series |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 25, 2010 |access-date=March 25, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |title=California State Meet Results-1915 to present |website=Hank Lawson |access-date=December 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092406/http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Culp attended the [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]] in [[Stockton, California]], and later [[Washington University in St. Louis]], [[San Francisco State University|San Francisco State]], and the [[University of Washington School of Drama]], but never completed an [[academic degree]].<ref name="NY Times Obit">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/arts/television/25culp.html |title=Robert Culp, Star in 'I Spy,' Dies at 79 |first=William |last=Grimes |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804055303/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/arts/television/25culp.html |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |access-date=February 25, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also received acting training at [[HB Studio]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/ |website=HB Studio |title=Alumni |access-date=August 12, 2023 }}</ref>