History Creator / RobertCulp

Culp later found out that all of the ''Zane Grey Theater'' episodes were meant to serve as pilots for Western series, and indeed, it was the first one he did, "Badge of Honor", that wound up going to series. In the Fall of 1957, Culp debuted in the series ''Trackdown'', playing Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman, who also served as de facto Sheriff of his hometown of Porter, Texas when he wasn't on Ranger business. The series remains the only series to gain the official blessing of the real Texas Rangers organization, but sadly, was remembered for quite some time only for spinning off ''Series/WantedDeadOrAlive'', which launched the career of Creator/SteveMcQueen. It's only been in recent years that ''Trackdown'' has gotten some long overdue respect, thanks to being aired on Creator/MeTV and its sister network, Heroes & Icons. Additionally, the series also gained a bit of notoriety during the late 2010s for the episode "The End of the World", in which Hoby took on a ConArtist named Trump ([[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump no relation]]) who sold parasols to protect gullible citizens from a solar event and also threatened to sue Hoby for slander!

* ''Series/PoliceStory'' (three episodes, 1975-78)

* ''Film/AColdNightsDeath'' (as Robert Jones, 1973(