Favorite multi-killer (actor)?
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cujokay — 9 years ago(August 03, 2016 01:54 PM)
He seems somehow pretentious to me. His episodes aren't bad but like I said, I no longer record them.
I love that Robert Culp gives Columbo the business EVERY SINGLE TIME. When he's upset; he freely shows it.
I like that McGoohan plays mind games with him.
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MilesCo — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 12:01 PM)
Yeah, Cassidy (or at least, his Columbo characters) had a smarminess that could be a bit off-putting. Cassidy had a thin-lipped smile that looked incredibly fake and insincere. (That may have been probably was his natural smile, but it just looked forced.)
Culp was always my favorite I cant say why, exactly theres just something about him. (
Love
that audacious bright yellow slim-fit suede jacket he wore in Double Exposure! Only Culp / Dr. Bart Keppel could ever pull that off.) (And remember, its
Doctor
Keppel!
)
McGoohan is great, too, of course, but Culp is still my fave. McGoohans distinctive voice/accent, and just his general manner, made him come across as a bit distant and unapproachable. (That's not necessarily a bad thing, though. Sometimes it's exactly what you want for the character in question.)
So if I put my favorite Columbo multi-murderers in order, it would be:- Robert Culp
- Patrick McGoohan
- Jack Cassidy
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cujokay — 9 years ago(August 04, 2016 06:47 AM)
and he is very good in Agenda for Murder as well.
"What the hell am I gonna do? What the hell am I gonna do?" I find myself saying that over and over. (Oscar Finch tells Columbo that's what the murdered guy said on the phone before being killed.) It's more the sing-song delivery than the actual words that get me. -
MilesCo — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 11:31 AM)
Yeah, that's great. At one point, Culp's Paul Hanlon gets so rattled that when he looks through his binoculars, he's not even looking in the right direction. "They're on the 10-yard line", says Columbo helpfully.
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dave_buffalo — 6 years ago(April 05, 2019 05:16 PM)
I choose
Johnny Cash
! He wasn't a
multi-episode
killer like everyone mentioned above, but he was the only killer guilty of multiple-victims at once. (There are a few other multi-victim episodes though… the experts on the panel know which ones I'm talking about).
Johnny Cash, in the woods, with the airplane.
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MissMargoChanning — 6 years ago(April 05, 2019 06:04 PM)
You took my two favorites. Cassidy was always so smooth. He and Falk were always fun to watch together.
Culp was always angry while it all just rolled off Columbo.
I enjoyed most of the killers, men and women because most of them always thought they were so much smarter than Columbo and they were so condescending because they thought he wasn't too bright. They had no idea that underneath the befuddled facade, he was the smartest guy in the room.
While Johnny Cash only appeared once, he is my favorite killer. He and Falk were terrific together.
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sidgirl — 9 months ago(June 15, 2025 01:43 AM)
"Mr. Cool personified Robert Culp."
I was a kid in the 70s, so I've always known who Robert Culp was, in the, "Oh, it's that guy!" way–but it wasn't until a few years ago when I found Columbo & started watching that I realized what an awesome cool smokeshow 70s Robert Culp was!