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Robert Webber

Robert Webber

Actor · Born 1924-10-14 · Santa Ana, California, USA

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Biography

Over his 40-year career as one of Hollywood's veteran character actors, Robert Webber always marked his spot by playing all types of roles and was not stereotyped into playing just one kind of character. Sometimes he even got to play a leading role (see Hysteria (1965)). Webber first started out in small stage shows and a few Broadway plays and served a stint in the army before he landed the role of Juror 12 in 12 Angry Men (1957). He was also known for numerous war films, playing Lee Marvin's general in The Dirty Dozen (1967) or as real-life Admiral Frank J. Fletcher in Midway (1976). Webber's other best known movies include The Great White Hope (1970), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), 10 (1979) (as composer Dudley Moore's lyricist partner), Private Benjamin (1980), Wild Geese II (1985) and co-starring with Richard Dreyfuss and Barbra Streisand as prosecutor Francis McMillian in Nuts (1987). In 1989 he died of Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in Malibu, California, shortly after completing the 1988 TV production Something Is Out There (1988) (TV). He bore a resemblance to character actor Kevin McCarthy.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. 12 Angry Men (1957) — Juror 12
  2. The Dirty Dozen (1967) — General Denton
  3. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) — Philippe Douvier
  4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) — Sappensly
  5. Private Benjamin (1980) — Col. Clay Thornbush
  6. Moonlighting (1985) — Alexander Hayes
  7. Midway (1976) — Admiral Jack Fletcher
  8. 10 (1979) — Hugh
  9. Mission: Impossible (1966) — Charles Rogan
  10. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Paul Brett
  11. Harper (1966) — Dwight Troy
  12. The Outer Limits (1963) — Ikar
  13. Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975) — Sam Accardo
  14. Kojak (1973) — David Lawrence
  15. The Rockford Files (1974) — Sen. Evan Murdock
  16. Nuts (1987) — Francis MacMillan
  17. Quincy, M.E. (1976)
  18. The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  19. S.O.B. (1981) — Ben Coogan
  20. Ironside (1967)
  21. S.W.A.T. (1975)
  22. $ (1971) — Attorney
  23. The Fugitive (1963) — Harlan Guthrie
  24. Wrong Is Right (1982) — Harvey
  25. The Sandpiper (1965) — Ward Hendricks
  26. Mannix (1967) — Tom Carlson
  27. The Silencers (1966) — Sam Gunther
  28. McCloud (1970)
  29. Who Dares Wins (1982) — General Ira Potter
  30. The Rifleman (1958) — Wes Carney
  31. Hit Squad (1976) — Mr. Douglas
  32. Cannon (1971)
  33. Don't Go to Sleep (1982) — Dr. Cole
  34. Don't Make Waves (1967) — Rod Prescott
  35. Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983) — Felix
  36. Steptoe and Son (1962) — Vicar
  37. Courage fuyons (1979) — Charley
  38. The Great White Hope (1970) — Dixon
  39. Wild Geese II (1985) — Robert McCann
  40. The Choirboys (1977) — Deputy Chief Riggs