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Jack Webb

Jack Webb

Actor · Born 1920-04-02 · Santa Monica, California, USA

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Biography

John Randolph 'Jack' Webb (also known by the pen name John Randolph; April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter, who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet. He was also the founder of his own production company, Mark VII Limited. Born in Santa Monica, California, Webb grew up in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles as the child of a single mother after his father left home before he was born. During World War II, Webb enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces, but he "washed out" of flight training and was granted a hardship discharge to care for his family. Following his discharge, he moved to San Francisco, where a wartime shortage of announcers led to a temporary appointment to his own half-hour comedy radio show on ABC's KGO Radio in 1946. By 1949 he had abandoned comedy for drama, and starred in numerous radio shows until finding success in film and television in the late 1950s. Webb had a featured role as a crime lab technician in the 1948 film He Walked by Night, a thinly-fictionalized recounting of the 1946 Walker crime spree. This experience gave W…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Sunset Boulevard (1950) — Artie Green
  2. He Walked by Night (1949) — Lee Whitey
  3. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  4. The Men (1950) — Norm
  5. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  6. Three on a Match (1932) — Boy in Schoolyard (uncredited)
  7. Hollow Triumph (1948) — Bullseye (uncredited)
  8. Dark City (1950) — Augie
  9. O.J.: Made in America (2016) — Sgt. Joe Friday (archive footage)
  10. Halls of Montezuma (1951) — Correspondent Dickerman
  11. Dragnet (1951) — Joe Friday
  12. Appointment with Danger (1950) — Joe Regas
  13. Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) — Pete Kelly
  14. Dragnet (1954) — Sergeant Joe Friday
  15. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  16. Dragnet (1967) — Joe Friday
  17. The Jack Benny Program (1950) — Jack Webb
  18. You're in the Navy Now (1951) — Ens. Anthony 'Tony' Barbo
  19. -30- (1959) — Sam Gatlin
  20. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) — Self
  21. This Is Your Life (1952) — Self
  22. The D.I. (1957) — Gunnery Sgt. Jim Moore
  23. A Force in Readiness (1961)
  24. The John Glenn Story (1962) — Narrator
  25. Red Nightmare (1962) — On-Camera Narrator
  26. Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) — Self
  27. Dragnet (1969) — Joe Friday
  28. The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961) — William 'Bill' Bowers
  29. 24 Hour Alert (1955) — Himself
  30. O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971) — Narrator
  31. Star Spangled Salesman (1968) — Security Man
  32. The Partners (1971)
  33. The Selling of the Pentagon (1971) — Self (archive footage)
  34. Greyhounds of the Sea (1967) — Narrator
  35. A Day in Vietnam (1967) — Narrator
  36. Greenboy: Prescription for Death (2013) — Joe Friday (archive footage)
  37. Your Tour In Vietnam (1970) — Narrator
  38. General Electric True (1962) — Self - host

Directed

  1. Emergency! (1972) — Director
  2. Adam-12 (1968) — Director
  3. Dragnet (1951) — Director
  4. Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) — Director
  5. Dragnet (1954) — Director
  6. Dragnet (1967) — Director
  7. -30- (1959) — Director
  8. The D.I. (1957) — Director
  9. Dragnet (1969) — Director
  10. The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961) — Director
  11. Emergency! (1972) — Director
  12. O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971) — Director
  13. Chase (1973) — Director
  14. General Electric True (1962) — Director