Robert Webber
Known for Acting · 122 credits
- Born
- 1924-10-14
- Died
- 1989-05-19
- Place of birth
- Santa Ana, California, USA
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.
Known For
TV Shows (57)
Mannix
1967
as Tom Carlson
The Fugitive
1963
as Harlan Guthrie
Ironside
1967
as Sam Burton
Love, American Style
1969
as Harris
The Rifleman
1958
as Wes Carney
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Charles Rogan
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Dr. John Franklin
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Philip / George Lawrence
The Rockford Files
1974
as Sen. Evan Murdock / Bob Coleman / Roman Clementi / Harold Jack Coombs
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Ben Casey
1961
Studio One
1948
as Skeets - Henchman / Bodyguard / Chase
Cannon
1971
Naked City
1958
as Gordon Lanning
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Gene Gates / Maxwell Strager
Moonlighting
1985
as Alexander Hayes
Police Woman
1974
as Julian Lord
Route 66
1960
The Defenders
1961
as Douglas / Michael Hillyer / Father Phelps
Kojak
1973
as David Lawrence
The Name of the Game
1968
as William McKendricks
The Outer Limits
1963
as Ikar
Thriller
1960
as Arthur Henshaw
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
McCloud
1970
One Step Beyond
1959
as Andrew Courtney
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Paul Brett / Harrison Fell / Edward Gibson
Switch
1975
as Paul Sinclair
No Hiding Place
1959
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Robert Burke
Suspense
1949
as James Forsythe
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Charles Meridio
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Arrest and Trial
1963
as George Morrison
Banacek
1972
as Jerry Brinkman
The Rogues
1964
as Guy Gabriel
Stoney Burke
1962
Cover Up
1984
The Magician
1973
as Arthur Zellman
Espionage
1963
as Jack Hanley
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
S.W.A.T.
1975
Search
1972
Hawkins
1973
as Carl Vincent
Banyon
1972
The Manhunter
1974
Kaz
1978
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
as Herman LaCross
Bret Maverick
1981
as Everest Sinclair
The Investigators
1961
as Bert Crayne
New York Confidential
1959
79 Park Avenue
1977
as John Hackson DeWitt
San Francisco International Airport
1970
as Brigadier General Daniel Boyd Goodwin
Our Miss Pemberton
1957
as Vicar
Something Is Out There
1988
as Commissioner Estabrook
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
1954
Out There
1951
Movies (65)
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 12
Midway
1976
as Admiral Jack Fletcher
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as General Denton
10
1979
as Hugh
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Harper
1966
as Dwight Troy
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
as Sappensly
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978
as Philippe Douvier
Private Benjamin
1980
as Col. Clay Thornbush
The Silencers
1966
as Sam Gunther
S.O.B.
1981
as Ben Coogan
Nuts
1987
as Francis MacMillan
Shooting Stars
1983
as Woodrow Norton
The Choirboys
1977
as Deputy Chief Riggs
Who Dares Wins
1982
as General Ira Potter
Wild Geese II
1985
as Robert McCann
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
as Milo Stewart
Madame Claude
1977
as Howard
Wrong Is Right
1982
as Harvey
Assassin
1986
as Calvin Lantz
Manon 70
1968
as Ravaggi
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983
as Felix
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981
as Ed Leemans
Flatfoot in Hong Kong
1975
as Sam Accardo
Highway 301
1950
as William "Bill" Phillips
The Sandpiper
1965
as Ward Hendricks
The Stripper
1963
as Ricky Powers
Sunday Lovers
1980
as Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
Courage fuyons
1979
as Charley
Half Nelson
1985
as Harrison
Not Just Another Affair
1982
as Professor Wally Dawson
Hysteria
1965
as Chris Smith
Cutter
1972
as Meredith
Double Indemnity
1973
as Edward Norton
The Great White Hope
1970
as Dixon
Don't Make Waves
1967
as Rod Prescott
The Young Runaways
1978
as Fred Lockhart
Don't Go to Sleep
1982
as Dr. Cole
Gardenia
1979
as Tony Caruso
The Accuser
1977
as American executive
Thief
1971
as James Calendar
The Big Bounce
1969
as Bob Rodgers
Every Man Is My Enemy
1967
as Tony Costa
Hauser's Memory
1970
as Dorsey
The Nun and the Sergeant
1962
as Sgt. McGrath
The Movie Murderer
1970
as Karel Kessler
The Third Day
1965
as Dom Guardiano
Getting Physical
1984
as Hugh Gibley
$
1971
as Attorney
The Hired Killer
1966
as Clint Harris
The Streets of L.A.
1979
as Ralph Salkin
Casey's Shadow
1978
as Mike Marsh
Hit Squad
1976
as Mr. Douglas
Answers
1985
as Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
Death Stalk
1975
as Hugh Webster
In Like Flynn
1985
as Col. Harper
No Man's Land
1984
as Will Blackfield
Macédoine
1971
as Sanderberg
The Dangerous Mission
1975
as Sergeant John Lewis
A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
1965
as Self
All Stars
1980
as Harry Stabling
The Ladies
1987
as Jerry
Death Steps in the Dark
1977
as Inspector
Pacific Challenge
1975
as Narrator
Murder or Mercy
1974
as Dr. Eric Stoneman
About Robert Webber
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… With 122 credits spanning from 1948 to 2004, Robert Webber has appeared in 65 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular Robert Webber Movies
- 12 Angry Men (1957) — as Juror 12
- Midway (1976) — as Admiral Jack Fletcher
- The Dirty Dozen (1967) — as General Denton
- 10 (1979) — as Hugh
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) — as Self (archive footage)
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