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Birthday: Oct 14, 1924
Place of Birth: Santa Ana, California, USA

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 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.

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