Robert Webber
Age: N/A | From: Santa Ana, California, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Santa Ana, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 46
TV Involvements: 28
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1950) Philip
Naked City
(1958) Gordon Lanning
The Name of the Game
(1968) William McKendricks
Suspense
(1949) James Forsythe
Thriller
(1960) Arthur Henshaw
Studio One
(1948) Skeets - Henchman / Bodyguard
Switch
(1975) Paul Sinclair
The Defenders
(1961) Father PhelpsActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1988 | Commissioner Estabrook | |
| 1987 | Francis MacMillan | |
| Jerry | ||
| 1986 | Calvin Lantz | |
| 1985 | Robert McCann | |
| Col. Harper | ||
| Harrison | ||
| Alexander Hayes | ||
| Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle") | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Mason Carter | ||
| Will Blackfield | ||
| Hugh Gibley | ||
| 1983 | Woodrow Norton | |
| Felix | ||
| 1982 | Dr. Cole | |
| Professor Wally Dawson | ||
| General Ira Potter | ||
| Harvey | ||
| 1981 | Ed Leemans | |
| Ben Coogan | ||
| 1980 | Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method") | |
| Col. Clay Thornbush | ||
| Harry Stabling | ||
| 1979 | Ralph Salkin | |
| Charley | ||
| Hugh | ||
| Tony Caruso | ||
| 1978 | N/A | |
| Fred Lockhart | ||
| Philippe Douvier | ||
| Mike Marsh | ||
| 1977 | Deputy Chief Riggs | |
| John Hackson DeWitt | ||
| Le cadre américain | ||
| Howard | ||
| Inspector | ||
| 1976 | Mr. Douglas | |
| N/A | ||
| Admiral Jack Fletcher | ||
| 1975 | Paul Sinclair | |
| Sam Accardo | ||
| Sergeant John Lewis | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hugh Webster | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| Sen. Evan Murdock | ||
| Bob Coleman | ||
| Roman Clementi | ||
| Harold Jack Coombs | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sappensly | ||
| Sam Burton | ||
| Dr. Eric Stoneman | ||
| 1973 | David Lawrence | |
| Edward Norton | ||
| Arthur Zellman | ||
| Carl Vincent | ||
| 1972 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jerry Brinkman | ||
| Meredith | ||
| 1971 | Attorney | |
| James Calendar | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sanderberg | ||
| 1970 | Dorsey | |
| Dixon | ||
| N/A | ||
| Karel Kessler | ||
| 1969 | Harris | |
| Bob Rodgers | ||
| 1968 | William McKendricks | |
| Ravaggi | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| Rod Prescott | ||
| General Denton | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tony Costa | ||
| 1966 | Milo Stewart | |
| N/A | ||
| Clint Harris | ||
| Dwight Troy | ||
| Sam Gunther | ||
| 1965 | Dom Guardiano | |
| Ward Hendricks | ||
| Self | ||
| Chris Smith | ||
| 1964 | Guy Gabriel | |
| 1963 | Robert Burke | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Harlan Guthrie | ||
| Ikar | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ricky Powers | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Sgt. McGrath | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Douglas | ||
| Michael Hillyer | ||
| Father Phelps | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Arthur Henshaw | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Andrew Courtney | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| Gordon Lanning | ||
| 1957 | Juror 12 | |
| 1955 | Paul Brett | |
| Harrison Fell | ||
| Edward Gibson | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | William "Bill" Phillips | |
| N/A | ||
| Philip | ||
| 1949 | James Forsythe | |
| 1948 | N/A | |
| Skeets - Henchman / Bodyguard | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
