Robert Webber
Acting
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.
Born: October 14, 1924
Place of Birth: Santa Ana, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Commissioner Estabrook
as Francis MacMillan
as Jerry
as Calvin Lantz
as Robert McCann
as Col. Harper
as Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
as Harrison
as Alexander Hayes
as Will Blackfield
as Hugh Gibley
as Woodrow Norton
as Dr. Cole
as Professor Wally Dawson
as General Ira Potter
as Harvey
as Everest Sinclair
as Ed Leemans
as Ben Coogan
as Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
as Col. Clay Thornbush
as Harry Stabling
as Ralph Salkin
as Charley
as Hugh
as Tony Caruso
as Fred Lockhart
as Philippe Douvier
as Mike Marsh
as Deputy Chief Riggs
as John Hackson DeWitt
as American executive
as Howard
as Inspector
as Mr. Douglas
as Dr. John Franklin
as Admiral Jack Fletcher
as Paul Sinclair
as Sergeant John Lewis
as Sam Accardo
as Hugh Webster
as Sen. Evan Murdock
as Bob Coleman
as Roman Clementi
as Harold Jack Coombs
as Julian Lord
as Sappensly
as Dr. Eric Stoneman
as David Lawrence
as Edward Norton
as Arthur Zellman
as Carl Vincent
as Gene Gates
as Maxwell Strager
as Jerry Brinkman
as Meredith
as Attorney
as James Calendar
as Charles Meridio
as Dorsey
as Brigadier General Daniel Boyd Goodwin
as Dixon
as Karel Kessler
as Harris
as Bob Rodgers
as William McKendricks
as Ravaggi
as Tom Carlson
as Rod Prescott
as General Denton
as Sam Burton
as Tony Costa
as Milo Stewart
as Charles Rogan
as Clint Harris
as Dwight Troy
as Sam Gunther
as Dom Guardiano
as Ward Hendricks
as Self
as Chris Smith
as Guy Gabriel
as Robert Burke
as Harlan Guthrie
as Ikar
as George Morrison
as Ricky Powers
as Sgt. McGrath
as Bert
as Douglas
as Michael Hillyer
as Father Phelps
as Arthur Henshaw
as Andrew Courtney
as Wes Carney
as Gordon Lanning
as Juror 12
as Paul Brett
as Harrison Fell
as Edward Gibson
as William "Bill" Phillips
as Philip
as George Lawrence
as James Forsythe
as Skeets - Henchman / Bodyguard
as Chase