About

Known credits:
68
Birthday:
1924-10-14
Place of birth:
Santa Ana, California, USA
Website:
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Robert Webber

Overview

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

Acting
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1988 Something Is Out There Actor Commissioner Estabrook 70
Good
1987 Nuts Actor Francis MacMillan 59
Average
1987 The Ladies Actor Jerry N/A
N/A
1986 Assassin Actor Calvin Lantz 58
Average
1985 Wild Geese II Actor Robert McCann 58
Average
1985 In Like Flynn Actor Col. Harper N/A
N/A
1985 Half Nelson Actor Harrison N/A
N/A
1985 Answers Actor Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle") N/A
N/A
1984 Cover Up Actor Mason Carter 59
Average
1984 No Man's Land Actor Will Blackfield 58
Average
1984 Getting Physical Actor Hugh Gibley N/A
N/A
1983 Shooting Stars Actor Woodrow Norton 58
Average
1983 Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land Actor Felix 58
Average
1982 Don't Go to Sleep Actor Dr. Cole 59
Average
1982 Not Just Another Affair Actor Professor Wally Dawson 58
Average
1982 Who Dares Wins Actor General Ira Potter 59
Average
1982 Wrong Is Right Actor Harvey 58
Average
1981 The Two Lives of Carol Letner Actor Ed Leemans N/A
N/A
1981 S.O.B. Actor Ben Coogan 59
Average
1980 Sunday Lovers Actor Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method") 59
Average
1980 Private Benjamin Actor Col. Clay Thornbush 58
Average
1980 All Stars Actor Harry Stabling N/A
N/A
1979 The Streets of L.A. Actor Ralph Salkin 59
Average
1979 Courage fuyons Actor Charley 59
Average
1979 10 Actor Hugh 58
Average
1979 Gardenia Actor Tony Caruso 59
Average
1978 The Young Runaways Actor Fred Lockhart 59
Average
1978 Revenge of the Pink Panther Actor Philippe Douvier 61
Fair
1978 Casey's Shadow Actor Mike Marsh 59
Average
1977 The Choirboys Actor Deputy Chief Riggs 58
Average
1977 The Accuser Actor Le cadre américain 59
Average
1977 Madame Claude Actor Howard 58
Average
1977 Death Steps in the Dark Actor Inspector 58
Average
1976 Hit Squad Actor Mr. Douglas 59
Average
1976 Midway Actor Admiral Jack Fletcher 61
Fair
1975 The Dangerous Mission Actor Sergeant John Lewis 58
Average
1975 Flatfoot in Hong Kong Actor Sam Accardo 59
Average
1975 Death Stalk Actor Hugh Webster 59
Average
1975 Pacific Challenge Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1974 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Actor Sappensly 63
Fair
1974 Murder or Mercy Actor Dr. Eric Stoneman N/A
N/A
1973 Double Indemnity Actor Edward Norton 59
Average
1972 Cutter Actor Meredith N/A
N/A
1971 $ Actor Attorney 59
Average
1971 Thief Actor James Calendar N/A
N/A
1971 Macédoine Actor Sanderberg N/A
N/A
1970 Hauser's Memory Actor Dorsey 59
Average
1970 The Great White Hope Actor Dixon 59
Average
1970 The Movie Murderer Actor Karel Kessler 59
Average
1969 The Big Bounce Actor Bob Rodgers 58
Average
1968 Manon 70 Actor Ravaggi 58
Average
1967 Don't Make Waves Actor Rod Prescott 58
Average
1967 The Dirty Dozen Actor General Denton 70
Good
1967 Every Man Is My Enemy Actor Tony Costa 58
Average
1966 Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round Actor Milo Stewart 58
Average
1966 The Hired Killer Actor Clint Harris 58
Average
1966 Harper Actor Dwight Troy 60
Fair
1966 The Silencers Actor Sam Gunther 59
Average
1965 The Third Day Actor Dom Guardiano 59
Average
1965 The Sandpiper Actor Ward Hendricks 59
Average
1965 A Statue for 'The Sandpiper' Actor Self N/A
N/A
1965 Hysteria Actor Chris Smith 59
Average
1963 The Stripper Actor Ricky Powers 58
Average
1962 The Nun and the Sergeant Actor Sgt. McGrath 58
Average
1957 12 Angry Men Actor Juror 12 83
Very good
1952 Plan For Escape Actor N/A
N/A
1950 Highway 301 Actor William "Bill" Phillips 59
Average