Robert Webber

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

133

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-10-14

Day of death

1989-05-19 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Santa Ana, California, USA

Robert Webber

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

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • One Step Beyond

    One Step Beyond

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • 12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • Switch

    Switch

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • McMillan & Wife

    McMillan & Wife

  • Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

  • Stoney Burke

    Stoney Burke

  • Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

  • The Rogues

    The Rogues

  • Midway

    Midway

  • Banacek

    Banacek

  • Search

    Search

  • The Dirty Dozen

    The Dirty Dozen

  • Madame Claude

    Madame Claude

  • The Magician

    The Magician

  • The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

  • The Manhunter

    The Manhunter

  • The Great White Hope

    The Great White Hope

  • Cover Up

    Cover Up

  • S.W.A.T.

    S.W.A.T.

  • Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

    Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

  • Banyon

    Banyon

  • Flatfoot in Hong Kong

    Flatfoot in Hong Kong

  • The Movie Murderer

    The Movie Murderer

  • Hawkins

    Hawkins

  • 10

    10

  • Hysteria

    Hysteria

  • The Streets of L.A.

    The Streets of L.A.

  • Bret Maverick

    Bret Maverick

  • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

  • Kaz

    Kaz

  • The Sandpiper

    The Sandpiper

  • The Big Bounce

    The Big Bounce

  • Highway 301

    Highway 301

  • Hauser's Memory

    Hauser's Memory

  • Don't Go to Sleep

    Don't Go to Sleep

  • Thief

    Thief

  • $

    $

  • Double Indemnity

    Double Indemnity

  • Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

    Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

  • The Ladies

    The Ladies

  • Revenge of the Pink Panther

    Revenge of the Pink Panther

  • Every Man Is My Enemy

    Every Man Is My Enemy

  • Private Benjamin

    Private Benjamin

  • Death Stalk

    Death Stalk

  • S.O.B.

    S.O.B.

  • Wild Geese II

    Wild Geese II

  • All Stars

    All Stars

  • The Nun and the Sergeant

    The Nun and the Sergeant

  • Sunday Lovers

    Sunday Lovers

  • Assassin

    Assassin

  • New York Confidential

    New York Confidential

  • The Young Runaways

    The Young Runaways

  • Who Dares Wins

    Who Dares Wins

  • Harper

    Harper

  • Not Just Another Affair

    Not Just Another Affair

  • Half Nelson

    Half Nelson

  • The Dangerous Mission

    The Dangerous Mission

  • Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

  • The Stripper

    The Stripper

  • Courage fuyons

    Courage fuyons

  • The Accuser

    The Accuser

  • Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • The Investigators

    The Investigators

  • Manon 70

    Manon 70

  • The Third Day

    The Third Day

  • Answers

    Answers

  • In Like Flynn

    In Like Flynn

  • 79 Park Avenue

    79 Park Avenue

  • Out There

    Out There

  • The Silencers

    The Silencers

  • Don't Make Waves

    Don't Make Waves

  • Cutter

    Cutter

  • Gardenia

    Gardenia

  • The Hired Killer

    The Hired Killer

  • No Man's Land

    No Man's Land

  • Our Miss Pemberton

    Our Miss Pemberton

  • Casey's Shadow

    Casey's Shadow

  • Getting Physical

    Getting Physical

  • Something Is Out There

    Something Is Out There

  • The Two Lives of Carol Letner

    The Two Lives of Carol Letner

  • Wrong Is Right

    Wrong Is Right

  • Nuts

    Nuts

  • Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

    Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

  • Hit Squad

    Hit Squad

  • The Choirboys

    The Choirboys

  • Death Steps in the Dark

    Death Steps in the Dark

  • A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'

    A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'

  • Macédoine

    Macédoine

  • Murder or Mercy

    Murder or Mercy

  • Pacific Challenge

    Pacific Challenge