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Robert Webber
Born: 14th Oct 1924 Santa Ana, California, USA - Died 19th May 1989
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 122
Film: 65 (53%)
Television: 57 (47%)
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Filmography
2004
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
May 1988 (first aired)
Two police officers investigate a series of brutal murders in which the victims have had bodily organs removed. When one of them questions a young wom ... view
Character:
Commissioner Estabrook (2 ep.)
1987
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent. ... view
Character:
Francis MacMillan
1987
Sentimental drama in which, following her divorce, a middle-aged woman (Patricia Elliott) moves in with her daughter (Talia Balsam). But things do not ... view
Character:
Jerry
1986
A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials ... view
Character:
Calvin Lantz
1985
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin. ... view
Character:
Robert McCann
1985
Life is one cliff-hanger after another for a bright and beautiful woman and the reluctant young man who joins her in defying death as they investigate ... view
Character:
Col. Harper
1985
Three of Ernest Thompson's short plays are presented, each involving a surprise visitor. In the first, "A Good Time," a vacationing California Highway ... view
Character:
Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
1985
Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor ... view
Character:
Harrison
Mar 1985 (first aired)
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, ... view
Character:
Alexander Hayes (6 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1984
Sheriff Stella Stevens uses her wiles and the help of her three resourceful daughters -- one by each of her previous husbands -- to rope in a notoriou ... view
Character:
Will Blackfield
1984
The world of female bodybuilding provides the backdrop for this tale of an aspiring young actress who initially becomes interested in the sport as a m ... view
Character:
Hugh Gibley
1983
Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to ... view
Character:
Woodrow Norton
1983
Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes hor ... view
Character:
Felix
1982
One year after a young girl dies in a car accident, her sister begins seeing visions of her, while the family home is plagued by strange happenings. ... view
Character:
Dr. Cole
1982
A lady marine biologist, determined to save herself until marriage, meets a handsome attorney who is not used to being rejected sexually, and it becom ... view
Character:
Professor Wally Dawson
1982
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The ... view
Character:
General Ira Potter
1982
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in th ... view
Character:
Harvey
Dec 1981 (first aired)
Bret Maverick is a 1981-82 American Western television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series Maverick: a pr ... view
Character:
Everest Sinclair (2 ep.)
1981
A former call-girl who has left the profession behind to pursue a college career is recruited by the police to turn one more trick in order to trap th ... view
Character:
Ed Leemans
1981
A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes ... view
Character:
Ben Coogan
Original title: Les Séducteurs
1980
A sex comedy anthology containing four stories, each from a different country (England, France, USA and Italy). "An Englishman's Home" "The French Met ... view
Character:
Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
1980
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected. ... view
Character:
Col. Clay Thornbush
Jan 1980 (first aired)
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American detective/comedy series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. The series was c ... view
Character:
Herman LaCross (1 ep.)
Original title: Tous vedettes !
1980
Three music students decide to create a science-fiction musical. ... view
Character:
Harry Stabling
1979
A woman embarks on a lone pursuit of three teenaged hoods in the Los Angeles barrio after becoming incensed at their malicious tire-slashing on parked ... view
Character:
Ralph Salkin
1979
At forty years old, Martin Belhomme leads a quiet life with his wife and two children. One day, he falls hopelessly in love with Eva, a cabaret singer ... view
Character:
Charley
1979
A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed. ... view
Character:
Hugh
Original title: Gardenia, il giustiziere della mala
1979
A businessman comes into conflict with a gangster when he refuses to allow drugs to be sold through his restaurant. ... view
Character:
Tony Caruso
Sep 1978 (first aired)
Kaz is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1978 to April 22, 1979. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1978
Heartless parents C.L. Doyle and his wife take two of their older children, Rosebud & Joseph T. Doyle, on a family vacation to Alaska, but dump their ... view
Character:
Fred Lockhart
1978
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's ... view
Character:
Philippe Douvier
1978
Young Casey comes from a family of racehorse trainers, and his best friend, a foal called Casey's Shadow, may just be a champion. ... view
Character:
Mike Marsh
1977
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery. ... view
Character:
Deputy Chief Riggs
Oct 1977 (first aired)
A poor New York teenager of the mid-1930 is forced into prostitution despite sincere efforts to make a living and ultimately becomes the city's most f ... view
Character:
John Hackson DeWitt (1 ep.)
Original title: L'Imprécateur
1977
In this sardonic comedy, after an executive is killed in a mysterious automobile accident, the French offices of his multinational company is inundate ... view
Character:
American executive
1977
Based on a true story. Madame Claude, a well connected Parisienne with dark past, runs a network of high-class call girls. She sends her girls to any ... view
Character:
Howard
Original title: Passi di morte perduti nel buio
1977
An Italian reporter is travelling on the Instabul-Athens train. A woman is murdered with the reporter's letter-opener so that makes him the main suspe ... view
Character:
Inspector
Original title: Squadra antifurto
1976
A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die. ... view
Character:
Mr. Douglas
Oct 1976 (first aired)
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Dr. John Franklin (1 ep.)
1976
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II. ... view
Character:
Admiral Jack Fletcher
Sep 1975 (first aired)
Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a dece ... view
Character:
Paul Sinclair (1 ep.)
Original title: Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête !
1975
1944. A young French soldier is involved, without really wanting it, into American operations for Liberation. ... view
Character:
Sergeant John Lewis
Original title: Piedone a Hong Kong
1975
Inspector Rizzo is accused of drug trafficking. In order to clear his name he has to find out who is the person, from a Mafia ring, who has infiltrate ... view
Character:
Sam Accardo
Feb 1975 (first aired)
S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California c ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1975
The whitewater raft trip of two couples is interrupted by a visit from four prison escapees who take the women hostage to aid in their escape. The hus ... view
Character:
Hugh Webster
1975
Documentary detailing the six-month crossing of the Pacific Ocean by a rafting expedition of 12 men on three balsa-wood rafts, from Guayaquil, Ecuador ... view
Character:
Narrator
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob gi ... view
Character:
Julian Lord (1 ep.)
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockf ... view
Character:
Sen. Evan Murdock (1 ep.)
Bob Coleman (1 ep.)
Roman Clementi (1 ep.)
Harold Jack Coombs (1 ep.)
Sep 1974 (first aired)
The Manhunter is an American crime drama that was part of CBS' lineup for the 1974–1975 television season. The series was produced by Quinn Martin a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1974
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a d ... view
Character:
Sappensly
1974
An attorney comes out of retirement to defend a prominent doctor, who has been accused of the mercy killing of his wife. ... view
Character:
Dr. Eric Stoneman
Oct 1973 (first aired)
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City. ... view
Character:
David Lawrence (1 ep.)
1973
A scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing ... view
Character:
Edward Norton
Oct 1973 (first aired)
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, ... view
Character:
Arthur Zellman (1 ep.)
Mar 1973 (first aired)
The cases of slow-talking but high-powered West Virginia attorney Billy Jim Hawkins. ... view
Character:
Carl Vincent (1 ep.)
Jan 1973 (first aired)
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm ... view
Character:
Gene Gates (2 ep.)
Maxwell Strager (1 ep.)
Sep 1972 (first aired)
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1972 (first aired)
The adventures of 1930's Los Angeles private eye Miles Banyon. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1972 (first aired)
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotatin ... view
Character:
Jerry Brinkman (1 ep.)
Sep 1972 (first aired)
Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 epis ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1972
Private eye searches for a missing football quarterback in Chicago. ... view
Character:
Meredith
1971
A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob the safety deposit boxes of three very different criminals from a high-tech bank in Hamburg. ... view
Character:
Attorney
1971
A professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt. ... view
Character:
James Calendar
Sep 1971 (first aired)
McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Sus ... view
Character:
Charles Meridio (1 ep.)
Sep 1971 (first aired)
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (4 ep.)
1971
The tale of a young pretty girl's rise to a top model and her finding of emptiness in her life after success. ... view
Character:
Sanderberg
1970
A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleague in order to preserve missile-defense secrets. H ... view
Character:
Dorsey
Oct 1970 (first aired)
San Francisco International Airport is a television drama aired in the United States The series starred Lloyd Bridges as Jim Conrad, the manager of t ... view
Character:
Brigadier General Daniel Boyd Goodwin (1 ep.)
1970
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down. ... view
Character:
Dixon
Feb 1970 (first aired)
Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a s ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1970
An experienced arson investigator takes along his young associate as they try to find an arsonist who is burning down movie sets. ... view
Character:
Karel Kessler
Sep 1969 (first aired)
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories o ... view
Character:
Harris (1 ep.)
1969
A Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a California produce farm. But who is playing who? ... view
Character:
Bob Rodgers
Sep 1968 (first aired)
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totalin ... view
Character:
William McKendricks (1 ep.)
1968
Manon is an amoral, free spirit who uses sex to surround herself in relatively luxurious surroundings. ... view
Character:
Ravaggi
Sep 1967 (first aired)
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed b ... view
Character:
Tom Carlson (1 ep.)
1967
Carlo Cofield vacations to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture, getting entangled in two beachside ... view
Character:
Rod Prescott
1967
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. T ... view
Character:
General Denton
Mar 1967 (first aired)
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sam Burton (1 ep.)
Original title: Qualcuno ha tradito
1967
When a heist goes wrong, a safe cracker (Robert Webber) looks for the person who's betrayed him... ... view
Character:
Tony Costa
1966
A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive. ... view
Character:
Milo Stewart
Sep 1966 (first aired)
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of ... view
Character:
Charles Rogan (1 ep.)
Original title: Tecnica di un omicidio
1966
Hit-man Clint Harris has one more job to do before he can retire. The corporation which hires him demands that Harris "erase" an ex-employee who has b ... view
Character:
Clint Harris
1966
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved alo ... view
Character:
Dwight Troy
1966
Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III. ... view
Character:
Sam Gunther
1965
A man stumbles out of a car crash with no memory of what transpired. Everyone who he meets suggests that he is a ruthless man with an aggressive tempe ... view
Character:
Dom Guardiano
1965
A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California. ... view
Character:
Ward Hendricks
1965
Promotional short for the film "The Sandpiper". ... view
Character:
Self
1965
An American wakes in an English hospital, unable to remember anything prior to a recent car accident. With only a magazine photograph as a guide, and ... view
Character:
Chris Smith
Sep 1964 (first aired)
The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to April 18, 1965, starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and ... view
Character:
Guy Gabriel (1 ep.)
Oct 1963 (first aired)
Pulled from actual case histories and utilizing newsreel and documented narratives, the activities of spies from various countries are depicted as far ... view
Character:
Jack Hanley (1 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Johnny Slate successfully manages his circus as it moves from town to town. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allow ... view
Character:
Harlan Guthrie (1 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. ... view
Character:
Ikar (1 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Easter ... view
Character:
George Morrison (1 ep.)
1963
An aging former movie starlet whose Hollywood career went nowhere, now reduced to dancing with a third-rate touring show, finds herself stranded in a ... view
Character:
Ricky Powers
Oct 1962 (first aired)
Stoney Burke is an American western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962 until May 20, 1963. Six years before the premiere of his C ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1962
A weary sergeant in Korea commands military prisoners on a dangerous mission and is joined by a nun and a group of schoolgirls in enemy territory. ... view
Character:
Sgt. McGrath
Oct 1961 (first aired)
The Investigators is a short-lived American adventure/drama television series that aired on CBS from October 5, to December 28, 1961. ... view
Character:
Bert Crayne (1 ep.)
Sep 1961 (first aired)
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in ... view
Character:
Douglas (1 ep.)
Michael Hillyer (1 ep.)
Father Phelps (1 ep.)
Oct 1960 (first aired)
After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1960 (first aired)
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff ... view
Character:
Arthur Henshaw (1 ep.)
Sep 1959 (first aired)
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1959 (first aired)
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from Januar ... view
Character:
Andrew Courtney (1 ep.)
Jan 1959 (first aired)
New York Confidential is a British-American crime drama series that aired from 1958 to 1959.
The series aired in syndicated in the United States and ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Sep 1958 (first aired)
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the sam ... view
Character:
Gordon Lanning (1 ep.)
Sep 1958 (first aired)
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It ... view
Character:
Wes Carney (1 ep.)
1957
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of m ... view
Character:
Juror 12
Jan 1957 (first aired)
Our Miss Pemberton is a British television programme which aired on the BBC from 1957 to 1958. A drama, it was about life in a small town. All 56 epis ... view
Character:
Vicar (56 ep.)
Oct 1955 (first aired)
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. ... view
Character:
Paul Brett (1 ep.)
Harrison Fell (1 ep.)
Edward Gibson (1 ep.)
Mar 1954 (first aired)
Janet Dean is a nurse who has been recently discharged from the U. S. Air Force. She becomes a private nurse and travels around the country treating n ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1951 (first aired)
An anthology series adapting some of the science fiction stories of the time. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Aug 1951 (first aired)
Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered s ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1950
The "Tri-State" gang goes on a successful bank robbing streak causing local authorities to turn up the heat on the daring career criminals. ... view
Character:
William "Bill" Phillips
Jan 1950 (first aired)
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live sho ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Philip (1 ep.)
George Lawrence (1 ep.)
Jan 1949 (first aired)
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by wel ... view
Character:
James Forsythe (1 ep.)
Nov 1948 (first aired)
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, prese ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Skeets - Henchman / Bodyguard (1 ep.)
Chase (1 ep.)