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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/07/2004
Nuts
Character:Francis MacMillan
Release Date:20/11/1987
The Ladies
Character:Jerry
Release Date:26/06/1987
Assassin
Character:Calvin Lantz
Release Date:19/03/1986
Wild Geese II
Character:Robert McCann
Release Date:18/10/1985
In Like Flynn
Character:Col. Harper
Release Date:14/08/1985
Answers
Character:Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
Release Date:30/04/1985
Half Nelson
Character:Harrison
Release Date:24/03/1985
No Man's Land
Character:Will Blackfield
Release Date:27/05/1984
Getting Physical
Character:Hugh Gibley
Release Date:20/03/1984
Shooting Stars
Character:Woodrow Norton
Release Date:28/07/1983
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Character:Felix
Release Date:27/02/1983
Don't Go to Sleep
Character:Dr. Cole
Release Date:10/12/1982
Not Just Another Affair
Character:Professor Wally Dawson
Release Date:01/10/1982
Who Dares Wins
Character:General Ira Potter
Release Date:26/08/1982
Wrong Is Right
Character:Harvey
Release Date:16/04/1982
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Character:Ed Leemans
Release Date:14/10/1981
S.O.B.
Character:Ben Coogan
Release Date:01/07/1981
Sunday Lovers
Character:Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
Release Date:31/10/1980
Private Benjamin
Character:Col. Clay Thornbush
Release Date:06/10/1980
All Stars
Character:Harry Stabling
Release Date:16/01/1980
The Streets of L.A.
Character:Ralph Salkin
Release Date:13/11/1979
Courage fuyons
Character:Charley
Release Date:17/10/1979
10
Character:Hugh
Release Date:05/10/1979
Gardenia
Character:Tony Caruso
Release Date:05/05/1979
The Young Runaways
Character:Fred Lockhart
Release Date:28/05/1978
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Character:Philippe Douvier
Release Date:08/01/1978
Casey's Shadow
Character:Mike Marsh
Release Date:01/01/1978
The Choirboys
Character:Deputy Chief Riggs
Release Date:23/12/1977
The Accuser
Character:American executive
Release Date:07/09/1977
Madame Claude
Character:Howard
Release Date:11/05/1977
Death Steps in the Dark
Character:Inspector
Release Date:17/02/1977
Hit Squad
Character:Mr. Douglas
Release Date:29/10/1976
Midway
Character:Admiral Jack Fletcher
Release Date:18/06/1976
The Dangerous Mission
Character:Sergeant John Lewis
Release Date:22/04/1975
Flatfoot in Hong Kong
Character:Sam Accardo
Release Date:28/03/1975
Death Stalk
Character:Hugh Webster
Release Date:21/01/1975
Pacific Challenge
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1975
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Character:Sappensly
Release Date:01/08/1974
Murder or Mercy
Character:Dr. Eric Stoneman
Release Date:10/04/1974
Double Indemnity
Character:Edward Norton
Release Date:13/10/1973
Cutter
Character:Meredith
Release Date:26/01/1972
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Character:Attorney
Release Date:15/12/1971
Thief
Character:James Calendar
Release Date:09/10/1971
Macédoine
Character:Sanderberg
Release Date:20/01/1971
Hauser's Memory
Character:Dorsey
Release Date:24/11/1970
The Great White Hope
Character:Dixon
Release Date:11/10/1970
The Movie Murderer
Character:Karel Kessler
Release Date:02/02/1970
The Big Bounce
Character:Bob Rodgers
Release Date:05/03/1969
Manon 70
Character:Ravaggi
Release Date:21/02/1968
Don't Make Waves
Character:Rod Prescott
Release Date:20/06/1967
The Dirty Dozen
Character:General Denton
Release Date:15/06/1967
Every Man Is My Enemy
Character:Tony Costa
Release Date:01/01/1967
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Character:Milo Stewart
Release Date:12/10/1966
The Hired Killer
Character:Clint Harris
Release Date:25/03/1966
Harper
Character:Dwight Troy
Release Date:22/02/1966
The Silencers
Character:Sam Gunther
Release Date:18/02/1966
The Third Day
Character:Dom Guardiano
Release Date:04/08/1965
The Sandpiper
Character:Ward Hendricks
Release Date:23/06/1965
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
Character:Self
Release Date:30/04/1965
Hysteria
Character:Chris Smith
Release Date:01/04/1965
The Stripper
Character:Ricky Powers
Release Date:19/06/1963
The Nun and the Sergeant
Character:Sgt. McGrath
Release Date:01/01/1962
12 Angry Men
Character:Juror 12
Release Date:10/04/1957
Highway 301
Character:William "Bill" Phillips
Release Date:01/12/1950
Television Appearances
Something Is Out There
Character:Commissioner Estabrook
Moonlighting
Character:Alexander Hayes
Cover Up
Character:
Bret Maverick
Character:Everest Sinclair
Kaz
Character:
79 Park Avenue
Character:John Hackson DeWitt
Quincy, M.E.
Character:
Quincy, M.E.
Character:Dr. John Franklin
Switch
Character:Paul Sinclair
S.W.A.T.
Character:
The Rockford Files
Character:Sen. Evan Murdock
The Rockford Files
Character:Bob Coleman
The Rockford Files
Character:Roman Clementi
Police Woman
Character:Julian Lord
The Rockford Files
Character:Harold Jack Coombs
The Manhunter
Character:
Kojak
Character:David Lawrence
The Magician
Character:Arthur Zellman
Hawkins
Character:Carl Vincent
Barnaby Jones
Character:Gene Gates
Barnaby Jones
Character:Maxwell Strager
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:
Banyon
Character:
Search
Character:
Banacek
Character:Jerry Brinkman
McMillan & Wife
Character:Charles Meridio
Cannon
Character:
San Francisco International Airport
Character:Brigadier General Daniel Boyd Goodwin
McCloud
Character:
Love, American Style
Character:Harris
The Name of the Game
Character:William McKendricks
Mannix
Character:Tom Carlson
Ironside
Character:
Ironside
Character:Sam Burton
Mission: Impossible
Character:Charles Rogan
The Rogues
Character:Guy Gabriel
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character:Robert Burke
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:
The Greatest Show on Earth
Character:
The Fugitive
Character:Harlan Guthrie
The Outer Limits
Character:Ikar
Arrest and Trial
Character:George Morrison
Stoney Burke
Character:
The Investigators
Character:Bert Crayne
Ben Casey
Character:
The Defenders
Character:Douglas
The Defenders
Character:Michael Hillyer
The Defenders
Character:Father Phelps
Route 66
Character:
Thriller
Character:Arthur Henshaw
No Hiding Place
Character:
One Step Beyond
Character:Andrew Courtney
New York Confidential
Character:
Naked City
Character:Gordon Lanning
The Rifleman
Character:Wes Carney
Our Miss Pemberton
Character:Vicar
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Paul Brett
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Harrison Fell
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Edward Gibson
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
Character:
Out There
Character:
Tales of Tomorrow
Character:
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Philip
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:George Lawrence
Suspense
Character:James Forsythe
Studio One
Character:
Studio One
Character:Skeets - Henchman / Bodyguard
Studio One
Character:Chase
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