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Robert Webber
Actor
Died May 19, 1989 (64 years)
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.
Filmography
| 1988 | Something Is Out There (TV Series) · as Commissioner Estabrook |
| 1987 | Nuts · as Francis MacMillan |
| 1986 | Assassin · as Calvin Lantz |
| 1985 | Wild Geese II · as Robert McCann |
| 1985 | Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Cover Up (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land · as Felix |
| 1983 | Shooting Stars · as Woodrow Norton |
| 1982 | Wrong Is Right · as Harvey |
| 1982 | Not Just Another Affair · as Professor Wally Dawson |
| 1982 | The Final Option · as General Ira Potter |
| 1981 | S.O.B. · as Ben Coogan |
| 1981 | Bret Maverick (TV Series) · as Everest Sinclair |
| 1981 | Darkroom (TV Series) · as Greg Conway |
| 1980 | Private Benjamin · as Col. Clay Thornbush |
| 1980 | Sunday Lovers · as Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method") |
| 1980 | All Stars · as Harry Stabling |
| 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV Series) · as Herman LaCross |
| 1979 | 10 · as Hugh |
| 1979 | Courage fuyons · as Charley |
| 1978 | Casey's Shadow · as Mike Marsh |
| 1978 | Revenge of the Pink Panther · as Philippe Douvier |
| 1977 | The Choirboys · as Deputy Chief Riggs |
| 1977 | Death Steps in the Dark · as Inspector |
| 1977 | Madame Claude · as Howard |
| 1976 | Squadra antifurto · as Mr. Douglas |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Midway · as Admiral Jack Fletcher |
| 1975 | Flatfoot in Hong Kong · as Sam Accardo |
| 1975 | Pacific Challenge · as Narrator |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia · as Sappensly |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Sen. Evan Murdock |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | Double Indemnity · as Edward Norton |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as David Lawrence |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Gene Gates |
| 1973 | Hawkins (TV Series) · as Carl Vincent |
| 1972 | Banacek (TV Series) · as Jerry Brinkman |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | $ · as Attorney |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Charles Meridio |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | The Big Bounce · as Bob Rodgers |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Harris (segment "Love and the Confession") |
| 1968 | French Mistress · as Ravaggi |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as William McKendricks |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen · as General Denton |
| 1967 | Don't Make Waves · as Rod Prescott |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | The Silencers · as Sam Gunther |
| 1966 | Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round · as Milo Stewart |
| 1966 | The Hired Killer · as Clint Harris |
| 1966 | Harper · as Dwight Troy |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | Hysteria · as Chris Smith |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper · as Ward Hendricks |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Guy Gabriel |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) · as Ikar |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Harlan Guthrie |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Robert Burke |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Jackson Reed |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Arthur Henshaw |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Miles Archer |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Andrew Courtney |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Gordon Lanning |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | 12 Angry Men · as Juror 12 |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series) · as Ego |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Paul Brett |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Fred Lockhart |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1949 | I Remember Mama (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as James Forsythe |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Skeets - Henchman / Bodyguard |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) · as actor |