Robert Webber
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Ironside
1967
Series
Ironside
Sam Burton
1967
Series
Mannix
Tom Carlson
1967
Series
Love, American Style
Harris
1969
Series
The Fugitive
Harlan Guthrie
1963
Series
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Series
Quincy, M.E.
Dr. John Franklin
1976
Series
The Rockford Files
Sen. Evan Murdock
1974
Series
The Rockford Files
Bob Coleman
1974
Series
The Rockford Files
Roman Clementi
1974
Series
The Rockford Files
Harold Jack Coombs
1974
Series
The Rifleman
Wes Carney
1958
Series
Mission: Impossible
Charles Rogan
1966
Series
Studio One
1948
Series
Studio One
Skeets - Henchman / Bodyguard
1948
Series
Studio One
Chase
1948
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Philip
1950
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
George Lawrence
1950
Series
Cannon
1971
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Series
The Name of the Game
William McKendricks
1968
Series
Naked City
Gordon Lanning
1958
Series
Police Woman
Julian Lord
1974
Series
Ben Casey
1961
Series
The Defenders
Douglas
1961
Series
The Defenders
Michael Hillyer
1961
Series
The Defenders
Father Phelps
1961
Series
Route 66
1960
Series
Moonlighting
Alexander Hayes
1985
Series
One Step Beyond
Andrew Courtney
1959
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Paul Brett
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Harrison Fell
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Edward Gibson
1955
Series
Barnaby Jones
Gene Gates
1973
Series
Barnaby Jones
Maxwell Strager
1973
Film
12 Angry Men
Juror 12
1957
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
Kojak
David Lawrence
1973
Series
The Outer Limits
Ikar
1963
Series
McCloud
1970
Series
Switch
Paul Sinclair
1975
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Series
Thriller
Arthur Henshaw
1960
Series
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Robert Burke
1963
Series
McMillan & Wife
Charles Meridio
1971
Series
Arrest and Trial
George Morrison
1963
Series
Suspense
James Forsythe
1949
Series
Stoney Burke
1962
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Series
Banacek
Jerry Brinkman
1972
Series
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Series
The Rogues
Guy Gabriel
1964
Series
Cover Up
1984
Series
The Manhunter
1974
Series
The Magician
Arthur Zellman
1973
Series
Espionage
Jack Hanley
1963
Film
The Dirty Dozen
General Denton
1967
Series
S.W.A.T.
1975
Film
Midway
Admiral Jack Fletcher
1976
Series
Banyon
1972
Series
Bret Maverick
Everest Sinclair
1981
Series
Sergeant Cork
Greeley
1963
Series
Kaz
1978
Series
Hawkins
Carl Vincent
1973
Series
The Investigators
Bert Crayne
1961
Series
Steptoe and Son
Vicar
1962
Series
Darkroom
Greg Conway
1981
Series
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Herman LaCross
1980
Film
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Philippe Douvier
1978
Series
New York Confidential
1959
Film
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Sappensly
1974
Film
Harper
Dwight Troy
1966
Film
Private Benjamin
Col. Clay Thornbush
1980
Film
10
Hugh
1979
Film
The Silencers
Sam Gunther
1966
Series
Search
1972
Film
Hit Squad
Mr. Douglas
1976
Film
Don't Make Waves
Rod Prescott
1967
Series
San Francisco International Airport
Brigadier General Daniel Boyd Goodwin
1970
Film
Who Dares Wins
General Ira Potter
1982
Film
The Sandpiper
Ward Hendricks
1965
Series
79 Park Avenue
John Hackson DeWitt
1977
Film
Flatfoot in Hong Kong
Sam Accardo
1975
Film
Madame Claude
Howard
1977
Film
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Felix
1983
Film
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Milo Stewart
1966
Film
Manon 70
Ravaggi
1968
Film
Nuts
Francis MacMillan
1987
Film
Wild Geese II
Robert McCann
1985
Series
Something Is Out There
Commissioner Estabrook
1988
Film
Assassin
Calvin Lantz
1986
Film
The Choirboys
Deputy Chief Riggs
1977
Film
The Hired Killer
Clint Harris
1966
Film
Wrong Is Right
Harvey
1982
Film
The Great White Hope
Dixon
1970
Film
Sunday Lovers
Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
1980
Film
Not Just Another Affair
Professor Wally Dawson
1982
Film
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
No Man's Land
Will Blackfield
1984
Film
Casey's Shadow
Mike Marsh
1978
Film
Answers
Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
1985
Film
Courage fuyons
Charley
1979
Film
S.O.B.
Ben Coogan
1981
Film
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Ed Leemans
1981
Out There
1951
Film
Don't Go to Sleep
Dr. Cole
1982
Film
The Dangerous Mission
Sergeant John Lewis
1975
Film
Highway 301
William "Bill" Phillips
1950
Our Miss Pemberton
Vicar
1957
Film
The Nun and the Sergeant
Sgt. McGrath
1962
Film
The Streets of L.A.
Ralph Salkin
1979
Film
Half Nelson
Harrison
1985
Macédoine
Sanderberg
1971
Film
The Accuser
American executive
1977
Film
All Stars
Harry Stabling
1980
Film
Murder or Mercy
Dr. Eric Stoneman
1974
Film
The Young Runaways
Fred Lockhart
1978
Film
Every Man Is My Enemy
Tony Costa
1967
Film
Getting Physical
Hugh Gibley
1984
Film
Double Indemnity
Edward Norton
1973
Film
The Movie Murderer
Karel Kessler
1970
Film
The Third Day
Dom Guardiano
1965
Film
Death Stalk
Hugh Webster
1975
Film
The Stripper
Ricky Powers
1963
Film
Death Steps in the Dark
Inspector
1977
Film
$
Attorney
1971
Film
The Big Bounce
Bob Rodgers
1969
Film
Shooting Stars
Woodrow Norton
1983
Film
Gardenia
Tony Caruso
1979
Film
Thief
James Calendar
1971
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
1954
Film
Hysteria
Chris Smith
1965
Pacific Challenge
Narrator
1975
Film
Hauser's Memory
Dorsey
1970
Film
A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
Self
1965
Film
The Ladies
Jerry
1987
Film
Cutter
Meredith
1972
Film
In Like Flynn
Col. Harper
1985