Actor profile

Robert Webber

14th October 1924 Santa Ana, California, USA 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.

63 Movies 68 TV Shows 138 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 25th July 2004 as Self (archive footage)

Nuts poster

Nuts 20th November 1987 as Francis MacMillan

The Ladies poster

The Ladies 26th June 1987 as Jerry

Assassin poster

Assassin 19th March 1986 as Calvin Lantz

Wild Geese II poster

Wild Geese II 18th October 1985 as Robert McCann

In Like Flynn poster

In Like Flynn 14th August 1985 as Col. Harper

Answers poster

Answers 30th April 1985 as Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")

Half Nelson poster

Half Nelson 24th March 1985 as Harrison

No Man's Land poster

No Man's Land 27th May 1984 as Will Blackfield

Getting Physical poster

Getting Physical 20th March 1984 as Hugh Gibley

Shooting Stars poster

Shooting Stars 28th July 1983 as Woodrow Norton

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land poster

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land 27th February 1983 as Felix

Don't Go to Sleep poster

Don't Go to Sleep 10th December 1982 as Dr. Cole

Not Just Another Affair poster

Not Just Another Affair 1st October 1982 as Professor Wally Dawson

Who Dares Wins poster

Who Dares Wins 26th August 1982 as General Ira Potter

Wrong Is Right poster

Wrong Is Right 16th April 1982 as Harvey

The Two Lives of Carol Letner poster

The Two Lives of Carol Letner 14th October 1981 as Ed Leemans

S.O.B. poster

S.O.B. 1st July 1981 as Ben Coogan

Sunday Lovers poster

Sunday Lovers 31st October 1980 as Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")

Private Benjamin poster

Private Benjamin 6th October 1980 as Col. Clay Thornbush

All Stars poster

All Stars 16th January 1980 as Harry Stabling

The Streets of L.A. poster

The Streets of L.A. 13th November 1979 as Ralph Salkin

Courage fuyons poster

Courage fuyons 17th October 1979 as Charley

10 poster

10 5th October 1979 as Hugh

Gardenia poster

Gardenia 5th May 1979 as Tony Caruso

The Young Runaways poster

The Young Runaways 28th May 1978 as Fred Lockhart

Revenge of the Pink Panther poster

Revenge of the Pink Panther 8th January 1978 as Philippe Douvier

Casey's Shadow poster

Casey's Shadow 1st January 1978 as Mike Marsh

The Choirboys poster

The Choirboys 23rd December 1977 as Deputy Chief Riggs

The Accuser poster

The Accuser 7th September 1977 as American executive

Madame Claude poster

Madame Claude 11th May 1977 as Howard

Death Steps in the Dark poster

Death Steps in the Dark 17th February 1977 as Inspector

Hit Squad poster

Hit Squad 29th October 1976 as Mr. Douglas

Midway poster

Midway 18th June 1976 as Admiral Jack Fletcher

The Dangerous Mission poster

The Dangerous Mission 22nd April 1975 as Sergeant John Lewis

Flatfoot in Hong Kong poster

Flatfoot in Hong Kong 28th March 1975 as Sam Accardo

Death Stalk poster

Death Stalk 21st January 1975 as Hugh Webster

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia poster

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1st August 1974 as Sappensly

Murder or Mercy poster

Murder or Mercy 10th April 1974 as Dr. Eric Stoneman

Double Indemnity poster

Double Indemnity 13th October 1973 as Edward Norton

Cutter poster

Cutter 26th January 1972 as Meredith

$ poster

$ 15th December 1971 as Attorney

Thief poster

Thief 9th October 1971 as James Calendar

Hauser's Memory poster

Hauser's Memory 24th November 1970 as Dorsey

The Great White Hope poster

The Great White Hope 11th October 1970 as Dixon

The Movie Murderer poster

The Movie Murderer 2nd February 1970 as Karel Kessler

The Big Bounce poster

The Big Bounce 5th March 1969 as Bob Rodgers

Manon 70 poster

Manon 70 21st February 1968 as Ravaggi

Don't Make Waves poster

Don't Make Waves 20th June 1967 as Rod Prescott

The Dirty Dozen poster

The Dirty Dozen 15th June 1967 as General Denton

Every Man Is My Enemy poster

Every Man Is My Enemy 1st January 1967 as Tony Costa

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round poster

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round 12th October 1966 as Milo Stewart

The Hired Killer poster

The Hired Killer 25th March 1966 as Clint Harris

Harper poster

Harper 22nd February 1966 as Dwight Troy

The Silencers poster

The Silencers 18th February 1966 as Sam Gunther

The Third Day poster

The Third Day 4th August 1965 as Dom Guardiano

The Sandpiper poster

The Sandpiper 23rd June 1965 as Ward Hendricks

A Statue for "The Sandpiper" poster

A Statue for "The Sandpiper" 30th April 1965 as Self

Hysteria poster

Hysteria 1st April 1965 as Chris Smith

The Stripper poster

The Stripper 19th June 1963 as Ricky Powers

The Nun and the Sergeant poster

The Nun and the Sergeant 1st January 1962 as Sgt. McGrath

12 Angry Men poster

12 Angry Men 10th April 1957 as Juror 12

Highway 301 poster

Highway 301 1st December 1950 as William "Bill" Phillips

Something Is Out There poster

Something Is Out There 8th May 1988 as Commissioner Estabrook

Moonlighting poster

Moonlighting 3rd March 1985 as Alexander Hayes

Cover Up poster

Cover Up 22nd September 1984

Bret Maverick poster

Bret Maverick 1st December 1981 as Everest Sinclair

Darkroom poster

Darkroom 27th November 1981 as Greg Conway

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe poster

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe 27th January 1980 as Herman LaCross

Kaz poster

Kaz 10th September 1978

79 Park Avenue poster

79 Park Avenue 16th October 1977 as John Hackson DeWitt

Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E. 3rd October 1976

Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E. 3rd October 1976 as Dr. John Franklin

Switch poster

Switch 9th September 1975 as Paul Sinclair

S.W.A.T. poster

S.W.A.T. 24th February 1975

Police Woman poster

Police Woman 13th September 1974 as Julian Lord

The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files 13th September 1974 as Sen. Evan Murdock

The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files 13th September 1974 as Bob Coleman

The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files 13th September 1974 as Roman Clementi

The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files 13th September 1974 as Harold Jack Coombs

The Manhunter poster

The Manhunter 11th September 1974

Kojak poster

Kojak 24th October 1973 as David Lawrence

The Magician poster

The Magician 2nd October 1973 as Arthur Zellman

Hawkins poster

Hawkins 13th March 1973 as Carl Vincent

Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones 28th January 1973 as Gene Gates

Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones 28th January 1973 as Maxwell Strager

The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco 23rd September 1972

Banyon poster

Banyon 15th September 1972

Banacek poster

Banacek 13th September 1972 as Jerry Brinkman

Search 13th September 1972

McMillan & Wife poster

McMillan & Wife 29th September 1971 as Charles Meridio

Cannon poster

Cannon 14th September 1971

San Francisco International Airport poster

San Francisco International Airport 28th October 1970 as Brigadier General Daniel Boyd Goodwin

McCloud poster

McCloud 17th February 1970

Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style 29th September 1969 as Harris

The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game 20th September 1968 as William McKendricks

Mannix poster

Mannix 16th September 1967 as Tom Carlson

Ironside poster

Ironside 28th March 1967

Ironside poster

Ironside 28th March 1967 as Sam Burton

Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible 17th September 1966 as Charles Rogan

The Rogues poster

The Rogues 13th September 1964 as Guy Gabriel

Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre 10th October 1963 as Robert Burke

Espionage poster

Espionage 2nd October 1963 as Jack Hanley

The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive 17th September 1963 as Harlan Guthrie

The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits 16th September 1963 as Ikar

Arrest and Trial poster

Arrest and Trial 15th September 1963 as George Morrison

Stoney Burke poster

Stoney Burke 1st October 1962

Steptoe and Son poster

Steptoe and Son 5th January 1962 as Vicar

The Investigators poster

The Investigators 5th October 1961 as Bert Crayne

Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey 2nd October 1961

The Defenders poster

The Defenders 16th September 1961 as Douglas

The Defenders poster

The Defenders 16th September 1961 as Michael Hillyer

The Defenders poster

The Defenders 16th September 1961 as Father Phelps

Route 66 poster

Route 66 7th October 1960

Thriller poster

Thriller 13th September 1960 as Arthur Henshaw

No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place 16th September 1959

One Step Beyond poster

One Step Beyond 20th January 1959 as Andrew Courtney

New York Confidential poster

New York Confidential 1st January 1959

Naked City poster

Naked City 30th September 1958 as Gordon Lanning

The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman 30th September 1958 as Wes Carney

Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 2nd October 1955 as Paul Brett

Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 2nd October 1955 as Harrison Fell

Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 2nd October 1955 as Edward Gibson

Tales of Tomorrow poster

Tales of Tomorrow 3rd August 1951

Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents 30th January 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents 30th January 1950 as Philip

Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents 30th January 1950 as George Lawrence

Suspense poster

Suspense 6th January 1949 as James Forsythe

Studio One poster

Studio One 7th November 1948

Studio One poster

Studio One 7th November 1948 as Skeets - Henchman / Bodyguard

Studio One poster

Studio One 7th November 1948 as Chase