Acting · Santa Ana, California, USA · Born October 14, 1924
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.
MovieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
TVSomething Is Out There
1988
as Commissioner Estabrook
MovieNuts
1987
as Francis MacMillan
MovieThe Ladies
1987
as Jerry
MovieAssassin
1986
as Calvin Lantz
MovieWild Geese II
1985
as Robert McCann
MovieIn Like Flynn
1985
as Col. Harper
MovieAnswers
1985
as Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
MovieHalf Nelson
1985
as Harrison
TVMoonlighting
1985
as Alexander Hayes
TVCover Up
1984
MovieNo Man's Land
1984
as Will Blackfield
MovieGetting Physical
1984
as Hugh Gibley
MovieShooting Stars
1983
as Woodrow Norton
MovieStarflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983
as Felix
MovieDon't Go to Sleep
1982
as Dr. Cole
MovieNot Just Another Affair
1982
as Professor Wally Dawson
MovieWho Dares Wins
1982
as General Ira Potter
MovieWrong Is Right
1982
as Harvey
TVBret Maverick
1981
as Everest Sinclair
TVDarkroom
1981
as Greg Conway
MovieThe Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981
as Ed Leemans
MovieS.O.B.
1981
as Ben Coogan
MovieSunday Lovers
1980
as Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
MoviePrivate Benjamin
1980
as Col. Clay Thornbush
TVTenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
as Herman LaCross
MovieAll Stars
1980
as Harry Stabling
MovieThe Streets of L.A.
1979
as Ralph Salkin
MovieCourage fuyons
1979
as Charley
Movie10
1979
as Hugh
MovieGardenia
1979
as Tony Caruso
TVKaz
1978
MovieThe Young Runaways
1978
as Fred Lockhart
MovieRevenge of the Pink Panther
1978
as Philippe Douvier
MovieCasey's Shadow
1978
as Mike Marsh
MovieThe Choirboys
1977
as Deputy Chief Riggs
TV79 Park Avenue
1977
as John Hackson DeWitt
MovieThe Accuser
1977
as American executive
MovieMadame Claude
1977
as Howard
MovieDeath Steps in the Dark
1977
as Inspector
MovieHit Squad
1976
as Mr. Douglas
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
MovieMidway
1976
as Admiral Jack Fletcher
TVSwitch
1975
as Paul Sinclair
MovieThe Dangerous Mission
1975
as Sergeant John Lewis
MovieFlatfoot in Hong Kong
1975
as Sam Accardo
TVS.W.A.T.
1975
MovieDeath Stalk
1975
as Hugh Webster
Pacific Challenge
1975
as Narrator
TVThe Rockford Files
1974
as Sen. Evan Murdock
TVPolice Woman
1974
as Julian Lord
TVThe Manhunter
1974
MovieBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
as Sappensly
MovieMurder or Mercy
1974
as Dr. Eric Stoneman
TVKojak
1973
as David Lawrence
MovieDouble Indemnity
1973
as Edward Norton
TVThe Magician
1973
as Arthur Zellman
TVHawkins
1973
as Carl Vincent
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Gene Gates
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
TVBanyon
1972
TVSearch
1972
TVBanacek
1972
as Jerry Brinkman
MovieCutter
1972
as Meredith
Movie$
1971
as Attorney
MovieThief
1971
as James Calendar
TVMcMillan & Wife
1971
as Charles Meridio
TVCannon
1971
Macédoine
1971
as Sanderberg
MovieHauser's Memory
1970
as Dorsey
TVSan Francisco International Airport
1970
as Brigadier General Daniel Boyd Goodwin
MovieThe Great White Hope
1970
as Dixon
TVMcCloud
1970
MovieThe Movie Murderer
1970
as Karel Kessler
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Harris
MovieThe Big Bounce
1969
as Bob Rodgers
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as William McKendricks
MovieManon 70
1968
as Ravaggi
TVMannix
1967
as Tom Carlson
MovieDon't Make Waves
1967
as Rod Prescott
MovieThe Dirty Dozen
1967
as General Denton
TVIronside
1967
MovieEvery Man Is My Enemy
1967
as Tony Costa
MovieDead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
as Milo Stewart
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Charles Rogan
MovieThe Hired Killer
1966
as Clint Harris
MovieHarper
1966
as Dwight Troy
MovieThe Silencers
1966
as Sam Gunther
MovieThe Third Day
1965
as Dom Guardiano
MovieThe Sandpiper
1965
as Ward Hendricks
MovieA Statue for "The Sandpiper"
1965
as Self
MovieHysteria
1965
as Chris Smith
TVThe Rogues
1964
as Guy Gabriel
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Robert Burke
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TVEspionage
1963
as Jack Hanley
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Harlan Guthrie
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Ikar
TVArrest and Trial
1963
as George Morrison
MovieThe Stripper
1963
as Ricky Powers
TVStoney Burke
1962
TVSteptoe and Son
1962
as Vicar
MovieThe Nun and the Sergeant
1962
as Sgt. McGrath
TVThe Investigators
1961
as Bert Crayne
TVBen Casey
1961
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Douglas
TVRoute 66
1960
TVThriller
1960
as Arthur Henshaw
TVNo Hiding Place
1959
TVOne Step Beyond
1959
as Andrew Courtney
TVNew York Confidential
1959
TVNaked City
1958
as Gordon Lanning
TVThe Rifleman
1958
as Wes Carney
Movie12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 12
Our Miss Pemberton
1957
as Vicar
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Paul Brett
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
1954
Out There
1951
TVTales of Tomorrow
1951
MovieHighway 301
1950
as William "Bill" Phillips
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
TVSuspense
1949
as James Forsythe
TVStudio One
1948
