Robert Webber
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.
Known for
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movieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Self (archive footage)
tvSomething Is Out There
1988
Commissioner Estabrook
movieNuts
1987
Francis MacMillan
movieThe Ladies
1987
Jerry
movieAssassin
1986
Calvin Lantz
movieWild Geese II
1985
Robert McCann
movieIn Like Flynn
1985
Col. Harper
movieAnswers
1985
Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
movieHalf Nelson
1985
Harrison
tvMoonlighting
1985
Alexander Hayes
movieNo Man's Land
1984
Will Blackfield
movieGetting Physical
1984
Hugh Gibley
movieShooting Stars
1983
Woodrow Norton
movieDon't Go to Sleep
1982
Dr. Cole
movieNot Just Another Affair
1982
Professor Wally Dawson
movieWho Dares Wins
1982
General Ira Potter
movieWrong Is Right
1982
Harvey
tvBret Maverick
1981
Everest Sinclair
tvDarkroom
1981
Greg Conway
movieThe Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981
Ed Leemans
movieS.O.B.
1981
Ben Coogan
movieSunday Lovers
1980
Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
moviePrivate Benjamin
1980
Col. Clay Thornbush
tvTenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
Herman LaCross
movieAll Stars
1980
Harry Stabling
movieThe Streets of L.A.
1979
Ralph Salkin
movieCourage fuyons
1979
Charley
movie10
1979
Hugh
movieGardenia
1979
Tony Caruso
movieThe Young Runaways
1978
Fred Lockhart
movieRevenge of the Pink Panther
1978
Philippe Douvier
movieCasey's Shadow
1978
Mike Marsh
movieThe Choirboys
1977
Deputy Chief Riggs
tv79 Park Avenue
1977
John Hackson DeWitt
movieThe Accuser
1977
American executive
movieMadame Claude
1977
Howard
movieDeath Steps in the Dark
1977
Inspector
movieHit Squad
1976
Mr. Douglas
tvQuincy, M.E.
1976
Dr. John Franklin
movieMidway
1976
Admiral Jack Fletcher
tvSwitch
1975
Paul Sinclair
movieThe Dangerous Mission
1975
Sergeant John Lewis
movieFlatfoot in Hong Kong
1975
Sam Accardo
movieDeath Stalk
1975
Hugh Webster
tvThe Rockford Files
1974
Sen. Evan Murdock / Bob Coleman / Roman Clementi / Harold Jack Coombs
tvPolice Woman
1974
Julian Lord
movieMurder or Mercy
1974
Dr. Eric Stoneman
tvKojak
1973
David Lawrence
movieDouble Indemnity
1973
Edward Norton
tvThe Magician
1973
Arthur Zellman
tvHawkins
1973
Carl Vincent
tvBarnaby Jones
1973
Gene Gates / Maxwell Strager
tvBanacek
1972
Jerry Brinkman
movieCutter
1972
Meredith
movie$
1971
Attorney
movieThief
1971
James Calendar
tvMcMillan & Wife
1971
Charles Meridio
Macédoine
1971
Sanderberg
movieHauser's Memory
1970
Dorsey
tvSan Francisco International Airport
1970
Brigadier General Daniel Boyd Goodwin
movieThe Movie Murderer
1970
Karel Kessler
movieThe Big Bounce
1969
Bob Rodgers
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
William McKendricks
movieManon 70
1968
Ravaggi
tvMannix
1967
Tom Carlson
movieDon't Make Waves
1967
Rod Prescott
movieThe Dirty Dozen
1967
General Denton
tvIronside
1967
Sam Burton
movieEvery Man Is My Enemy
1967
Tony Costa
movieDead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
Milo Stewart
tvMission: Impossible
1966
Charles Rogan
movieThe Hired Killer
1966
Clint Harris
movieHarper
1966
Dwight Troy
movieThe Silencers
1966
Sam Gunther
movieThe Third Day
1965
Dom Guardiano
movieThe Sandpiper
1965
Ward Hendricks
movieHysteria
1965
Chris Smith
tvThe Rogues
1964
Guy Gabriel
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Robert Burke
tvEspionage
1963
Jack Hanley
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Harlan Guthrie
tvArrest and Trial
1963
George Morrison
movieThe Stripper
1963
Ricky Powers
movieThe Nun and the Sergeant
1962
Sgt. McGrath
tvThe Investigators
1961
Bert Crayne
tvThe Defenders
1961
Douglas / Michael Hillyer / Father Phelps
tvThriller
1960
Arthur Henshaw
tvOne Step Beyond
1959
Andrew Courtney
tvNaked City
1958
Gordon Lanning
tvThe Rifleman
1958
Wes Carney
movie12 Angry Men
1957
Juror 12
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Paul Brett / Harrison Fell / Edward Gibson
movieHighway 301
1950
William "Bill" Phillips
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
Philip / George Lawrence
tvSuspense
1949
James Forsythe
tvStudio One
1948
Skeets - Henchman / Bodyguard / Chase