1924-10-14 Santa Ana, California, USA
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.
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
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Nuts | Francis MacMillan | 1987-11-20 |
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The Ladies | Jerry | 1987-06-26 |
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Assassin | Calvin Lantz | 1986-03-19 |
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Wild Geese II | Robert McCann | 1985-10-18 |
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In Like Flynn | Col. Harper | 1985-08-14 |
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Half Nelson | Harrison | 1985-03-24 |
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Answers | Ted Talbot (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle") | 1985-01-01 |
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No Man's Land | Will Blackfield | 1984-05-27 |
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Getting Physical | Hugh Gibley | 1984-03-20 |
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Cover Up | Mason Carter | 1984-09-22 |
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Shooting Stars | Woodrow Norton | 1983-07-28 |
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Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land | Felix | 1983-02-27 |
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Who Dares Wins | General Ira Potter | 1982-08-26 |
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Not Just Another Affair | Professor Wally Dawson | 1982-10-01 |
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Wrong Is Right | Harvey | 1982-04-16 |
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Don't Go to Sleep | Dr. Cole | 1982-12-10 |
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S.O.B. | Ben Coogan | 1981-07-01 |
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The Two Lives of Carol Letner | Ed Leemans | 1981-10-14 |
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Private Benjamin | Col. Clay Thornbush | 1980-10-06 |
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Tous vedettes ! | Harry Stabling | 1980-01-16 |
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Les Séducteurs | Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method") | 1980-10-31 |
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Courage fuyons | Charley | 1979-10-17 |
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The Streets of L.A. | Ralph Salkin | 1979-11-13 |
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Gardenia, il giustiziere della mala | Tony Caruso | 1979-05-05 |
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10 | Hugh | 1979-10-05 |
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The Young Runaways | Fred Lockhart | 1978-05-28 |
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Casey's Shadow | Mike Marsh | 1978-01-01 |
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Revenge of the Pink Panther | Philippe Douvier | 1978-01-08 |
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The Choirboys | Deputy Chief Riggs | 1977-12-23 |
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Passi di morte perduti nel buio | Inspector | 1977-02-17 |
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Madame Claude | Howard | 1977-05-11 |
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L'Imprécateur | American executive | 1977-09-07 |
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Midway | Admiral Jack Fletcher | 1976-06-18 |
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Squadra antifurto | Mr. Douglas | 1976-10-29 |
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Piedone a Hong Kong | Sam Accardo | 1975-03-28 |
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Pacific Challenge | Narrator | 1975-01-01 |
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Death Stalk | Hugh Webster | 1975-01-21 |
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Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête ! | Sergeant John Lewis | 1975-04-22 |
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | Sappensly | 1974-08-01 |
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Murder or Mercy | Dr. Eric Stoneman | 1974-04-10 |
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Double Indemnity | Edward Norton | 1973-10-13 |
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Cutter | Meredith | 1972-01-26 |
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$ | Attorney | 1971-12-15 |
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Macédoine | Sanderberg | 1971-01-20 |
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Thief | James Calendar | 1971-10-09 |
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Hauser's Memory | Dorsey | 1970-11-24 |
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The Movie Murderer | Karel Kessler | 1970-02-02 |
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The Great White Hope | Dixon | 1970-10-11 |
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The Big Bounce | Bob Rodgers | 1969-03-05 |
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Manon 70 | Ravaggi | 1968-02-21 |
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Don't Make Waves | Rod Prescott | 1967-06-20 |
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The Dirty Dozen | General Denton | 1967-06-15 |
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Qualcuno ha tradito | Tony Costa | 1967-01-01 |
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Tecnica di un omicidio | Clint Harris | 1966-03-25 |
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The Silencers | Sam Gunther | 1966-02-18 |
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Harper | Dwight Troy | 1966-02-22 |
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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | Milo Stewart | 1966-10-12 |
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The Third Day | Dom Guardiano | 1965-08-04 |
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The Sandpiper | Ward Hendricks | 1965-06-23 |
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A Statue for 'The Sandpiper' | Self | 1965-04-30 |
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Hysteria | Chris Smith | 1965-04-01 |
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The Stripper | Ricky Powers | 1963-06-19 |
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The Nun and the Sergeant | Sgt. McGrath | 1962-01-01 |
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12 Angry Men | Juror 12 | 1957-04-10 |
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Highway 301 | William "Bill" Phillips | 1950-12-01 |
