Robert Webber
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
ActingBirthday
October 14, 1924Deathday
May 19, 1989Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
67Place of birth
Santa Ana, California, USACast credits
The Dirty Dozen
General DentonDon't Make Waves
Rod PrescottPrivate Benjamin
Col. Clay ThornbushThe Silencers
Sam GuntherRevenge of the Pink Panther
Philippe DouvierMidway
Admiral Jack Fletcher$
AttorneyWrong Is Right
HarveyBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Sappensly10
HughHarper
Dwight TroyNuts
Francis MacMillanHighway 301
William "Bill" PhillipsStarflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
FelixWild Geese II
Robert McCannDead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Milo StewartWho Dares Wins
General Ira PotterHysteria
Chris SmithDouble Indemnity
Edward NortonDon't Go to Sleep
Dr. ColeThe Sandpiper
Ward Hendricks