Robert Webber
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 Acting
Most Rating 5.631
Birthday 1924-10-14
Place of Birth Santa Ana, California, USA
Also Known As
The Dirty Dozen
1967

The Dirty Dozen

Don't Make Waves
1967

Don't Make Waves

Private Benjamin
1980

Private Benjamin

Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Midway
1976

Midway

The Silencers
1966

The Silencers

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

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1971

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Wrong Is Right
1982

Wrong Is Right

Harper
1966

Harper

10
1979

10

Nuts
1987

Nuts

Highway 301
1950

Highway 301

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

Wild Geese II
1985

Wild Geese II

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Who Dares Wins
1982

Who Dares Wins

Cover Up
1984

Cover Up

Hysteria
1965

Hysteria

Double Indemnity
1973

Double Indemnity

Don't Go to Sleep
1982

Don't Go to Sleep

The Sandpiper
1965

The Sandpiper

Death Steps in the Dark
1977

Death Steps in the Dark

The Third Day
1965

The Third Day

Madame Claude
1977

Madame Claude

The Stripper
1963

The Stripper

Pacific Challenge
1975

Pacific Challenge

Gardenia
1979

Gardenia

The Dangerous Mission
1975

The Dangerous Mission

Death Stalk
1975

Death Stalk

Thief
1971

Thief

Not Just Another Affair
1982

Not Just Another Affair

The Hired Killer
1966

The Hired Killer

The Streets of L.A.
1979

The Streets of L.A.

Courage fuyons
1979

Courage fuyons

Every Man Is My Enemy
1967

Every Man Is My Enemy

Manon 70
1968

Manon 70

The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981

The Two Lives of Carol Letner

The Choirboys
1977

The Choirboys

The Nun and the Sergeant
1962

The Nun and the Sergeant

The Big Bounce
1969

The Big Bounce

The Great White Hope
1970

The Great White Hope

The Movie Murderer
1970

The Movie Murderer

Hauser's Memory
1970

Hauser's Memory

Macédoine
1971

Macédoine

Murder or Mercy
1974

Murder or Mercy

Cutter
1972

Cutter

Shooting Stars
1983

Shooting Stars

Flatfoot in Hong Kong
1975

Flatfoot in Hong Kong

Getting Physical
1984

Getting Physical

The Accuser
1977

The Accuser

All Stars
1980

All Stars

Sunday Lovers
1980

Sunday Lovers

S.O.B.
1981

S.O.B.

Casey's Shadow
1978

Casey's Shadow

The Ladies
1987

The Ladies

In Like Flynn
1985

In Like Flynn

No Man's Land
1984

No Man's Land

Answers
1985

Answers

Half Nelson
1985

Half Nelson

The Young Runaways
1978

The Young Runaways

A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
1965

A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'

Hit Squad
1976

Hit Squad

Assassin
1986

Assassin

12 Angry Men
1957

12 Angry Men

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade