Robert Webber

Actor

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Also Known As

Robert L Webber

Birth Place

Santa Ana, California, USA

Born

October 14, 1924

Died

May 19, 1989

Cause of Death

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclersosis

Biography

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Character player, often of suave, insidious types, who entered film in 1951 and received attention for his role in Sidney's Lumet's "Twelve Angry Men" (1957). A prolific actor, Webber had performed over 400 TV roles by the early 1960s alone. Webber appeared primarily in action films and intrigues, though he ended his career in several succesful farces ("10" 1979, "Private Benjamin" 1980,...

Filmography

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The Ladies (1987)

The Assassin (1986)

In Like Flynn (1985)

Wild Geese II (1985)

No Man's Land (1984)

Will Blackfield

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10 -- (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I Forgot My Tutu

10 -- (1979) -- (Movie Clip) How Do You Feel About 42?

Family & Companions

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Del Webber

Wife

Biography

Character player, often of suave, insidious types, who entered film in 1951 and received attention for his role in Sidney's Lumet's "Twelve Angry Men" (1957). A prolific actor, Webber had performed over 400 TV roles by the early 1960s alone. Webber appeared primarily in action films and intrigues, though he ended his career in several succesful farces ("10" 1979, "Private Benjamin" 1980, "S.O.B." 1981).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Ladies (1987)

The Assassin (1986)

In Like Flynn (1985)

Wild Geese II (1985)

No Man's Land (1984)

Will Blackfield

Getting Physical (1984)

Starflight One (1983)

Shooting Stars (1983)

Don't Go To Sleep (1982)

The Final Option (1982)

Not Just Another Affair (1982)

Wrong Is Right (1982)

Sunday Lovers (1981)

The Two Lives of Carol Letner (1981)

Tous Vedettes (1980)

Private Benjamin (1980)

The Streets of L.A. (1979)

Courage Fuyons (1979)

Revenge of The Pink Panther (1978)

Philippe Douvier

Casey's Shadow (1978)

Madame Claude (1977)

L'Imprecateur (1977)

The Choirboys (1977)

Death Stalk (1975)

Murder or Mercy (1974)

Dr Eric Stoneman

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Double Indemnity (1973)

Pacific Challenge (1973)

Attorney [Mr. Las Vegas]

The Great White Hope (1970)

The Big Bounce (1969)

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

The Hired Killer (1967)

Don't Make Waves (1967)

The Silencers (1966)

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

The Third Day (1965)

The Sandpiper (1965)

Wardrobe Hendricks

Hysteria (1965)

The Stripper (1963)

The Nun and the Sergeant (1962)

Sergeant McGrath

12 Angry Men (1957)

Highway 301 (1950)

William B. Phillips

Cast (Special)

Judgment Day (1981)

The Paradine Case (1962)

Full Moon Over Brooklyn (1960)

Cast (Short)

A Statue for "The Sandpiper" (1965)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Something Is Out There (1988)

Harold Robbins' "79 Park Avenue" (1977)

Life Events

1946

Hitchhiked to New York to become an actor

1948

Broadway debut (a bit part) in "Two Blind Mice"

1951

Film debut (as a gangster) in "Highway 301"

Photo Collections

12 Angry Men - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of Lobby Cards from 12 Angry Men (1957), starring Henry Fonda. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

10 -- (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I Forgot My Tutu Remarkable exchange, candid in the extreme but with language no longer socially acceptable, Dudley Moore as top Hollywood composer George, working in Malibu with his gay professional partner Hugh (Robert Webber), tangling over the latter’s lover (Walter George Alton), in writer-director Blake Edwards’ 10, 1979.

10 -- (1979) -- (Movie Clip) How Do You Feel About 42? Opening director Blake Edwards’ original screenplay, Dudley Moore in his breakthrough role, as illustrious Hollywood composer George, feted at the Malibu home of his professional partner Hugh (Robert Webber), with his long-term significant other, Julie Andrews as Samantha, in 10, 1979, co-starring Bo Derek.

Silencers, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) This Is Mrs. Helm Now in Phoenix, coaxed from retirement to investigate a scheme to sabotage a nuclear test, secret agent Matt Helm (Dean Martin, in his debut in the spy-comedy series) meets Stella Stevens as clumsy and under-clothed Gail, his colleague Tina (Daliah Lavi) soon arriving, Robert Webber on the poolside keyboard, in The Silencers, 1966.

S.O.B. (1981) -- (Movie Clip) Thank God I'm Not A Surgeon With the Malibu friends of producer Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan), suicidal after a huge flop, Robert Preston as doc Finegarten, Robert Webber as press agent Bert, William Holden director Culley, and director Blake Edwards’ daughter Jennifer as hitch-hiker Lila, early in S.O.B., 1981.

Don't Make Waves (1967) -- (Movie Clip) California Welcomes You The title song composed to order by Jim McGuinn and Chris Hillman and performed by their band The Byrds (also the flip-side of their single “Have You Seen Her Face”), and director Alexander Mackendrick’s introduction of leads Tony Curtis and, at a distance, Claudia Cardinale, from Don’t Make Waves, 1967.

Don't Make Waves (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Smell The Picture? Evening at the Malibu home of flighty Italian painter Laura (Claudia Cardinale), who earlier in the day destroyed the car (and pants) owned by baffled tourist Carlo (Tony Curtis), she’s supposed to be finding her insurance documents, in the MGM beach farce Don’t Make Waves, 1967.

12 Angry Men (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Lucky To Get A Murder The end of director Sidney Lumet's opening scene in the jury room, one take running over six minutes, Jack Klugman, Ed Begley, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Robert Webber, Henry Fonda, Jack Warden, E.G. Marshall, George Voscovec among the speakers, from 12 Angry Men, 1957.

12 Angry Men -- (Movie Clip) You Got Any Kids? Juror 3 (Lee J. Cobb) is letting out some of his feelings about kids, in the face of Juror 8 (Henry Fonda) voting not guilty, others (E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Ed Begley, Martin Balsam) contributing, in Sidney Lumet's Angry Men, 1957.

Don't Make Waves (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Give Him Some Air! Out-of-towner Carlo (Tony Curtis) who, although innocent, was sent to sleep on the Malibu beach by the sugar-daddy of artist Laura (Claudia Cardinale), whom he hardly knows, wakes up and meets locals including surfer Sharon Tate, bawdy directing by Alexander Mackendrick, in Don’t Make Waves, 1967.

S.O.B. (1981) -- (Movie Clip) Make An Armadillo Smile Still no one has noticed the dead guy on the beach, during the birthday party for nobody at the home of suicidal, sedated producer Felix (Richard Mulligan), Robert Preston as chatty doc Finegarten, William Holden as director Culley, de facto host, in Blake Edwards’ satire S.O.B., 1981.

Dirty Dozen, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Volunteering England, 1944, General Worden (Ernest Borgnine), with aides Denton, Armbruster and Kinder (Robert Webber, George Kennedy, Ralph Meeker) briefing the steely Major Reisman (Lee Marvin), all before the opening credits, in Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen, 1967.

Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974) -- (Movie Clip) What Do You Want To Hear? Director Sam Peckinpah introduces his leading man, Warren Oates as low-life pianist Bennie, somewhere in Mexico, as improbable American thugs Robert Webber and Gig Young arrive, hunting the title character on behalf of their local “jefe” boss, in Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia, 1974.

S.O.B. (1981) -- (Original Trailer) Emphasis on the writer-director, his wife Julie Andrews, his company of Hollywood veteran pals, and Robert Preston getting the best lines, the original trailer for Blake Edwards’ indulgent satire, S.O.B., 1981.

Harper - (Original Trailer) A broken-down private eye (Paul Newman) sets out to find a rich woman's missing husband in Harper (1966).

Dirty Dozen, The - (Original Trailer) A renegade officer trains a group of misfits for a crucial mission behind enemy lines in The Dirty Dozen (1967) starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Brown.

12 Angry Men - (Original Trailer) Henry Fonda is the lone holdout against convicting a Puerto Rican youth in the jury duty drama 12 Angry Men (1957).

Midway - (Original Trailer) Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda star in Midway (1976), a spectacular re-creation of the World War II battle that turned the tide for the U.S. in the Pacific.

Don't Make Waves - (Original Trailer) A swimming-pool salesman gets mixed up with beauty queens and body builders in Don't Make Waves (1967) starring Tony Curtis & Claudia Cardinale.

Revenge of the Pink Panther - (Original Trailer) Peter Sellars gave his last performance as Inspector Clouseau in Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978).

Sandpiper, The - (Original Trailer) An Episcopal priest (Richard Burton) falls for a bohemian artist (Elizabeth Taylor) living in Big Sur in The Sandpiper (1965).

Family

Robert Webber

Father

Merchant seaman.

Companions

Del Webber

Wife

Bibliography

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