Robert Webber
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances
The Dirty Dozen
as General Denton
1967
Don't Make Waves
as Rod Prescott
1967
Private Benjamin
as Col. Clay Thornbush
1980
Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Philippe Douvier
1978
Midway
as Admiral Jack Fletcher
1976
The Silencers
as Sam Gunther
1966
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
as Sappensly
1974
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as Attorney
1971
Wrong Is Right
as Harvey
1982
Harper
as Dwight Troy
1966
10
as Hugh
1979
Nuts
as Francis MacMillan
1987
Highway 301
as William "Bill" Phillips
1950
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
as Felix
1983
Wild Geese II
as Robert McCann
1985
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Milo Stewart
1966
Who Dares Wins
as General Ira Potter
1982
Hysteria
as Chris Smith
1965
Double Indemnity
as Edward Norton
1973
Don't Go to Sleep
as Dr. Cole
1982
