Talk:Jack Webb
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This and other accounts of Jack Webb's career omits his supporting role in a major motion picture, the famous "Sunset Boulevard," starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden.
[edit] Webb's personal character
The description also paints Webb as a straight police wonk. In digging into his private life and body of work a bit more, my impression is that he was surprisingly edgy and progressive.
He had a life long love of jazz and eventually amassed a collection of over 6000 records.
His 1946 radio series, One Out of Seven, campaigned against racial prejudice and government corruption in a time when American patriotism was at its height.
His 1951 radio series Pete Kelly's Blues is absolutely intriguing. The plots are dark and sardonic. The hero doesn't tend to win, only survive. The contrast between that series and the other popular detective series of the time is astounding. The music in the series is very good, and frequently performed by black musicians. It's too bad only about 6 episodes survive. I've read that the music in the movie based on the radio series is also outstanding, though not outstanding enough to save the plot and acting.
Anyhow, I tried to do a bit to note the jazz influence and fill out Webb's private character. The description could use more work, but weaving his personal ideals into the strong narrative on his career is difficult.
He was also featured in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950; dir. Billy Wilder). He played the nerdy but nice screenwriter who is informally engaged to the girl Bill Holden falls in love with.
In my opinion, cigarettes killed Jack Webb. Most people don't die suddenly of heart attacks at age 62 unless they are obese (Webb wasn't), have previously-undiagnosed congenital heart defects, or are heavy smokers; Webb was the last of these three.Maccb 00:25, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Webb was not in the best of health the last year of his life.He kept smoking and his cough was heavy and deep. Being the way he could be,he refused to see a doctor saying he would "tough it out". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackwebb714 (talk • contribs) 06:35, August 24, 2007 (UTC)
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