Robert Webber

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Robert Webber
Born Robert L. Webber
October 14, 1924(1924-10-14)
Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Died May 19, 1989 (aged 64) (Lou Gehrig's disease)
Malibu, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Miranda "Sammy Jones (?-?) (divorced)

Robert L. Webber (October 14, 1924 - May 19, 1989) was an American actor who starred as Juror #12 in the 1957 movie 12 Angry Men.

Webber was born in Santa Ana, California, the son of Alice and Robert Webber, who was a merchant seaman.[1] He was a U.S. Marine during World War II[2] serving on Guam and Okinawa. Webber led a forty year career as a character actor during which he also played with Dudley Moore in 10 (1979) and as Alexander Hayes, father of Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd), in the hit series Moonlighting. Other notable turns were in the movies The Dirty Dozen where he played a general who bullied Lee Marvin and as one of the many LA low lifes Paul Newman encounters in the anti-hero saga, Harper.

Webber was married to actress and model Miranda "Sammy" Jones in the late 1950s and was divorced in the early '60s. He died from Lou Gehrig's disease at age 64 in Malibu, California.

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[edit] Film

  • Highway 301 (1950) - William B. Phillips
  • 12 Angry Men (1957) - Juror#12
  • The Nun and the Sergeant (1962) - Sgt. McGrath
  • The Stripper (1963) - Ricky Powers
  • Hysteria (1965) - Chris Smith
  • The Sandpiper (1965) - Ward Hendricks
  • The Third Day (1965) - Dom Guardiano
  • The Silencers (1966) - Sam Gunther
  • Harper (1966) - Dwight Troy
  • Tecnica di un omicidio (1966) - Clint Harris
  • Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) - Milo Stewart
  • Qualcuno ha tradito (1967) - Tony Costa
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967) - General Denton
  • Don't Make Waves (1967) - Rod Prescott
  • Manon 70 (1968) - Ravaggi
  • The Big Bounce (1969) - Bob Rodgers
  • The Great White Hope (1970) - Dixon
  • Macédoine (1971) - Sandeberg
  • $ (1971) - Attorney
  • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) - Sappensly
  • Piedone a Hong Kong (1975) - Sam Accardo
  • Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête (1975) - Sergeant John Lewis
  • Midway (1976) - RAdm. Frank J. 'Jack' Fletcher
  • Squadra antifurto (1976) - Mr. Duglas
  • Passi di morte perduti nel buio (1977) - Inspector
  • Imprécateur, L' (1977) - Le cadre américain
  • Madame Claude (1977) - Howard
  • The Choirboys (1977) - Deputy Chief Riggs
  • Casey's Shadow (1978) - Mike Marsh
  • Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) - Phillip Douvier
  • Gardenia, il giustiziere della mala (1979) - Caruso
  • 10 (1979) - Hugh
  • Courage fuyons (1979) - Charley
  • Tous vedettes (1980) - Harrt
  • Private Benjamin (1980) - Col. Clay Thornbush
  • Sunday Lovers (1980) - Henry Morrison
  • S.O.B. (1981) - Ben Coogan
  • Wrong Is Right (1982) - Harvey
  • Who Dares Wins (1982) - General Ira Potter
  • Wild Geese II (1985) - Robert McCann
  • Nuts (1987) - Francis MacMillan

[edit] Television/radio programs

[edit] References

  1. ^ Robert Webber Biography (1924-1989)
  2. ^ New York Times obituary 20 May 1989

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