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.
Filmography
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
Nuts
as Francis MacMillan
Nuts
as Francis MacMillan
The Ladies
as Jerry
The Ladies
as Jerry
Assassin
as Calvin Lantz
Assassin
as Calvin Lantz
In Like Flynn
as Col. Harper
In Like Flynn
as Col. Harper
Half Nelson
as Harrison
Half Nelson
as Harrison
No Man's Land
as Will Blackfield
No Man's Land
as Will Blackfield
Getting Physical
as Hugh Gibley
Getting Physical
as Hugh Gibley
Shooting Stars
as Woodrow Norton
Shooting Stars
as Woodrow Norton
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
as Felix
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
as Felix
Who Dares Wins
as General Ira Potter
Who Dares Wins
as General Ira Potter
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
as Ed Leemans
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
as Ed Leemans
S.O.B.
as Ben Coogan
S.O.B.
as Ben Coogan
Sunday Lovers
as Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
Sunday Lovers
as Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
Private Benjamin
as Col. Clay Thornbush
Private Benjamin
as Col. Clay Thornbush
The Streets of L.A.
as Ralph Salkin
The Streets of L.A.
as Ralph Salkin
10
as Hugh
10
as Hugh
Gardenia
as Tony Caruso
Gardenia
as Tony Caruso
Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Philippe Douvier
Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Philippe Douvier
Casey's Shadow
as Mike Marsh
Casey's Shadow
as Mike Marsh
The Choirboys
as Deputy Chief Riggs
The Choirboys
as Deputy Chief Riggs
The Accuser
as American executive
The Accuser
as American executive
Madame Claude
as Howard
Madame Claude
as Howard
Hit Squad
as Mr. Douglas
Hit Squad
as Mr. Douglas
Midway
as Admiral Jack Fletcher
Midway
as Admiral Jack Fletcher
The Dangerous Mission
as Sergeant John Lewis
The Dangerous Mission
as Sergeant John Lewis
Flatfoot in Hong Kong
as Sam Accardo
Flatfoot in Hong Kong
as Sam Accardo
Death Stalk
as Hugh Webster
Death Stalk
as Hugh Webster
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
as Sappensly
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
as Sappensly
Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Eric Stoneman
Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Eric Stoneman
Cutter
as Meredith
Cutter
as Meredith
$
as Attorney
$
as Attorney
The Great White Hope
as Dixon
The Great White Hope
as Dixon
The Movie Murderer
as Karel Kessler
The Movie Murderer
as Karel Kessler
The Big Bounce
as Bob Rodgers
The Big Bounce
as Bob Rodgers
Don't Make Waves
as Rod Prescott
Don't Make Waves
as Rod Prescott
The Dirty Dozen
as General Denton
The Dirty Dozen
as General Denton
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Milo Stewart
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Milo Stewart
The Hired Killer
as Clint Harris
The Hired Killer
as Clint Harris
The Third Day
as Dom Guardiano
The Third Day
as Dom Guardiano
The Sandpiper
as Ward Hendricks
The Sandpiper
as Ward Hendricks
The Stripper
as Ricky Powers
The Stripper
as Ricky Powers