Robert Webber

For other people named Robert Webber, see Robert Webber (disambiguation).

Robert Webber
Robert Webber in The Silencers trailer (1966)
Born	Robert L. Webber (1924-10-14)October 14, 1924 Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Died	May 19, 1989(1989-05-19) (aged 64) Malibu, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Lou Gehrig's disease
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–1989
Spouse(s)	Miranda "Sammy" Jones (1953–1958) (divorced) Del Mertens (1972–1989) (his death)

Robert L. Webber (October 14, 1924 – May 19, 1989) was an American actor.

He appeared in dozens of films and television series, roles that included Juror No. 12 in the classic 1957 film 12 Angry Men.

Early life

Webber was born in Santa Ana, California, the son of Alice and Robert Webber, who was a merchant seaman.^[1] Webber graduated from Oakland Technical High School,^[2] and served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II,^[3] serving on Guam and Okinawa.

Career

Webber had a 40-year career as a character actor, during which he appeared as Juror No. 12 in 12 Angry Men (1957), as Dudley Moore's gay lyricist in 10 (1979) and Cybill Shepherd's father in the hit series Moonlighting. Other notable turns were in the films The Sandpiper, in which he played a supporting role as Elizabeth Taylor's character's former lover, opposite Richard Burton; The Nun and the Sergeant, in which he played the lead; The Dirty Dozen, where he played a general who disliked a character played by Lee Marvin; one of the many L.A. lowlifes Paul Newman encounters in the anti-hero saga Harper; a hitman in Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia; and a killer in the Dean Martin spy spoof, The Silencers.

Personal life

Webber was married to actress and model Miranda "Sammy" Jones on October 1, 1953, and was divorced in July, 1958. He died from Lou Gehrig's disease at age 64 in Malibu, California, and is survived by his second wife Del Mertens, whom he married on April 23, 1972.

Filmography

Film

Highway 301 (1950) as William B. Phillips
12 Angry Men (1957) as Juror No. 12
The Nun and the Sergeant (1962) as Sgt. McGrath
The Stripper (1963) as Ricky Powers
Hysteria (1965) as Chris Smith
The Sandpiper (1965) as Ward Hendricks
The Third Day (1965) as Dom Guardiano
The Silencers (1966) as Sam Gunther
Harper (1966) as Dwight Troy
Tecnica di un omicidio (1966) as Clint Harris
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) as Milo Stewart
The Dirty Dozen (1967) as General Denton
Don't Make Waves (1967) as Rod Prescott
Every Man Is My Enemy (1967) as Tony Costa
Manon 70 (1968) as Ravaggi
The Big Bounce (1969) as Bob Rodgers
The Great White Hope (1970) as Dixon
Macédoine (1971) as Sandeberg
$ (1971) as Attorney
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) as Sappensly
Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975) as Sam Accardo
Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête (1975) as Sergeant John Lewis
Midway (1976) as Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher
Hit Squad (1976) as Mr. Duglas
Death Steps in the Dark (1977) as Inspector
Madame Claude (1977) as Howard
The Accuser aka L'Imprécateur (1977) as Le cadre américain
The Choirboys (1977) as Deputy Chief Riggs
Casey's Shadow (1978) as Mike Marsh
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) as Phillip Douvier
Gardenia (1979) as Caruso
10 (1979) as Hugh
Courage - Let's Run (1979) as Charley
Tous vedettes (1980) as Harry Stabling
Private Benjamin (1980) as Col. Clay Thornbush
Sunday Lovers (1980) as Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method")
S.O.B. (1981) as Ben Coogan
Wrong Is Right (1982) as Harvey
Who Dares Wins (1982) as General Ira Potter
Wild Geese II (1985) as Robert McCann
Nuts (1987) as Francis MacMillan

Television and radio

Starlight Theatre (1950)
Out There (1951–1952) as Captain Bill Hurley
Tales of Tomorrow (1952)
Studio One (1952) as Skeets
Eye Witness (1953)
Suspense (1954) as James Forsythe
Three Steps to Heaven (1953) as Chip Morrison
Robert Montgomery Presents (1954)
The Phil Silvers Show (1956) as Ego
Kraft Television Theatre (1955–1957)
Playhouse 90 (1958) as Malcolm Field
The Rifleman (1959) as Wes Carney
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1959) as Andrew Courtney
Play of the Week (1960)
Checkmate (1961) as Miles Archer
The Investigators (1961) as Bert Crayne
Thriller (1961) as Arthur Henshaw
The Paradine Case (1962) as Andre Latour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959–1962) as Paul Brett, Harrison Fell, Edward Gibson
Stoney Burke (1962) as Roy Hazelton
The Dick Powell Show (1961–1962) as Captain John Wycliff
Route 66 (1962) as Frank Bridenbaugh
The Defenders (1962–1963) as Douglas, MichaelHillyer, Father Phelps,
Naked City (1963) as Gordon Lanning
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963) as Rudy
The Nurses (1963) as Arthur Luskin
Arrest and Trial (1963) as George Morrison
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Stuart Landsman
Ben Casey (1963) as Slim
The Fugitive (1964) as Harlan Guthrie
Espionage (1964) as Jack Hanley
Brenner (1964)
Mr. Broadway (1964) as Hogan
The Outer Limits (1964) as Ikar
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964–1965) as David Henderson, Robert Burke
The Rogues (1965) as Guy Gabriel
The Name of the Game (1968) as William McKendricks
Journey to the Unknown (1969) as Manservant
Special Branch (1969) as Mr. Snell
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969) as Sam Rand
The Movie Murderer (1970) as Karel Kessler
The Virginian (1970) as Jackson Reed
San Francisco International Airport (1970)
Hauser's Memory (1970) as Dorsey
The Young Lawyers (1971) as Sergeant Fielder
Mannix (1971) as Tom Carlson
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) as Commissioner of Oaths
Thief (1971) as James Calendar
Cutter (1972) as Meredith
Banacek (1972) as Jerry Brinkman
Mission: Impossible (1972) as Charles Rogan
Love, American Style (1972)
Banyon (1972)
Search (1973) as Matthew Linden
Hawkins (1973) as Carl Vincent
Hawkins on Murder (1973) as Carl Vincent
Griff (1973) as Alan Gilbert
Double Indemnity (1973) as Edward Norton
The Magician as Zellman
Tenafly (1973) as Kent
Kojak (1973) as David Lawrence
Murder or Mercy (1974) as Dr. Eric Stoneman
Ironside (1973–1974) as Del Hogan, Burton
Cannon (1971–1974) as McMillan, Clay Spencer, Barney Shaw
The Manhunter (1974)
The Streets of San Francisco (1974) as Al Cooper
McCloud (1971–1975) as Jack Faraday, Fritz August
Death Stalk (1975) as Hugh Webster
Switch (1975) as Paul Sinclair
S.W.A.T. (1975) as McVea, Mike Simon
Police Woman (1975) as Julian Lord
McMillan & Wife (1977) as Charles Meridio
79 Park Avenue (1977) as John Hackson DeWitt
Barnaby Jones (1975–1978) as Maxwell Strager, Gene Gates
The Young Runaways (1978) as Fred Lockhart
Kaz (1978)
The Rockford Files (1975–1979) as Senator Evan Murdock, Bob Coleman, Roman Clementi, Harold Jack Coombs
Quincy, M.E. (1977–1979) as Dr. John Franklin
The Streets of L.A. (1979) as Ralph Salkin
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980) as LaCrosse
The Two Lives of Carol Letner (1981) as Ed Leemans
Darkroom (1981) as Greg Conway
Bret Maverick (1982) as Everest Sinclair
Not Just Another Affair (1982) as Professor Wally Dawson
Don't Go to Sleep (1982) as Dr. Cole
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983) as Felix Duncan
Shooting Stars (1983) as Woodrow Norton
Getting Physical (1984) as Hugh Gibley
No Man's Land (1984) as Will Blackfield
Cover Up'' (1984) as Mason Carter
Half Nelson (1985)
In Like Flynn (1985) as Colonel Harper
Assassin (1986) as Calvin Lantz
The Ladies (1987) as Jerry
Moonlighting (1986–1988) as Alexander Hayes
Something Is Out There (1988) as Commissioner Estabrook

References

↑ Robert Webber Biography (1924–1989)
↑ "Oakland's Tech High is a Rags to Riches Saga". School Historical Archive. Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
↑ New York Times obituary 20 May 1989

External links

Robert Webber at the Internet Movie Database
Robert Webber at the Internet Broadway Database
Robert Webber at Find a Grave

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 77756849 LCCN: n85199167 SUDOC: 061798916

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