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Robert Webber

 
Actor: Robert Webber
  • Born: Oct 01, 1924 in Santa Ana, California
  • Died: May 19, 1989 in Malibu, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '60s-'80s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Mystery
  • Career Highlights: 12 Angry Men, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
  • First Major Screen Credit: Highway 301 (1950)

Biography

Though born in close proximity to Hollywood, Robert Webber chose to head East to launch his acting career shortly after World War II. On Broadway from 1948, Webber made his film bow in 1950's Highway 501, playing the first of many villains. His career moved in fits and starts until he was cast by director Sidney Lumet as Juror Number 12 in the 1957 filmization of Twelve Angry Men. Webber flourished in the 1960s, mostly playing outwardly charming but inwardly vicious types; who could forget his torturing of Julie Harris in Harper (1966), grinning all the while and saying lines like "I just adore inflicting pain"? A personal favorite of director Blake Edwards, Webber was given roles of a more comic nature in such Edwards films as Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), 10 (1969), and S.O.B (1981). One of Robert Webber's better later roles was as the father of erstwhile private eye Maddie Ross (Cybill Shepherd) on the cult-favorite TV series Moonlighting. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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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)
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 appeared as Dudley Moore's gay friend in 10 (1979) and Cybill Shepherd's father in the hit series Moonlighting. Other notable turns were in the movies The Nun and the Sergeant where he played the lead, The Dirty Dozen where he played a general who bullied Lee Marvin, one of the many LA low lifes Paul Newman encounters in the anti-hero saga, Harper, and a killer in The Silencers.

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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Television/radio programs

References

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

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