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Jack Webb (I) (1920–1982)

Writer | Actor | Producer

John (Jack) Randolph Webb's father left home before he was born; Webb would never know him. He was raised by his mother and maternal grandmother in dire poverty that preceded the Depression. Making things worse, Webb suffered from acute asthma from age six until adulthood, somewhat surprising for a man whose cigarette intake reached three packs a day at its peak... See full bio »

Born:

John Randolph Webb
in Santa Monica, California, USA

Died:

(age 62) in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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2003-2004 Dragnet (TV series)
– Killing Fields (2004) (creator - uncredited)
– Riddance (2004) (creator - uncredited)
– Retribution (2004) (creator - uncredited)
– Frame of Mind (2004) (creator - uncredited)
– Abduction (2004) (creator - uncredited)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1990-1991 The New Adam-12 (TV series)
– The Bully (1991) (creator)
– Addictions (1991) (creator)
– Missing (1991) (creator)
– No Mercy (1991) (creator)
– Homeless in America (1991) (creator)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1989 Dragnet (TV series)
 
1987 Dragnet (radio and television series - uncredited)
 
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
 
1977 Sam (TV series)
– Episode #1.0 (1977) (written by)
 
1968-1975 Adam-12 (TV series)
– Something Worth Dying For: Part 2 (1975) (creator)
– Something Worth Dying For: Part 1 (1975) (creator)
– Dana Hall (1975) (creator)
– Gus Corbin (1975) (creator)
– Operation Action (1975) (creator)
See all 174 episodes »
 
1971-1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
– Operation: Smokescreen (1972) (creator)
– Operation: Good Citizen (1972) (creator)
– Operation: Mr. Felix (1972) (creator)
– Operation: Rake-Off (1972) (creator)
– Operation: Dorias (1972) (creator)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1967-1970 Dragnet 1967 (TV series)
– D.H.Q.: The Victims (1970) (creator - uncredited)
– Burglary: Baseball (1970) (creator - uncredited)
– Robbery: The Harassing Wife (1970) (creator - uncredited)
– I.A.D.: The Receipt (1970) (creator - uncredited)
– D.H.Q.: Night School (1970) (creator - uncredited)
See all 98 episodes »
 
1969 Dragnet 1966 (TV movie) (screenplay / television series)
 
1951-1959 Dragnet (TV series)
– The Big Red (1959) (creator)
– The Big Counterfeit (1959) (creator)
– The Big Byron (1959) (creator)
– The Big .38 (1959) (creator)
– The Big Appetite (1959) (creator)
See all 275 episodes »
 
1956 Noah's Ark (TV series)
– The Friendly Lion (1956) (writer)
– The Mascot (1956) (writer)
– The Toothless Monkey (1956) (teleplay)
 
1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
– The Kill (1956) (story)
 
1954 Dragnet (screenplay - uncredited / television series - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (30 titles)
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
Announcer
– Sighting 4011: The Dollhouse Incident (1978) … Announcer (uncredited)
 
1970-1973 Adam-12 (TV series)
Announcer
– Clear with a Civilian: Part 1 (1973) … Announcer (voice)
– Log 105: Elegy for a Pig (1970) … Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1971 The Partners (TV series)
Commissioner Norton
– North Is Now South (1971) … Commissioner Norton
 
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
Narrator
– O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971) … Narrator
 
1951-1970 Dragnet 1967 (TV series)
Sergeant Joe Friday / Sgt. Joe Friday
– D.H.Q.: The Victims (1970) … Sergeant Joe Friday
– Burglary: Baseball (1970) … Sergeant Joe Friday
– Robbery: The Harassing Wife (1970) … Sergeant Joe Friday
– I.A.D.: The Receipt (1970) … Sergeant Joe Friday
– D.H.Q.: Night School (1970) … Sergeant Joe Friday
See all 103 episodes »
 
1969 Dragnet 1966 (TV movie)
Sgt. Joe Friday
 
1968 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 1 October 1968 (1968)
 
1968 Star Spangled Salesman (documentary short)
Security Man
 
1968 Patrol Dogs of the United States Air Force (short)
Narrator
 
1962-1963 G.E. True (TV series)
Narrator / John Burke
– Commando (1963) … Narrator
– Heydrich: Part 2 (1963) … Narrator
– Heydrich: Part 1 (1963) … Narrator
– Black Market (1963) … Narrator
– Gertie the Great (1963) … Narrator
See all 15 episodes »
 
1962 Red Nightmare (short)
On-Camera Narrator
 
1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie
William 'Bill' Bowers
 
1961 A Force in Readiness
On-Camera Narrator
 
1959 -30-
Sam Gatlin
 
1951-1959 Dragnet (TV series)
Sgt. Joe Friday / Lt. Joe Friday
– The Big Red (1959) … Sgt. Joe Friday
– The Big Counterfeit (1959) … Lt. Joe Friday
– The Big Byron (1959) … Sgt. Joe Friday
– The Big .38 (1959) … Sgt. Joe Friday
– The Big Appetite (1959) … Sgt. Joe Friday
See all 276 episodes »
 
1957 The D.I.
Gunnery Sgt. Jim Moore
 
1955 Pete Kelly's Blues
Pete Kelly
 
1954 Dragnet
Sgt. Joe Friday
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest Actor
– Episode #2.37 (1952) … Guest Actor
 
1951 Chesterfield Sound Off Time (TV series)
Sgt. Joe Friday
– Dragnet: The Human Bomb (1951) … Sgt. Joe Friday
 
1951 Appointment with Danger
Joe Regas
 
1951 You're in the Navy Now
Ens. Anthony 'Tony' Barbo
 
1950 Halls of Montezuma
Correspondent Dickerman
 
1950 Dark City
Augie
 
1950 Sunset Blvd.
Artie Green
 
1950 The Men
Norm
 
1949 Sword in the Desert
Hoffman (uncredited)
 
1948 He Walked by Night
Lee Whitey
 
1948 Hollow Triumph
Bullseye (uncredited)
 
1932 Three on a Match
Boy in Schoolyard (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (33 titles)
1982 The 25th Man (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1978 Little Mo (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1977-1978 Sam (TV series) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
– Episode #1.6 (1978) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.5 (1978) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.4 (1978) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.3 (1978) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.2 (1978) (executive producer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1975 Mobile One (TV series) (producer)
 
1975 Mobile Two (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1975 The Log of the Black Pearl (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1974 The Rangers (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1974 Sierra (TV series) (executive producer - 11 episodes)
– The Rangers (1974) (executive producer)
– The Fawn (1974) (executive producer)
– Time Off (1974) (executive producer)
– The Trek (1974) (executive producer)
– Tails, You Lose (1974) (executive producer)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1973 Chase (TV series) (producer)
 
1973 Chase (TV movie) (producer)
 
1972 Hec Ramsey (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– The Century Turns (1972) (executive producer)
 
1972 Emergency! (TV series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
– Crash (1972) (executive producer - uncredited)
– Hang-Up (1972) (executive producer - uncredited)
– Dilemma (1972) (executive producer - uncredited)
– Weird Wednesday (1972) (executive producer - uncredited)
– Publicity Hound (1972) (executive producer - uncredited)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1968-1972 Adam-12 (TV series) (executive producer - 102 episodes)
– Wednesday Warrior (1972) (executive producer)
– Eyewitness (1972) (executive producer)
– Who Won? (1972) (executive producer)
– Backup 1-L20 (1972) (executive producer)
– Substation (1972) (executive producer)
See all 102 episodes »
 
1971 The D.A. (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971) (executive producer)
 
1971 D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1967-1970 Dragnet 1967 (TV series) (producer - 98 episodes)
– D.H.Q.: The Victims (1970) (producer)
– Burglary: Baseball (1970) (producer)
– Robbery: The Harassing Wife (1970) (producer)
– I.A.D.: The Receipt (1970) (producer)
– D.H.Q.: Night School (1970) (producer)
See all 98 episodes »
 
1969 D.A.: Murder One (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1969 Dragnet 1966 (TV movie) (producer)
 
1963-1964 Temple Houston (TV series) (executive producer - 26 episodes)
– Miss Katherine (1964) (executive producer)
– The Town That Trespassed (1964) (executive producer)
– Do Unto Others, Then Gallop (1964) (executive producer)
– The Gun That Swept the West (1964) (executive producer)
– Last Full Moon (1964) (executive producer)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1963 The Man from Galveston (executive producer)
 
1963 77 Sunset Strip (TV series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
– 88 Bars (1963) (executive producer)
– 5: The Conclusion (1963) (executive producer)
– 5: Part 4 (1963) (executive producer)
– 5: Part 3 (1963) (executive producer)
– 5: Part 2 (1963) (executive producer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
G.E. True (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes, 1963) (producer - 1 episode, 1962)
– Nitro (1963) (executive producer)
– Security Risk (1963) (executive producer)
– Code Name: Christopher: Part 2 (1962) (producer)
 
1962 Red Nightmare (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie (producer)
 
1959 -30- (producer)
 
Dragnet (TV series) (producer - 17 episodes, 1953-1959) (executive producer - 10 episodes, 1952-1956)
– The Big Counterfeit (1959) (producer)
– The Big Picture (1959) (producer)
– The Big Squeeze (1959) (producer)
– The Big Oskar (1958) (producer)
– The Big War (1958) (producer)
See all 27 episodes »
 
1959 Pete Kelly's Blues (TV series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
– The 16-Bar Tacet (1959) (executive producer)
– The Joe Artevekian Story (1959) (executive producer)
– The Fitzhugh Story (1959) (executive producer)
– The Emory Cusack Story (1959) (executive producer)
– The Gus Trudo Story (1959) (executive producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1957 People (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1957 The D.I. (producer)
 
1956-1957 Noah's Ark (TV series) (producer - 6 episodes)
– The Intruder (1957) (producer)
– Out to Pasture (1957) (producer)
– A Girl's Best Friend (1956) (producer)
– The Cure-All (1956) (producer)
– The Mascot (1956) (producer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1955 Pete Kelly's Blues (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (20 titles)
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
 
1977 Sam (TV series)
– Episode #1.0 (1977)
 
1972-1976 Emergency! (TV series)
– Emergency! the Wedsworth-Townsend Act: Part 2 (1976)
– Emergency! the Wedsworth-Townsend Act: Part 1 (1975)
– 905-Wild (1975)
– The Wedsworth-Townsend Act (1972)
 
1968-1974 Adam-12 (TV series)
– Clinic on 18th St (1974)
– Log 1: The Impossible Mission (1968)
 
1973 Chase (TV series)
 
1973 Chase (TV movie)
 
1971 The D.A. (TV series)
 
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
– O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971)
 
1952-1970 Dragnet 1967 (TV series)
– D.H.Q.: The Victims (1970)
– Burglary: Baseball (1970)
– Robbery: The Harassing Wife (1970)
– I.A.D.: The Receipt (1970)
– D.H.Q.: Night School (1970)
See all 102 episodes »
 
1969 Dragnet 1966 (TV movie)
 
1962-1963 G.E. True (TV series)
– Little Richard (1963)
– Code Name: Christopher: Part 2 (1962)
– Code Name: Christopher: Part 1 (1962)
– Circle of Death (1962)
 
1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie
 
1959 -30-
 
1951-1959 Dragnet (TV series)
– The Big Counterfeit (1959)
– The Big Appetite (1959)
– The Big Picture (1959)
– The Big Border (1958)
– The Big Oskar (1958)
See all 63 episodes »
 
1959 Pete Kelly's Blues (TV series)
 
1959 The D.A.'s Man (TV series)
– Inside Track (1959)
– Guns for Hire (1959)
 
1957 The D.I.
 
1956 Noah's Ark (TV series)
– The Friendly Lion (1956)
 
1955 Pete Kelly's Blues
 
1954 Dragnet
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1978 Emergency! (TV series) (segment director - 1 episode)
– Greatest Rescues of Emergency (1978) (segment director)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
1976 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 August 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1974 Jack Benny's Second Farewell Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1973 Escape (TV series)
Himself (Narrator)
 
1973 MCRD, San Diego (documentary)
Narrator
 
1968-1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 October 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1962-1963 G.E. True (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Five Tickets to Hell (1963) … Himself - Host
– Nitro (1963) … Himself - Host
– The Tenth Mona Lisa (1963) … Himself - Host
– Pattern for Espionage (1963) … Himself - Host
– Ordeal (1963) … Himself - Host
See all 18 episodes »
 
1962 The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1962 The John Glenn Story (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 June 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1958-1961 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Richard Arlen (1961) … Himself
– Ben Alexander (1958) … Himself
 
1959 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
– Jack Webb Show (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Some of Manie's Friends (TV movie)
Himself
 
1958-1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.138 (1959) … Himself
– Episode #2.58 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.35 (1957) … Himself
 
1955 24 Hour Alert (short)
Himself - Jack Webb
 
1953-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor / Himself - Host
– Episode #6.6 (1955) … Himself - Actor
– Episode #5.34 (1955) … Himself - Host
– Episode #3.23 (1953) … Himself - Actor
 
1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Sound
 
1953 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself / Sgt. Joe Friday
– Episode #6.8 (1953) … Himself/Sgt. Joe Friday
 
1950 Army Information Film AIF No. 7: Code of Conduct - To Resist (documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2011 Pioneers of Television (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2004 TV Land Moguls
Himself
 
2002 Inside TV Land: Cops on Camera (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Frontline (TV series documentary)
 
1996 JAG (TV series)
 
1993 Hey Folks, It's Intermission Time (video documentary)
Himself
 
1971 The Selling of the Pentagon (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

John Randolph

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