Jack Webb
Actor
Born April 2, 1920 in Santa Monica, California, USA
John Randolph 'Jack' Webb (also known by the pen name John Randolph; April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter, who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet. He was also the founder of his own production company, Mark VII Limited. Born in Santa Monica, California, Webb grew up in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles as the child of a single mother after his father left home before he was born. During World War II, Webb enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces, but he "washed out" of flight training and was granted a hardship discharge to care for his family. Following his discharge, he moved to San Francisco, where a wartime shortage of announcers led to a temporary appointment to his own half-hour comedy radio show on ABC's KGO Radio in 1946. By 1949 he had abandoned comedy for drama, and starred in numerous radio shows until finding success in film and television in the late 1950s.
Filmography
O.J.: Made in America
Sgt. Joe Friday (archive footage)
Greenboy: Prescription for Death
Joe Friday (archive footage)
L.A. Dragnet
The New Adam-12
Little Mo
Sam
Project U.F.O.
Mobile One
Mobile Two
The Log of the Black Pearl
Sierra
Chase
Chase
The Century Turns
Hec Ramsey
Emergency!
Emergency!
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Narrator
The Selling of the Pentagon
Self (archive footage)
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
The D.A.: Murder One
Adam-12
Star Spangled Salesman
Security Man
Greyhounds of the Sea
Narrator
Dragnet
Joe Friday
A Day in Vietnam
Narrator
The Man from Galveston
Temple Houston
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
General Electric True
Self - host
Red Nightmare
On-Camera Narrator
The John Glenn Story
Narrator
The Last Time I Saw Archie
William 'Bill' Bowers
-30-
Sam Gatlin
The D.A.'s Man
77 Sunset Strip
The D.I.
Gunnery Sgt. Jim Moore
24 Hour Alert
Himself
Pete Kelly's Blues
Pete Kelly
Dragnet
Sergeant Joe Friday
The Oscars
Self
The Ford Television Theatre
This Is Your Life
Self
Dragnet
Joe Friday
You're in the Navy Now
Ens. Anthony 'Tony' Barbo
Halls of Montezuma
Correspondent Dickerman
The Jack Benny Program
Jack Webb
Dark City
Augie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Men
Norm
Sunset Boulevard
Artie Green
Appointment with Danger
Joe Regas
He Walked by Night
Lee Whitey
Hollow Triumph
Bullseye (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Three on a Match
Boy in Schoolyard (uncredited)