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Robert D. Webb(1903-1990)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Producer
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Robert Webb comes from a long list of Hollywood notables. His brother, Millard Webb was a silent movie director who was married to dancer Mary Eaton. Robert's sister, Bethel Webb Hoffman was a silent movie actress; while her son and Robert's nephew, Bud Hoffman was a Film Editor at Universal Studios.
BornJanuary 8, 1903
DiedApril 18, 1990(87)
BornJanuary 8, 1903
DiedApril 18, 1990(87)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, and Alice Faye in In Old Chicago (1938)
In Old Chicago
6.7
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Robert Webb)
  • 1938
Robert Wagner and Terry Moore in Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
5.7
  • Director
  • 1953
The Cape Town Affair (1967)
The Cape Town Affair
4.3
  • Director
  • 1967
Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
Seven Cities of Gold
5.8
  • Director
  • 1955

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
    The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
    6.0
    • assistant director
    • 1979
  • Assault on a Queen (1966)
    Assault on a Queen
    5.6
    • second unit director
    • 1966
  • Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison in The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
    The Agony and the Ecstasy
    7.2
    • second unit director
    • 1965
  • Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, and Bobby Darin in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
    Captain Newman, M.D.
    6.9
    • second unit director
    • 1963
  • Rock Hudson and Mary Peach in A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
    A Gathering of Eagles
    6.1
    • second unit director
    • 1963
  • Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rex Harrison in Cleopatra (1963)
    Cleopatra
    7.0
    • third unit director (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • Jeffrey Hunter and Jean Peters in Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
    Lure of the Wilderness
    6.4
    • second unit director: location director (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Anne Francis and Dale Robertson in Lydia Bailey (1952)
    Lydia Bailey
    6.3
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Red Skies of Montana (1952)
    Red Skies of Montana
    6.3
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • James Mason in The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
    6.9
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • David and Bathsheba (1951)
    David and Bathsheba
    6.2
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • The Frogmen (1951)
    The Frogmen
    6.5
    • second unit director (as Robert Webb)
    • 1951
  • American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
    American Guerrilla in the Philippines
    6.0
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, and Wanda Hendrix in Prince of Foxes (1949)
    Prince of Foxes
    6.9
    • second unit director
    • 1949
  • Tyrone Power, Lee J. Cobb, Cesar Romero, Jean Peters, and John Sutton in Captain from Castile (1947)
    Captain from Castile
    6.8
    • second unit director
    • 1947

Director

  • Dancing Shoes
    Short
    • Director
    • 1969
  • A Little of What You Fancy (1968)
    A Little of What You Fancy
    6.8
    • Director (as Robert Webb)
    • 1968
  • Vincent Price and Diana Ivarson in The Jackals (1967)
    The Jackals
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1967
  • The Cape Town Affair (1967)
    The Cape Town Affair
    4.3
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Fess Parker in Daniel Boone (1964)
    Daniel Boone
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director (as Robert Webb)
    • 1965
  • Temple Houston (1963)
    Temple Houston
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1964
  • 7 Women from Hell (1961)
    7 Women from Hell
    5.0
    • Director (as Robert Webb)
    • 1961
  • Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
    Pirates of Tortuga
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Alan Ladd, Frankie Avalon, Jeanne Crain, and Gilbert Roland in Guns of the Timberland (1960)
    Guns of the Timberland
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director (as Robert Webb)
    • 1959
  • Jeffrey Hunter in The Way to the Gold (1957)
    The Way to the Gold
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Elvis Presley, Richard Egan, and Debra Paget in Love Me Tender (1956)
    Love Me Tender
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Mayo, and Robert Ryan in The Proud Ones (1956)
    The Proud Ones
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1956
  • On the Threshold of Space (1956)
    On the Threshold of Space
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
    Seven Cities of Gold
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1955

Producer

  • The Cape Town Affair (1967)
    The Cape Town Affair
    4.3
    • producer
    • 1967
  • Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
    Seven Cities of Gold
    5.8
    • producer
    • 1955
  • Jeffrey Hunter and Jean Peters in Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
    Lure of the Wilderness
    6.4
    • associate producer
    • 1952

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Robert Webb
  • Born
    • January 8, 1903
    • Clay City, Kentucky, USA
  • Died
    • April 18, 1990
    • Orange County, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Barbara McLeanAugust 19, 1951 - April 18, 1990 (his death)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Was the last person to win the short lived Oscar category "Best Assistant Director".

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