Jack Webb
- Interprétation
- 2 avril 1920 · Santa Monica, California, USA
- 23 décembre 1982
Biographie
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. Webb had a featured role as a crime lab technician in the 1948 film He Walked by Night, a thinly-fictionalized recounting of the 1946 Walker crime spree. This experience gave Webb the idea for Dragnet: a recurring series based on real cases from LAPD police files, featuring authentic depictions of the modern police detective, including methods, mannerisms, and technical language. Following the success of Dragnet, Webb appeared in numerous television shows and specials, including the well-known 1972 series Emergency! During his work on a revival of Dragnet in 1982, Webb suffered a heart attack and died at the age of 62. His funeral was given full police honors, and then LAPD Chief Daryl Gates retired the badge number 714 used by Webb's Joe Friday of Dragnet fame.
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Filmographie
- O.J. : Made In America · Sgt. Joe Friday (archive footage)
- Greenboy: Prescription for Death · Joe Friday (archive footage)
- Dragnet · Création
- The New Adam-12 · Création
- Vic Daniels, Flic à Los Angeles · Création
- Little Mo · Production exécutive
- Sam · Production
- Project U.F.O. · Narrator (uncredited), Production
- Mobile One · Production
- Mobile Two · Production exécutive
- The Log of the Black Pearl · Production exécutive
- Sierra · Production, Création
- Chase · Production
- Chase · Réalisation, Production
- Escape · Production, Création
- The Century Turns · Production exécutive
- Hec Ramsey · Production
- Emergency! · Production, Réalisation
- Emergency! · Réalisation, Production exécutive
- Coup double
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury · Production, Création
- The D.A. · Production
- O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra · Narrator, Réalisation
- The Selling of the Pentagon · En personne
- The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill · Production exécutive
- Your Tour In Vietnam · Narrator
- The D.A.: Murder One · Production exécutive
- Dragnet · Joe Friday, Production
- Auto-patrouille · Réalisation, Production
- Star Spangled Salesman · Security Man
- Greyhounds of the Sea · Narrator
- Dragnet · Joe Friday, Réalisation
- A Day in Vietnam · Narrator
- The Man from Galveston · Production exécutive
- Temple Houston · Création
- The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson · En personne
- General Electric True · En personne, Réalisation
- Red Nightmare · On-Camera Narrator
- The John Glenn Story · Narrator
- La dernière fois que j'ai vu Archie · William 'Bill' Bowers, Réalisation
- A Force in Readiness
- -30- · Sam Gatlin, Réalisation
- Pete Kelly's Blues · Production
- The D.A.'s Man · Production, Création
- 77 Sunset Strip · Production
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · En personne
- The D.I. · Gunnery Sgt. Jim Moore, Réalisation
- 24 Hour Alert · En personne
- La peau d'un autre · Pete Kelly, Réalisation
- La police est sur les dents · Sergeant Joe Friday, Réalisation
- Cérémonie des Oscars · En personne
- The Ford Television Theatre · Histoire
- This Is Your Life · En personne
- Dragnet · Joe Friday, Réalisation
- La marine est dans le lac · Ens. Anthony 'Tony' Barbo
- Okinawa · Correspondent Dickerman
- The Jack Benny Program · Jack Webb
- La Main qui venge · Augie
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · En personne
- C'étaient des hommes · Norm
- Boulevard du crépuscule · Artie Green
- Échec au hold-up · Joe Regas
- Il marchait la nuit · Lee Whitey
- Le Balafré · Bullseye (uncredited)
- The Ed Sullivan Show · En personne
- Une allumette pour trois · Boy in Schoolyard (uncredited)