Jack Webb
Birthday
1920/04/02
Day of death
1982/12/23 (62 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Also know as
John Randolph Webb, John Randolph
Biography
John Randolph 'Jack' Webb, also known by the pen name John Randolph, 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 ...Read more
Acting
(1950) Sunset Boulevard
as Artie Green
(1950) The Men
as Norm
(1967) Greyhounds of the Sea
as Narrator
(1949) He Walked by Night
as Lee Whitey
(1957) The D.I.
as Gunnery Sgt. Jim Moore
(1950) Appointment with Danger
as Joe Regas
(1967) A Day in Vietnam
as Narrator
(1959) -30-
as Sam Gatlin
(1950) Dark City
as Augie
(1932) Three on a Match
as Boy in Schoolyard (uncredited)
(1955) Pete Kelly's Blues
as Pete Kelly
(1954) Dragnet
as Sergeant Joe Friday
(1951) Halls of Montezuma
as Correspondent Dickerman
(2004) Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage)
(1961) The Last Time I Saw Archie
as William 'Bill' Bowers
(1961) A Force in Readiness
as ---
(1962) The John Glenn Story
as Narrator
(1951) You're in the Navy Now
as Ens. Anthony 'Tony' Barbo
(1971) O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as Narrator
(1962) Red Nightmare
as On-Camera Narrator
(2013) Greenboy: Prescription for Death
as Joe Friday (archive footage)
(1969) Dragnet
as Joe Friday
(1955) 24 Hour Alert
as Himself
(1971) The Selling of the Pentagon
as Self (archive footage)
(1968) Star Spangled Salesman
as Security Man
(1948) Hollow Triumph
as Bullseye (uncredited)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1951) Dragnet
as Joe Friday
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1971) The Partners
as ---
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1962) General Electric True
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1967) Dragnet
as Sergeant Joe Friday
(2016) O.J.: Made in America
as Sgt. Joe Friday (archive footage)
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Jack Webb