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Jack Webb

Jack Webb
  • Name: Jack Webb
  • Birthday: 1920-04-02
  • Also known as: John Randolph Webb,John Randolph
  • Place of birth: Santa Monica, California, USA
  • Popularity: 5.34
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 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... Read More

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Title Release date
Greenboy: Prescription for Death   as  Joe Friday (archive footage) 2013-04-20
Los Angeles Plays Itself   as  Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage) 2004-07-28
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra   as  Narrator 1971-04-02
The Selling of the Pentagon   as  Self (archive footage) 1971-02-23
Dragnet   as  Joe Friday 1969-01-27
Star Spangled Salesman   as  Security Man 1968-02-09
Greyhounds of the Sea   as  Narrator 1967-12-31
A Day in Vietnam   as  Narrator 1967-01-01
Red Nightmare   as  On-Camera Narrator 1962-02-11
The John Glenn Story   as  Narrator 1962-01-01
The Last Time I Saw Archie   as  William 'Bill' Bowers 1961-05-27
A Force in Readiness 1961-05-25
-30-   as  Sam Gatlin 1959-11-11
The D.I.   as  Gunnery Sgt. Jim Moore 1957-05-30
24 Hour Alert   as  Himself 1955-12-22
Pete Kelly's Blues   as  Pete Kelly 1955-07-31
Dragnet   as  Sergeant Joe Friday 1954-09-04
You're in the Navy Now   as  Ens. Anthony 'Tony' Barbo 1951-02-23
Halls of Montezuma   as  Correspondent Dickerman 1951-01-04
Dark City   as  Augie 1950-10-17
The Men   as  Norm 1950-08-25
Sunset Boulevard   as  Artie Green 1950-08-10
Appointment with Danger   as  Joe Regas 1950-03-31
He Walked by Night   as  Lee Whitey 1949-02-06
Hollow Triumph   as  Bullseye (uncredited) 1948-08-18
Three on a Match   as  Boy in Schoolyard (uncredited) 1932-10-29