Jack Webb
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.
Fotos
Películas (35)
Greenboy: Prescription for Death
2013 · Joe Friday (archive footage)
Little Mo
1978 · Executive Producer
Mobile Two
1975 · Executive Producer
The Log of the Black Pearl
1975 · Executive Producer
Chase
1973 · Director, Producer
The Century Turns
1972 · Executive Producer
Emergency!
1972 · Director, Executive Producer
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971 · Narrator, Director
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971 · Self (archive footage)
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971 · Executive Producer
Your Tour In Vietnam
1970 · Narrator
The D.A.: Murder One
1969 · Executive Producer
Dragnet
1969 · Joe Friday, Producer, Director
Star Spangled Salesman
1968 · Security Man
Greyhounds of the Sea
1967 · Narrator
A Day in Vietnam
1967 · Narrator
The Man from Galveston
1963 · Executive Producer
Red Nightmare
1962 · On-Camera Narrator
The John Glenn Story
1962 · Narrator
The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961 · William 'Bill' Bowers, Director
A Force in Readiness
1961
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1959 · Sam Gatlin, Director, Producer
The D.I.
1957 · Gunnery Sgt. Jim Moore, Director
24 Hour Alert
1955 · Himself
Pete Kelly's Blues
1955 · Pete Kelly, Director, Producer
Dragnet
1954 · Sergeant Joe Friday, Director
You're in the Navy Now
1951 · Ens. Anthony 'Tony' Barbo
Halls of Montezuma
1951 · Correspondent Dickerman
Dark City
1950 · Augie
The Men
1950 · Norm
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Artie Green
Appointment with Danger
1950 · Joe Regas
He Walked by Night
1949 · Lee Whitey
Hollow Triumph
1948 · Bullseye (uncredited)
Three on a Match
1932 · Boy in Schoolyard (uncredited)
Series (31)
O.J.: Made in America
2016 · Sgt. Joe Friday (archive footage)
L.A. Dragnet
2003 · Creator
The New Adam-12
1990 · Creator
The New Dragnet
1989 · Creator
Sam
1978 · Producer
Project U.F.O.
1978 · Narrator (uncredited), Producer, Creator
Mobile One
1975 · Producer
Sierra
1974 · Producer, Creator
Chase
1973 · Producer
Escape
1973 · Producer, Creator
Hec Ramsey
1972 · Producer
Emergency!
1972 · Producer, Director, Creator
The Partners
1971
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1971 · Producer, Creator
The D.A.
1971 · Producer
Adam-12
1968 · Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Creator
Dragnet
1967 · Joe Friday, Director, Writer, Creator
Temple Houston
1963 · Creator
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
General Electric True
1962 · Self - host, Director, Producer, Creator
Pete Kelly's Blues
1959 · Producer
The D.A.'s Man
1959 · Producer, Creator
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Producer
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Story
This Is Your Life
1952 · Self
Dragnet
1951 · Joe Friday, Director, Producer, Creator
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Jack Webb
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self