---
name: "Hugh Webster"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hugh-webster"
fi1m_id: "hugh-webster"
imdb_id: "nm0916908"
tmdb_id: 126564
wikidata_id: "Q98829581"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1927"
died: "31 May 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T04:43:19.022124+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hugh Webster

## Identity

Hugh Webster

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hugh-webster
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hugh-webster
- **IMDb ID:** nm0916908
- **TMDB ID:** 126564
- **Wikidata ID:** Q98829581
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Webster_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98829581, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916908/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/126564

Actor. Born 1 January 1927 in Edinburgh. Died 31 May 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1927, Edinburgh
- **Died:** 31 May 1986
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Webster_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98829581, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916908/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/126564

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Never Cry Wolf*](https://film.one/film/never-cry-wolf.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hugh Webster (1927–1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian actor who worked in theatre, television and film. Born in Edinburgh, he studied art in England before moving with his family to Canada in 1948. He studied drama in Toronto and later formed his own theatre company in Oakville, Ontario. He appeared regularly in early Canadian television, including CBC anthology dramas, and toured with Canadian Players.

Webster's film roles included Shorty in *King of the Grizzlies* (1970), parts in *Fortune and Men's Eyes* (1971) and *Between Friends* (1973), and the Drunk in *Never Cry Wolf* (1983). He and Ed McNamara shared the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor in a Non-Feature for their performances in the 1975 short *For Gentlemen Only*.

He was married to actress Jan Campbell from 1952. Webster died of cancer in Owen Sound, Ontario, on 31 May 1986.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Never Cry Wolf* (1983), Fi1m 79, as Drunk — [page](https://film.one/film/never-cry-wolf.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Love & Larceny* (1985), as Mr. Hobday
- *The Suicide Murders* (1985), as Glassock
- *Pygmalion* (1983), as Sarcastic Bystander
- *Never Cry Wolf* (1983), as Drunk — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/never-cry-wolf.md)
- *If You Could See What I Hear* (1982), as Sean
- *Mr. Patman* (1981), as Mr. Wolfe
- *The Last Chase* (1981), as Fetch
- *Dirty Tricks* (1981), as Mr. Darcy
- *Nothing Personal* (1980), as Emerson
- *Agency* (1980), as Inmate
- *Find the Lady* (1976), as Eddie
- *Teleplay* (1976), series, Actor
- *The First Night of 'Pygmalion'* (1975), Writer
- *Sidestreet* (1975), series, Actor
- *Between Friends* (1973), as Coker
- *Rip-Off* (1971), as Mr. Duncan
- *The Reincarnate* (1971), as Berryman
- *King of the Grizzlies* (1970), as Shorty
- *The Cube* (1969), as Arnie
- *NBC Experiment in Television* (1967), series, as Arnie

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