---
name: "Jack Webb"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-webb"
fi1m_id: "jack-webb"
imdb_id: "nm0916131"
tmdb_id: 8634
wikidata_id: "Q1287651"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 April 1920"
died: "23 December 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:51:15.091065+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."
---

# Jack Webb

## Identity

Jack Webb

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-webb
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-webb
- **IMDb ID:** nm0916131
- **TMDB ID:** 8634
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1287651
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Webb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1287651, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8634

Actor. Born 2 April 1920 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Died 23 December 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 April 1920, Santa Monica, California, USA
- **Died:** 23 December 1982
- **Also known as:** John Randolph Webb, John Randolph
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Webb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1287651, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8634

## Biography

Jack Webb (also credited as John Randolph Webb or John Randolph) was an American actor, television producer, director and screenwriter. Born in Santa Monica, California, he is best known for creating and starring as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet, and for founding the production company Mark VII Limited.

Webb began his career in radio in San Francisco in the mid-1940s before moving into film and television. His early film roles include Lee in He Walked by Night (1949) and Artie Green in Sunset Boulevard (1950). He also directed episodes of series such as Emergency! (1972) and Adam-12 (1968).

Webb died in 1982.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), Fi1m 91, as Artie Green — [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

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

- *O.J.: Made in America* (2016), series, as Sgt. Joe Friday (archive footage)
- *Greenboy: Prescription for Death* (2013), as Joe Friday (archive footage)
- *L.A. Dragnet* (2003), series, Creator
- *The New Adam-12* (1990), series, Creator
- *The New Dragnet* (1989), series, Creator
- *Little Mo* (1978), Executive Producer
- *Sam* (1978), series, Producer
- *Project U.F.O.* (1978), series, as Narrator (uncredited) · Producer, Creator
- *Mobile One* (1975), series, Producer
- *Mobile Two* (1975), Executive Producer
- *The Log of the Black Pearl* (1975), Executive Producer
- *Sierra* (1974), series, Producer, Creator
- *Chase* (1973), series, Producer
- *Chase* (1973), Director, Producer
- *Escape* (1973), series, Producer, Creator
- *The Century Turns* (1972), Executive Producer
- *Hec Ramsey* (1972), series, Producer
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, Producer, Director, Creator
- *Emergency!* (1972), Director, Executive Producer
- *The Partners* (1971), series, Actor
- *O'Hara, U.S. Treasury* (1971), series, Producer, Creator
- *The D.A.* (1971), series, Producer
- *O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra* (1971), Narrator, Director
- *The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill* (1971), Executive Producer
- *Your Tour In Vietnam* (1970), as Narrator
- *The D.A.: Murder One* (1969), Executive Producer
- *Dragnet* (1969), as Joe Friday · Producer, Director
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Star Spangled Salesman* (1968), as Security Man
- *Greyhounds of the Sea* (1967), as Narrator
- *Dragnet* (1967), series, as Joe Friday · Director, Writer, Creator
- *A Day in Vietnam* (1967), as Narrator
- *The Man from Galveston* (1963), Executive Producer
- *Temple Houston* (1963), series, Creator
- *General Electric True* (1962), series, Director, Producer, Creator
- *Red Nightmare* (1962), as On-Camera Narrator
- *The John Glenn Story* (1962), as Narrator
- *The Last Time I Saw Archie* (1961), as William 'Bill' Bowers · Director
- *A Force in Readiness* (1961), Actor
- *-30-* (1959), as Sam Gatlin · Director, Producer
- *Pete Kelly's Blues* (1959), series, Producer
- *The D.A.'s Man* (1959), series, Producer, Creator
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Producer
- *The D.I.* (1957), as Gunnery Sgt. Jim Moore · Director
- *Pete Kelly's Blues* (1955), as Pete Kelly · Director, Producer
- *Dragnet* (1954), as Sergeant Joe Friday · Director
- *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, Story
- *Dragnet* (1951), series, as Joe Friday · Director, Producer, Creator
- *You're in the Navy Now* (1951), as Ens. Anthony 'Tony' Barbo
- *Halls of Montezuma* (1951), as Correspondent Dickerman
- *The Jack Benny Program* (1950), series, as Jack Webb
- *Dark City* (1950), as Augie
- *The Men* (1950), as Norm
- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), as Artie Green — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)
- *Appointment with Danger* (1950), as Joe Regas
- *He Walked by Night* (1949), as Lee Whitey
- *Hollow Triumph* (1948), as Bullseye (uncredited)
- *Three on a Match* (1932), as Boy in Schoolyard (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Jack Webb: Won't you join me? L&M smokes cleaner, 1958](https://film.one/media/person/59259/gallery-1be85fc97b07.jpg) Jack Webb: Won't you join me? L&M smokes cleaner, 1958 — Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Jack_Webb_-_Won%27t_you_join_me._L%26M_smokes_cleaner%2C_1958.jpg/1280px-Jack_Webb_-_Won%27t_you_join_me._L%26M_smokes_cleaner%2C_1958.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Grave of Jack Webb, at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/59259/gallery-2086dff51b11.jpg) Grave of Jack Webb, at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills. (2014) — Arthur Dark, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jack_Webb_Grave.JPG/1280px-Jack_Webb_Grave.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Jack Webb and Harry Morgan from the television program Dragnet. The caption associates the photo with the episode "Community Relations (DR-10)".](https://film.one/media/person/59259/gallery-e6c9a28e3e19.jpg) Photo of Jack Webb and Harry Morgan from the television program Dragnet. The caption associates the photo with the episode "Community Relations (DR-10)". — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Jack_Webb_Harry_Morgan_Dragnet_1968.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jack Webb](https://film.one/media/person/59259/gallery-b7e5689e628c.jpg) Jack Webb — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Jack_Webb_Joe_Friday_Dragnet_1957.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jack Webb](https://film.one/media/person/59259/gallery-868a7dd99e52.jpg) Jack Webb — Image via TMDB
- ![Jack Webb](https://film.one/media/person/59259/gallery-ad38b93f297a.jpg) Jack Webb — Image via TMDB
- ![Jack Webb and Julie London (Julie Web) with Stacy and Lisa, 1953](https://film.one/media/person/59259/gallery-3460a7eeda5d.jpg) Jack Webb and Julie London (Julie Web) with Stacy and Lisa, 1953 — Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Jack_Webb_and_Julie_London_with_Stacey_and_Lisa%2C_1953.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Edgar Awards 1951: Edgar Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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