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name: "Richard Webb"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-webb-10161"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 September 1915"
died: "10 June 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T12:18:12.254169+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."
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# Richard Webb

Actor. Born 9 September 1915 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. Died 10 June 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 September 1915, Bloomington, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 10 June 1993

## Biography

Richard Webb was an American actor in film, television and radio. He was born John Richard Webb on 9 September 1915 in Bloomington, Illinois, and died on 10 June 1993 in Van Nuys, California.

Discovered by Paramount Pictures in 1940, he appeared as a contract player in films including *Sullivan's Travels* (1941), *This Gun for Hire* (1942) and *Out of the Past* (1947), in which he played Jim. He served in the US Army during the Second World War, rising to the rank of captain, and later to major in the Army Reserve.

Webb starred as Captain Midnight in the 1950s television series of the same name and appeared in many westerns and films noir. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Out of the Past* (1947), Fi1m 89, as Jim — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-the-past.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek* (1966), Lt. Commander Benjamin Finney — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), Colonel Brady
- *Sullivan's Travels* (1941), Radio Man — [page](https://film.one/film/sullivans-travels.md)
- *Get Smart* (1965), Police Lieutenant
- *A Star Is Born* (1954), Wallace (uncredited)
- *This Gun for Hire* (1942), Young Man (uncredited)
- *The Big Clock* (1948), Nat Sperling
- *Sands of Iwo Jima* (1950), PFC Dan 'Handsome' Shipley

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