- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 6, 1931
- Place of Birth
- Luton, England, UK
- Died
- June 30, 2012
David Webb
David Alec Webb (6 March 1931 – 30 June 2012) was a British actor and anti-censorship campaigner. Webb was born in Luton, the second child and only son of Alec Webb, and attended Luton Grammar School from 1942 to 1950. He completed his National Service from 1950 to 1952, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1952 to 1954. In 1954 he joined the York Repertory Company, in 1955 the Bromley Repertory Company, and from 1955 to 1956 he toured in the play Love From Judy. He worked in television from the late 1950s onwards appearing in scores of programmes including Emergency – Ward 10, Dixon of Dock Green, and Doctor Who, among many others. In April 1976, he set up the anti-censorship pressure group, the National Campaign for the Repeal of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act; this was later amended to National Campaign for the Reform of the Obscene Publications Acts (NCROPA). …
Filmography
movieSilent Predators
1999 · Sheriff Howell
tvThe Black Tower
1985 · Inspector Rouse
movieKnockback: 1
1985 · Defence Counsel
movieThe Road to 1984
1984 · Magazine Editor
tvMuck and Brass
1982
tvBergerac
1981 · Pathologist
tvA Tale of Two Cities
1980 · Gabelle
tvMinder
1979 · John Draham
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Ronnie Carey
tvStrangers
1978 · Sam Clegg
tvBlake's 7
1978 · Stot
The Sunday Drama
tvThe Sunday Drama
1977 · Johnson
movieHazlitt in Love
1977 · Follet
tvThe New Avengers
1976 · Harold Bilston
movieRogue Male
1976 · Pork Pie
tvRumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Mr Fingleton
tvCrown Court
1972 · Francis Larwood, Sidney Abbott
tvVan der Valk
1972 · Leo
tvNew Scotland Yard
1972 · Mr Bronson
movieSunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · Restaurant Owner (scenes deleted)
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Musgrove
movieDoctor Who: Colony in Space
1971 · Leeson
movieThe Hallelujah Handshake
1970 · Probation Officer
movieLay Down Your Arms
1970 · Fred
tvManhunt
1970 · Linz
movieBattle of Britain
1969 · RAF Officer (uncredited)
movieDiamonds for Breakfast
1968
movieWitchfinder General
1968 · Jailer
tvNicholas Nickleby
1968 · Croupier
A Game, Like, Only a Game
movieA Game, Like, Only a Game
1966 · Frank
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Newman
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Leeson
movieVery Important Person
1961 · Prisoner of War (uncredited)
movieHis and Hers
1961 · Man with Report
movieTunes of Glory
1960 · Officer