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'''Robert D. Webb''' (January 8, 1903 – April 18, 1990) was an [[Academy Award]]–winning [[film director]]. He directed 16 films between 1945 and 1968. |
'''Robert D. Webb''' (January 8, 1903 – April 18, 1990) was an [[Academy Award]]–winning [[film director]]. He directed 16 films between 1945 and 1968. |
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He won an Oscar for Best Assistant Director for ''In Old Chicago'', the last time that category was offered.<ref>Robert D. Webb; Oscar Winner as Assistant Film Director: [Home Edition] |
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Los Angeles Times 22 June 1990: 26. </ref> |
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==Selected filmography== |
==Selected filmography== |
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*''[[Corsair (film)|Corsair]]'' (1931) - assistant director |
*''[[Corsair (film)|Corsair]]'' (1931) - assistant director |
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* ''[[The Way to the Gold]]'' (1957) - director |
* ''[[The Way to the Gold]]'' (1957) - director |
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*''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' (1959) - episode "Incident at Dangerfield Dip" - director |
*''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' (1959) - episode "Incident at Dangerfield Dip" - director |
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* ''[[Guns of the Timberland]]'' (1960) - director |
* ''[[Guns of the Timberland]]'' (1960) - director<ref>ALAN LADD FILM NAMES DIRECTOR: Robert Webb Is Signed for 'Guns of Timberland' -- Columbia Adds Writers |
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Special to The New York Times. New York Times 24 Mar 1959: 45. </ref> |
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* ''[[Pirates of Tortuga]]'' (1961) - director |
* ''[[Pirates of Tortuga]]'' (1961) - director |
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* ''[[Seven Women from Hell]]'' (1961) - director |
* ''[[Seven Women from Hell]]'' (1961) - director |
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Robert D. Webb | |
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| Born | January 8, 1903 |
| Died | April 18, 1990 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1936-1970 |
| Spouse | Barbara McLean (1951–1990) |
Robert D. Webb (January 8, 1903 – April 18, 1990) was an Academy Award–winning film director. He directed 16 films between 1945 and 1968.
He won an Oscar for Best Assistant Director for In Old Chicago, the last time that category was offered.[1]
Selected filmography
- Corsair (1931) - assistant director
- The Country Doctor (1936) - assistant director
- Sins of Man (1936) - assistant director
- Ramona (1936) - assistant director
- Lloyds of London (1936) - assistant director
- Seventh Heaven (1937) - assistant director
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) - assistant director
- In Old Chicago (1938) (assistant director) (Academy Award winner for Best Assistant Director)[2]
- Just Around the Corner (1938) - assistant director
- Jesse James (1939) - assistant director
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939) - assistant director
- Little Old New York (1940) - assistant director
- Maryland (1940) - assistant director
- Chad Hanna (1940) - assistant director
- Blood and Sand (1941) - assistant director
- A Yank in the RAF (1941) - assistant director
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) - second unit director
- The Black Swan (1942) - location director
- No Exceptions (1943) (short) - director
- The Song of Bernadette (1943) - unit manager
- The Caribbean Mystery (1945) - director
- The Spider (1945) - director
- Margie (1946) - production manager
- The Captain from Castile (1947) - second unit director
- Prince of Foxes (1949) - second unit director
- American Guerilla in the Philippines (1950) - second unit director, production manager
- The Frogmen (1951) - second unit director
- David and Bathsheba (1951) - second unit director
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) - second unit director
- Red Skies of Montana (1951) - second unit director
- Lydia Bailey (1952) - second unit director
- Lure of the Wilderness (1952) - second unit director, associate producer
- Way of a Gaucho (1952) - director of some scenes
- The Glory Brigade (1953) - director
- Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) - director
- Seven Cities of Gold (1955) - director, producer
- White Feather (1955) - director
- The Proud Ones (1956) - director
- On the Threshold of Space (1956) - director
- Love Me Tender (1956) - director
- The Way to the Gold (1957) - director
- Rawhide (1959) - episode "Incident at Dangerfield Dip" - director
- Guns of the Timberland (1960) - director[3]
- Pirates of Tortuga (1961) - director
- Seven Women from Hell (1961) - director
- A Gathering of Eagles (1962) - second unit director
- Captain Newman MD (1963) - second unit director
- Temple Houston (1964) episode "The Guardian" - director
- The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) - second unit director
- Daniel Boone (1965) episode "The Prophet" - director
- Assault on a Queen (1966) - second unit director
- The Jackals (1967) - director
- The Cape Town Affair (1967) - director, producer
- A Little of What You Fancy (1968) (documentary) - director
- Dancing Shoes (1969) (documentary, short) - director
References
- ^ Robert D. Webb; Oscar Winner as Assistant Film Director: [Home Edition] Los Angeles Times 22 June 1990: 26.
- ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ ALAN LADD FILM NAMES DIRECTOR: Robert Webb Is Signed for 'Guns of Timberland' -- Columbia Adds Writers Special to The New York Times. New York Times 24 Mar 1959: 45.
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