Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 06, 1931
Died
Jun 30, 2012
Place of Birth
Luton, England, UK
Credits
36 titles
David Webb
Biography
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). NCROPA was very active from its inception through the 1980s, and in 1983 Webb stood as the anti-censorship candidate against the incumbent Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in her Finchley constituency. He was also a member of the Campaign Against Censorship. By the late 1990s, NCROPA was effectively moribund, and in December 2014, NCROPA was formally merged with the CAC. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Filmography
Silent Predators
Sheriff Howell
The Black Tower
Inspector Rouse
Knockback: 1
Defence Counsel
The Road to 1984
Magazine Editor
Muck and Brass
Bergerac
Pathologist
A Tale of Two Cities
Gabelle
Minder
John Draham
Tales of the Unexpected
Ronnie Carey
Strangers
Sam Clegg
Blake's 7
Stot
The Sunday Drama
Johnson
Hazlitt in Love
Follet
The New Avengers
Harold Bilston
Rogue Male
Pork Pie
Rumpole of the Bailey
Mr Fingleton
Crown Court
Francis Larwood
Van der Valk
Leo
New Scotland Yard
Mr Bronson
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Restaurant Owner (scenes deleted)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Musgrove
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Leeson
The Hallelujah Handshake
Probation Officer
Lay Down Your Arms
Fred
Manhunt
Linz
Battle of Britain
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Diamonds for Breakfast
Witchfinder General
Jailer
Nicholas Nickleby
Croupier
A Game, Like, Only a Game
Frank
Theatre 625
Newman
Doctor Who
Leeson
Sergeant Cork
PC Evans
Very Important Person
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
His and Hers
Man with Report
Tunes of Glory
Officer