David Webb
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 6, 1931
- Died
- June 30, 2012 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Luton, England, UK
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
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Filmography
Silent Predators
Movie · as Sheriff Howell
Knockback: 1
Movie · as Defence Counsel
The Black Tower
TV · as Inspector Rouse · 3 eps
The Road to 1984
Movie · as Magazine Editor
Muck and Brass
TV · 6 eps
Bergerac
TV · as Pathologist · 1 ep
A Tale of Two Cities
TV · as Gabelle · 4 eps
Minder
TV · as John Draham · 1 ep
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Ronnie Carey · 1 ep
Blake's 7
TV · as Stot · 1 ep
Strangers
TV · as Sam Clegg · 1 ep
Hazlitt in Love
Movie · as Follet
The Sunday Drama
TV · as Johnson · 1 ep
Rogue Male
Movie · as Pork Pie
The New Avengers
TV · as Harold Bilston · 1 ep
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV · as Mr Fingleton · 1 ep
Van der Valk
TV · as Leo · 1 ep
Crown Court
TV · as Francis Larwood, Sidney Abbott · 3 eps
New Scotland Yard
TV · as Mr Bronson · 1 ep
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Movie · as Restaurant Owner (scenes deleted)
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Movie · as Leeson
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Musgrove · 1 ep
The Hallelujah Handshake
Movie · as Probation Officer
Lay Down Your Arms
Movie · as Fred
Manhunt
TV · as Linz · 1 ep
Battle of Britain
Movie · as RAF Officer (uncredited)
Witchfinder General
Movie · as Jailer
Diamonds for Breakfast
Movie
Nicholas Nickleby
TV · as Croupier · 1 ep
A Game, Like, Only a Game
Movie · as Frank
Theatre 625
TV · as Newman · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Leeson · 1 ep
Sergeant Cork
TV · as PC Evans · 1 ep
His and Hers
Movie · as Man with Report
Very Important Person
Movie · as Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Tunes of Glory
Movie · as Officer