リチャード・ウェッブ（俳優）

ウェブは1940年にパラマウント・ピクチャーズに発掘され^{[ 2 ]}、すぐに契約俳優として『I Wanted Wings』、『Sullivan's Travels』、『This Gun for Hire』などの映画に出演した。第二次世界大戦中、 1942年にフォート・オードで再入隊し、その後フォート・ベニングでアメリカ陸軍に任官され、終戦時には大尉だった。陸軍予備役にとどまり、少佐に昇進した。陸軍を離れてから4か月後、彼はOSSでパラマウントに戻った。パラマウントを離れた後、ウェブは当初『硫黄島の砂』の主役をオファーされた。給料と衣装を受け取った後、「権力者たち」がジョン・アガーにその役を演じてほしいと言い、映画で別の役を演じたいかと尋ねられ、ウェブはそれを受け入れた。^{[ 3 ]}

In 1951, Webb was contracted to Warner Bros where he played in I Was a Communist for the FBI then appeared along with Gary Cooper in the "Florida Western" Distant Drums. In 1957, Webb played Ben Maxwell in the episode "The Long Hunt" of the TV series Maverick. In 1958, Webb appeared in the episode "Wheel of Fortune" of the NBC western series, Jefferson Drum. Webb in 1958 played the role of Rocky Norton in the episode "Dead Reckoning" of the ABC/Warner Bros. western series, Colt .45.

In 1960, Webb shot an unsuccessful television pilot for a spy series with Mark Damon, called Calling CQ.^[4]

In the same year he was cast as Clay in the episode "Calico" of another ABC/WB western series, The Alaskans then played imposter Henry Walker on CBS's Rawhide in the episode "Incident of the Stargazer". He was also cast in an episode of the 1960 CBS sitcom, My Sister Eileen.

In still another 1960 role, Webb was cast as Thomas Francis Meagher in the 1960 episode "The General Who Disappeared" on the syndicated televisionanthology series, Death Valley Days. In a 1963 appearance, Webb was cast as Caleb in the Death Valley Days episode, "The Peacemaker".

In 1963, Webb also portrayed George C. Belter, the murdered owner of Spicy Bits, a gossip magazine, in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Velvet Claws. In 1965, Webb again played the murder victim on Perry Mason, this time as Addison Powell in "The Case of the Impetuous Imp."

In 1966 Webb played greedy Furrier “Aaron Tigue” in S11E29's “The Treasure of John Walking Fox” on Gunsmoke. Webb played Lieutenant Commander Ben Finney in an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series ("Court Martial", 1967). In the 1970s, Webb became a writer and published four books on psychic phenomena.

Webb wrote four books, Great Ghosts of the West, Voices From Another World and These Came Back, about psychic phenomena and the occult, and The Laughs on Hollywood, a collection of anecdotes about the entertainment industry.^[5]