David Webb

About

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)....

Known for

Doctor WhoSeries • 1963MinderSeries • 1979Crown CourtSeries • 1972Tales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979BergeracSeries • 1981Theatre 625Series • 1964Rumpole of the BaileySeries • 1975Blake's 7Series • 1978New Scotland YardSeries • 1972Van der ValkSeries • 1972The New AvengersSeries • 1976The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSeries • 1971StrangersSeries • 1978Sergeant CorkSeries • 1963ManhuntSeries • 1970Battle of BritainMovie • 1969Witchfinder GeneralMovie • 1968Tunes of GloryMovie • 1960Sunday Bloody SundayMovie • 1971Rogue MaleMovie • 1976Silent PredatorsMovie • 1999