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David Webb
Luton, England, UK
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…
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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
Filmography
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1999
Silent Predators
Movie Sheriff Howell
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1985
The Black Tower
TV show Inspector Rouse
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1985
Knockback: 1
Movie Defence Counsel
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1984
The Road to 1984
Movie Magazine Editor
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1982
Muck and Brass
TV show
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1981
Bergerac
TV show Pathologist
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1980
A Tale of Two Cities
TV show Gabelle
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1979
Minder
TV show John Draham
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1979
Tales of the Unexpected
TV show Ronnie Carey
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1978
Strangers
TV show Sam Clegg
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1978
Blake's 7
TV show Stot
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1977
The Sunday Drama
TV show Johnson
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1977
Hazlitt in Love
Movie Follet
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1976
The New Avengers
TV show Harold Bilston
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1976
Rogue Male
Movie Pork Pie
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1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV show Mr Fingleton
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1972
Crown Court
TV show Francis Larwood
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1972
Van der Valk
TV show Leo
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1972
New Scotland Yard
TV show Mr Bronson
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1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Movie Restaurant Owner (scenes deleted)
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1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV show Musgrove
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1971
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Movie Leeson
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1970
The Hallelujah Handshake
Movie Probation Officer
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1970
Lay Down Your Arms
Movie Fred
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1970
Manhunt
TV show Linz
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1969
Battle of Britain
Movie RAF Officer (uncredited)
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1968
Diamonds for Breakfast
Movie
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1968
Witchfinder General
Movie Jailer
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1968
Nicholas Nickleby
TV show Croupier
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1966
A Game, Like, Only a Game
Movie Frank
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show Newman
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Leeson
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1963
Sergeant Cork
TV show PC Evans
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1961
Very Important Person
Movie Prisoner of War (uncredited)
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1961
His and Hers
Movie Man with Report
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1960
Tunes of Glory
Movie Officer
