1940s Webb was discovered by
Paramount Pictures in 1940 where he was soon engaged as a contract player appearing in such films as
I Wanted Wings, ''
Sullivan's Travels and This Gun for Hire . During World War II he reenlisted at Fort Ord in 1942, then was commissioned in the US Army at Fort Benning ending the war as a captain; he remained in the Army Reserve rising to the rank of Major. Four months after leaving the Army he was back at Paramount in O.S.S.. After leaving Paramount Webb was originally offered a leading role in Sands of Iwo Jima''. After receiving his salary and costume he was told that "powers that be" wished
John Agar in the role and asked him if he would like another part in the film, that Webb accepted.
1950s at the Florida premiere of
Distant Drums (1951) 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.
1960s In 1960, Webb shot an unsuccessful
television pilot for a spy series with
Mark Damon, called
Calling CQ. 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 television anthology 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.
Writing 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. ==Death==