Jack Webb Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the U
• S
• Army Air Force during WWII
• Began his career on San Francisco-based radio shows
• His work as Sgt
• Joe Friday on Dragnet landed him on the March 15, 1954, cover of Time magazine
• The inspiration for his signature series came from the documentary-like 1948 crime film He Walked by Night
• Webb had one scene in the movie, in his first film role
• Penned The Badge: True and Terrifying Crime Stories That Could Not Be Presented on TV, from the Creator and Star of Dragnet
• Provided vocals for the easy-listening album Just the Tracks, Ma'am: The Warner Bros
• Recordings
• "Television should be a medium of infinite variety," he told TV GUIDE
• "Instead, it is a medium of carbon-copying
• It's much worse than it ever was in motion pictures
• " Was involved in a planned Dragnet revival at the time of his death
• Has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one for radio, the other for TV)