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Alan Webb (2 July 1906 - 22 June 1982) was an English stage and film actor. ==Biography and career== Educated at Bramcote School, Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire and RN Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth. He served in the Royal Navy. Webb's early days were spent performing with the Lena Ashwell Players (1924–26), J.B. Fagan's Oxford Players (1926–28), the Croydon Repertory Company (1932–33) and the Old Vic-Sadler's Wells Company (1934–35). In 1936 he starred in Noël Coward's ''Tonight at 8:30'' and directed Coward's ''Peace In Our Time'' in 1947. In 1960 he appeared in the role of "Dudard" in Eugène Ionesco's ''Rhinoceros'', directed by Orson Welles and co-starring Laurence Olivier, at the Royal Court Theatre. He appeared in many plays on Broadway, starting with the aforementioned ''Tonight at 8:30'' in 1936 through his final production, ''I Never Sang for My Father'' in 1968, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. He made his film debut in ''Challenge to Lassie'' (1949), and went onto appear in such films as ''The Pumpkin Eater'' (1964), ''King Rat'' (1965); ''Chimes at Midnight'' (1965), ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1967), ''Women in Love'' (1969), ''Entertaining Mr. Sloane'' (1970), ''The Canterbury Tales'' (1972) and ''The Duellists'' (1977). He appeared several times on the ''BBC Play of the Month'', ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' and ''Play for Today'', as well as popular television series ''Z-Cars'', ''The Protectors'', and ''Public Eye''. In 1963, he was offered the role of the First Doctor in the BBC's new science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' but declined. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Webb (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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