Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb (November 11, 1889) - October 13, 1966) was an American actor.
Born Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck in Indianapolis, Indiana, Webb was stereotyped as an effeminate snob. At the age of thirteen, he quit school to study dance and acting. At nineteen, he was a professional ballroom dancer in New York City, and only a few years later, he appeared on Broadway, on the London stage, and in silent movies.
His first major role was as the villainous Waldo Lydecker in the 1944 film noir Laura. His next major role was in The Razor's Edge (1944). His character in the Mr. Belvedere series, beginning with Sitting Pretty (1944), is said to have been very close to his real life -- he lived with his mother until her death. Noel Coward is said to have remarked, "It must be tough to be orphaned at seventy-one.".
Clifton Webb is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
Academy Award nominations
Webb has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard.
