February 9, 2021
Gordon A. Webb, son of late producer/director Harry S. Webb and mother Rose Webb, began his film career at MGM Studios as a messenger in the Production Department. In 1955, at the age of nineteen, he has the opportunity to join the Director’s Guild of America. His first film as an Assistant Director was “Jubal Troop,” directed by Delmar Daves, starring Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine and Rod Steiger, for Columbia Pictures. For the next two years he continued working at Columbia and other major studios.
In 1957, at the age of twenty-one, Webb moved to 20th Century Fox and spent nine years as an Assistant Director and Production Manager on the hit TV series “Perry Mason.” In 1965, when the CBS series ended, he began pursuing racing and breeding thoroughbred horses on his ranch in Central California.
In 1969 he returned to Hollywood and CBS working on “Wild Wild West,” “Mission Impossible,” “Gunsmoke,” and other TV and feature films.
In the 1970s and early eighties, Webb produced and Production Managed over 20 feature film and TV movies, with such hits as “Brubaker,” “Fletch,” “Golden Child,” “Wild Cats,” and “Couch Trip.”
In 1986 he joined Ivan Reitman’s company and Co-Produced “Twins,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Kindergarten Cop,” “Beethoven & Beethoven II,” “Dave,” “Junior,” “Space Jam,” “Father’s Day,” and “Six Days Seven Nights.”
In 1999 Webb retired to consulting on films and running his cattle and horse ranches in Oregon.
Webb passed peacefully at his home on Dec. 26th, 2020 after his battle with cancer. He is survived by his children Adrienne Manhan, Gordon Webb Jr., Jennifer Bernstein, Lindsay Webb, and Matthew Webb. His ex-wife Karen Webb. His Brother Robert Webb. His grandchildren Ashley Manhan, Hilary Manhan, Jackson Manhan, Kailin Webb, Harrison Webb, and Olivia Webb. And his great grandchildren Mackenzie Hodges, Evan Hodges, Gaven Webb, Wyatt Webb, and Paityn Webb.
In 1957, at the age of twenty-one, Webb moved to 20th Century Fox and spent nine years as an Assistant Director and Production Manager on the hit TV series “Perry Mason.” In 1965, when the CBS series ended, he began pursuing racing and breeding thoroughbred horses on his ranch in Central California.
In 1969 he returned to Hollywood and CBS working on “Wild Wild West,” “Mission Impossible,” “Gunsmoke,” and other TV and feature films.
In the 1970s and early eighties, Webb produced and Production Managed over 20 feature film and TV movies, with such hits as “Brubaker,” “Fletch,” “Golden Child,” “Wild Cats,” and “Couch Trip.”
In 1986 he joined Ivan Reitman’s company and Co-Produced “Twins,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Kindergarten Cop,” “Beethoven & Beethoven II,” “Dave,” “Junior,” “Space Jam,” “Father’s Day,” and “Six Days Seven Nights.”
In 1999 Webb retired to consulting on films and running his cattle and horse ranches in Oregon.
Webb passed peacefully at his home on Dec. 26th, 2020 after his battle with cancer. He is survived by his children Adrienne Manhan, Gordon Webb Jr., Jennifer Bernstein, Lindsay Webb, and Matthew Webb. His ex-wife Karen Webb. His Brother Robert Webb. His grandchildren Ashley Manhan, Hilary Manhan, Jackson Manhan, Kailin Webb, Harrison Webb, and Olivia Webb. And his great grandchildren Mackenzie Hodges, Evan Hodges, Gaven Webb, Wyatt Webb, and Paityn Webb.