Alan Webb (actor)

Alan Webb
Webb in Lease of Life (1954)
Born	(1906-07-02)2 July 1906 York, England, UK
Died	22 June 1982(1982-06-22) (aged 75) Chichester, Sussex, England
Years active	1924–1982

Alan Norton Fletcher Webb (2 July 1906 – 22 June 1982) was an English actor. He was principally known as a stage performer, but made several film and television appearances. He seldom played leading roles, but was frequently cast in important character parts. He created roles in plays by A. A. Milne, Noël Coward, T. S. Eliot and other contemporary playwrights. Webb was initially cast as Emperor Palpatine in Richard Marquand's Return of the Jedi, but fell ill before he could fulfil the role and passed months after.