John Randolph Webb, dit Jack Webb, est un acteur, producteur, réalisateur et scénariste américain né le 2 avril 1920 à Santa Monica, Californie (États-Unis), décédé le 23 décembre 1982 à West Hollywood (Californie). Il ne faut pas le confondre avec Jack Webb (1916-2008), un écrivain américain, auteur de roman policier.

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Webb's personal life was better defined by his love of jazz than his interest in police work. He had a collection of more than 6,000 jazz recordings. His lifelong interest in the cornet allowed him to move easily in the jazz culture, where he met singer and actress Julie London. They married in 1947, had daughters Stacy (1950–1996) and Lisa (born 1952), and divorced in 1954. He was married three more times after that, to Dorothy Towne for two years beginning in 1955, to former Miss USA Jackie Loughery for six years beginning in 1958, and to his longtime associate Opal Wright for the last two years of his life.

Stacy Webb authorized and collaborated on a book, Just the Facts, Ma'am; The Authorized Biography of Jack Webb, Creator of Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency!, of which Daniel Moyer and Eugene Alvarez were the primary authors. It was published in 1999. Stacy did not live to see the publication of the book, having been killed in a car accident three years earlier.

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