Jack Webb: Jack Webb. Writer: Dragnet. John Randolph Webb was born in Santa Monica, California, to Margaret (Smith, of Indian-Irish origins) and Samuel Chester Webb, who was Jewish. His father left home before he was born; Webb would never know him. He was raised by his mother and maternal grandmother in dire poverty that preceded the Depression. Making things worse, Webb suffered from acute asthma from age six until adulthood, somewhat surprising...
