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Robert Preston

Acting
June 8, 1918
— March 21, 1987(68 years old)
Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA
Popularity: 1
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Biography

Robert Preston (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer, best known for his collaboration with composer Meredith Willson and originating the role of Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man and the 1962 film adaptation; the film earned him his first of two Golden Globe Award nominations. Preston collaborated twice with filmmaker Blake Edwards, first in S.O.B. (1981) and again in Victor/Victoria (1982). For portraying Carroll "Toddy" Todd in the latter, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 55th Academy...

Also Known As

Robert Preston Meservey

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents series poster (1950)
6.0

Robert Montgomery Presents

Jeff Frazer

Robert Montgomery Presents series poster (1950)
6.0

Robert Montgomery Presents

Professor Richard Wanley

What's My Line? series poster (1950)
7.0

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

What's My Line? series poster (1950)
7.0

What's My Line?

Self

Climax! series poster (1954)
3.8

Climax!

William Struthers

Climax! series poster (1954)
3.8

Climax!

Cleve Gordon

Climax! series poster (1954)
3.8

Climax!

Lt. Hogue

Tony Awards series poster (1956)

Tony Awards

Self - Host / Nominee/ Performer

Tony Awards series poster (1956)

Tony Awards

Self - Host

Tony Awards series poster (1956)

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

Tony Awards series poster (1956)

Tony Awards

Self - Performer

Tony Awards series poster (1956)

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter / Performer

Photos of Robert Preston

Filmography

2020s

Disclosure movie poster (2020)
7.8

Disclosure

Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)

2010s

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do movie poster (2015)

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

Self (archive footage)

2000s

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade movie poster (2004)
8.0

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Self (archive footage)

Broadway's Lost Treasures movie poster (2003)
6.4

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")

1980s

Outrage! movie poster (1986)
5.3

Outrage!

Dennis Riordan

Night of 100 Stars II movie poster (1985)
8.0

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

Finnegan Begin Again movie poster (1985)
6.5

Finnegan Begin Again

Mike Finnegan

The Last Starfighter movie poster (1984)
6.6

The Last Starfighter

Centauri

Going Hollywood: The '30s movie poster (1984)
9.0

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Self - Host

September Gun movie poster (1983)
6.0

September Gun

Ben Sunday

Victor/Victoria movie poster (1982)
7.3

Victor/Victoria

Carroll "Toddy" Todd

Night of 100 Stars movie poster (1982)
6.8

Night of 100 Stars

Self

Rehearsal for Murder movie poster (1982)
6.1

Rehearsal for Murder

Alex Dennison

S.O.B. movie poster (1981)
6.0

S.O.B.

Dr. Irving Finegarten

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg movie poster (1980)
6.0

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

Stranger

1970s

Semi-Tough movie poster (1977)
5.5

Semi-Tough

Big Ed Bookman

My Father's House movie poster (1975)
9.0

My Father's House

Tom Lindholm Sr.

Mame movie poster (1974)
6.0

Mame

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside

Junior Bonner movie poster (1972)
6.1

Junior Bonner

Ace Bonner

Child's Play movie poster (1972)
6.1

Child's Play

Joseph Dobbs

1960s

All the Way Home movie poster (1963)
6.9

All the Way Home

Jay Follet

Island of Love movie poster (1963)
5.8

Island of Love

Steve Blair

How the West Was Won movie poster (1962)
7.0

How the West Was Won

Roger Morgan

The Music Man movie poster (1962)
7.1

The Music Man

Harold Hill

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs movie poster (1960)
6.5

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Rubin Flood

1950s

Made in Heaven movie poster (1956)

Made in Heaven

Zachary Meredith

Sentinels in the Air movie poster (1956)
8.0

Sentinels in the Air

Narrator (voice)

Confession movie poster (1956)

Confession

Self - Host

The Last Frontier movie poster (1955)
6.1

The Last Frontier

Col. Frank Marston

Face to Face movie poster (1952)
6.5

Face to Face

Jack Potter

Best of the Badmen movie poster (1951)
6.5

Best of the Badmen

Matthew Fowler

When I Grow Up movie poster (1951)
7.3

When I Grow Up

Father Reed

Cloudburst movie poster (1951)
6.4

Cloudburst

John Graham

My Outlaw Brother movie poster (1951)
5.6

My Outlaw Brother

Joe Walter

The Sundowners movie poster (1950)
5.2

The Sundowners

James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')

1940s

Tulsa movie poster (1949)
6.4

Tulsa

Brad Brady

The Lady Gambles movie poster (1949)
6.1

The Lady Gambles

David Boothe

Blood on the Moon movie poster (1948)
6.2

Blood on the Moon

Tate Riling

Whispering Smith movie poster (1948)
6.7

Whispering Smith

Murray Sinclair

Big City movie poster (1948)
7.8

Big City

Rev. Philip Y. Andrews

Variety Girl movie poster (1947)
6.5

Variety Girl

Robert Preston

The Macomber Affair movie poster (1947)
6.7

The Macomber Affair

Francis Macomber

Wild Harvest movie poster (1947)
7.0

Wild Harvest

Jim Davis

Wings Up movie poster (1943)
5.7

Wings Up

Himself

Night Plane from Chungking movie poster (1943)
6.5

Night Plane from Chungking

Nick Stanton

Reap the Wild Wind movie poster (1942)
6.4

Reap the Wild Wind

Dan Cutler

This Gun for Hire movie poster (1942)
7.0

This Gun for Hire

Det. Michael Crane

Wake Island movie poster (1942)
5.9

Wake Island

Pvt. Joe Doyle

Star Spangled Rhythm movie poster (1942)
6.2

Star Spangled Rhythm

Robert Preston (uncredited)

Parachute Battalion movie poster (1941)
6.3

Parachute Battalion

Donald Morse

New York Town movie poster (1941)
8.5

New York Town

Paul Bryson, Jr.

Pacific Blackout movie poster (1941)
6.5

Pacific Blackout

Robert Draper

The Lady from Cheyenne movie poster (1941)
5.7

The Lady from Cheyenne

Steve Lewis

The Night of January 16th movie poster (1941)
5.8

The Night of January 16th

Steve Van Ruyle

North West Mounted Police movie poster (1940)
6.4

North West Mounted Police

Ronnie Logan

Typhoon movie poster (1940)
6.7

Typhoon

Johnny Potter

Moon Over Burma movie poster (1940)
5.8

Moon Over Burma

Chuck Lane

1930s

Union Pacific movie poster (1939)
6.7

Union Pacific

Dick Allen

Disbarred movie poster (1939)
8.0

Disbarred

Bradley Kent

Beau Geste movie poster (1939)
7.0

Beau Geste

Digby Geste

King of Alcatraz movie poster (1938)
6.0

King of Alcatraz

Robert MacArthur

Illegal Traffic movie poster (1938)
6.6

Illegal Traffic

Charles Bent Martin