Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1918-06-08
- Day of Death1987-03-21 (68 years)
- Place of BirthNewton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA
- Also Known AsRobert Preston Meservey
Robert Preston
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
As: Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")
- 1986
Outrage!
As: Dennis Riordan
- 1985
Finnegan Begin Again
As: Mike Finnegan
- 1984
The Last Starfighter
As: Centauri
- 1983
September Gun
As: Ben Sunday
- 1982
Rehearsal for Murder
As: Alex Dennison
- 1982
Victor/Victoria
As: Carole "Toddy" Todd
- 1981
S.O.B.
As: Dr. Irving Finegarten
1980The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
As: Stranger
1979The Chisholms
As: Hadley Chisholm
1977Semi-Tough
As: Big Ed Bookman
1975My Father's House
As: Tom Lindholm Sr.
1974Mame
As: Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
1972Child's Play
As: Joseph Dobbs
1972Junior Bonner
As: Ace Bonner
1963All the Way Home
As: Jay Follet
1963Island of Love
As: Steve Blair
- 1962
How the West Was Won
As: Roger Morgan
- 1962
The Music Man
As: Harold Hill
1960The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
As: Rubin Flood
1956Sentinels in the Air
As: Narrator (voice)
1955The Last Frontier
As: Col. Frank Marston
1954Climax!
As: William Struthers
- 1954
Climax!
As: Cleve Gordon
- 1954
Climax!
As: Lt. Hogue
1953General Electric Theater
As: Jim Tweedy
1952Face to Face
As: Jack Potter
1951My Outlaw Brother
As: Joe Walter
1951Best of the Badmen
As: Matthew Fowler
1951Cloudburst
As: John Graham
1951When I Grow Up
As: Father Reed
1950The Sundowners
As: James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
As: Jeff Frazer
- 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
As: Professor Richard Wanley
1949The Lady Gambles
As: David Boothe
1949Tulsa
As: Brad Brady
1948Whispering Smith
As: Murray Sinclair
1948Blood on the Moon
As: Tate Riling
1948Big City
As: Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
1947Wild Harvest
As: Jim Davis
1947Variety Girl
As: Robert Preston
1947The Macomber Affair
As: Francis Macomber
1943Night Plane from Chungking
As: Nick Stanton
1942Wake Island
As: Pvt. Joe Doyle
- 1942
This Gun for Hire
As: Det. Michael Crane
1942Reap the Wild Wind
As: Dan Cutler
1942Star Spangled Rhythm
As: Robert Preston (uncredited)
1941Pacific Blackout
As: Robert Draper
1941The Night of January 16th
As: Steve Van Ruyle
1941New York Town
As: Paul Bryson, Jr.
1941Parachute Battalion
As: Donald Morse
1941The Lady from Cheyenne
As: Steve Lewis
1940North West Mounted Police
As: Ronnie Logan
1940Moon Over Burma
As: Chuck Lane
1940Typhoon
As: Johnny Potter
1939Beau Geste
As: Digby Geste
1939Union Pacific
As: Dick Allen
1939Disbarred
As: Bradley Kent
1938Illegal Traffic
As: Charles Bent Martin
1938King of Alcatraz
As: Robert MacArthur