Robert Preston
Acting
Born June 8, 1918 — Died March 21, 1987
From Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Robert Preston Meservey
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 fi...
Filmography
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Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)
20207.8
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
2015
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
20048.0
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")
20036.4
Outrage!
Dennis Riordan
19865.3
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
19856.8
Finnegan Begin Again
Mike Finnegan
19856.5
The Last Starfighter
Centauri
19846.6
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Self - Host
19849.0
September Gun
Ben Sunday
19835.5
Rehearsal for Murder
Alex Dennison
19826.1
Victor/Victoria
Carroll "Toddy" Todd
19827.3
Night of 100 Stars
Self
19825.8
S.O.B.
Dr. Irving Finegarten
19816.0
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Stranger
19806.0
Semi-Tough
Big Ed Bookman
19775.4
My Father's House
Tom Lindholm Sr.
19759.0
Mame
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
19745.9
Child's Play
Joseph Dobbs
19726.1
Junior Bonner
Ace Bonner
19726.1
All the Way Home
Jay Follet
19636.5
Island of Love
Steve Blair
19635.8
How the West Was Won
Roger Morgan
19627.0
The Music Man
Harold Hill
19627.1
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Rubin Flood
19606.5
Made in Heaven
Zachary Meredith
1956
Confession
Self - Host
1956
Sentinels in the Air
Narrator (voice)
19567.0
The Last Frontier
Col. Frank Marston
19556.2
Face to Face
Jack Potter
19526.0
My Outlaw Brother
Joe Walter
19515.6
Best of the Badmen
Matthew Fowler
19516.5
Cloudburst
John Graham
19516.4
When I Grow Up
Father Reed
19517.3
The Sundowners
James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
19505.2
The Lady Gambles
David Boothe
19496.1
Tulsa
Brad Brady
19496.4
Whispering Smith
Murray Sinclair
19486.7
Blood on the Moon
Tate Riling
19486.3
Big City
Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
19487.8
Wild Harvest
Jim Davis
19477.0
Variety Girl
Robert Preston
19476.5
The Macomber Affair
Francis Macomber
19476.8
Night Plane from Chungking
Nick Stanton
19436.5
Wings Up
Himself
19435.7
Wake Island
Pvt. Joe Doyle
19425.9
This Gun for Hire
Det. Michael Crane
19427.0
Reap the Wild Wind
Dan Cutler
19426.4
Star Spangled Rhythm
Robert Preston (uncredited)
19426.2
Pacific Blackout
Robert Draper
19416.6
The Night of January 16th
Steve Van Ruyle
19415.8
New York Town
Paul Bryson, Jr.
19418.5
Parachute Battalion
Donald Morse
19416.3
The Lady from Cheyenne
Steve Lewis
19415.7
North West Mounted Police
Ronnie Logan
19406.4
Moon Over Burma
Chuck Lane
19405.8
Typhoon
Johnny Potter
19406.7
Beau Geste
Digby Geste
19397.0
Union Pacific
Dick Allen
19396.7
Disbarred
Bradley Kent
19398.0
Illegal Traffic
Charles Bent Martin
19386.6
King of Alcatraz
Robert MacArthur
19386.0