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Robert Preston

Biography

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Robert Preston (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Preston (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Preston (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Info

Known For Acting

Gender Male

Known Credits 58

Birthday 1918-06-08

Day of Death 1987-03-21

Place of Birth Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA

Official Site -

Also Known As

  • Robert Preston Meservey
  • Pres

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Acting TV ShowsMovies

1986 Outrage!
1985 Finnegan Begin Again as Mike Finnigan
1984 The Last Starfighter as Centauri
1983 September Gun as Ben Sunday
1982 Rehearsal for Murder as Alex Dennison
1982 Victor/Victoria as Carroll 'Toddy' Todd
1981 S.O.B. as Dr. Irving Finegarten
1979 The Chisholms — (18 episodes)
1977 Semi-Tough as Big Ed Bookman
1974 Mame as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
1972 Child's Play as Joseph Dobbs
1972 Junior Bonner as Ace Bonner
1963 All the Way Home as Jay Follet
1963 Island of Love as Steve Blair
1962 How the West Was Won as Roger Morgan
1962 The Music Man as Prof. Harold Hill
1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Rubin Flood
1955 The Last Frontier as Frank Marston
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour — (1 episode)
1954 Climax! — (3 episodes)
1953 General Electric Theater — (1 episode)
1952 Face to Face as Jack Potter
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — (1 episode)
1951 My Outlaw Brother as Joe Walter
1951 Best of the Badmen as Matthew Fowler
1951 When I Grow Up as Father Reed
1951 Cloudburst as John Graham
1950 Lux Video Theatre — (6 episodes)
1950 Your Show of Shows — (2 episodes)
1950 The Sundowners as James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents — (2 episodes)
1949 Man Against Crime — (5 episodes) as Pat Barnett
1949 The Lady Gambles as David Boothe
1949 Tulsa as Brad Brady
1948 Whispering Smith as Murray Sinclair
1948 Blood on the Moon as Tate Riling
1948 Big City as Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
1947 Wild Harvest as Jim Davis
1947 Variety Girl as Himself
1947 The Macomber Affair as Francis Macomber
1947 Tony Awards — (4 episodes)
1942 Wake Island as Pvt. Joe Doyle
1942 This Gun for Hire as Det. Michael Crane
1942 Reap the Wild Wind as Dan Cutler
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm as Robert Preston (uncredited)
1941 Pacific Blackout as Robert Draper
1941 The Night of January 16th as Steve Van Ruyle
1941 New York Town as Paul Bryson, Jr.
1941 Parachute Battalion as Donald Morse
1941 The Lady from Cheyenne as Steve Lewis
1940 North West Mounted Police as Ronnie Logan
1940 Moon Over Burma as Chuck Lane
1940 Typhoon as Johnny Potter
1939 Beau Geste as Digby Geste
1939 Union Pacific as Dick Allen
1939 Disbarred as Bradley Kent
1938 Illegal Traffic as Charles Bent Martin
1938 King of Alcatraz as Robert MacArthur

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