Robert Preston

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 68

Gender Male

Birthday 1918-06-08

Day of Death 1987-03-21 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Robert Preston Meservey
Preston Meservey
Bob Preston

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Robert Preston

Biography

Robert Preston was an American stage, screen, and television actor.

Known For

Acting

2015

as Himself (archive footage)

2004

as Self (archive footage)

2003

as Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")

1986

as Dennis Riordan

1985

as Mike Finnigan

1984

as Centauri

1983

as Ben Sunday

1982		Rehearsal for Murder as Alex Dennison
1982		Victor/Victoria as Carroll 'Toddy' Todd

1981

as Dr. Irving Finegarten

1979

(18 episodes)

1977

as Big Ed Bookman

1975

as Tom Lindholm Sr.

1974

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		The Merv Griffin Show (1 episode) as Self
1962		How the West Was Won as Roger Morgan
1962		The Music Man as Harold Hill

1960

as Rubin Flood

1956		Tony Awards (1 episode) as Himself - Performer (1 episode) as Himself - Presenter (2 episodes) as Himself - Host (1 episode) as Himself - Host / Nominee/ Performer (1 episode) as Himself - Presenter / Performer
1956		Sentinels in the Air as Narrator (voice)

1955		The Last Frontier as Frank Marston
1955		The 20th Century Fox Hour (1 episode)
1955		Crime in the Streets as Ben Wagner

1954

(3 episodes)

1953

(1 episode)

1952

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		What's My Line? (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

1943		Night Plane from Chungking as Nick Stanton
1943		Wings Up as Himself

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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- Movies 56
- TV Shows 12
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- Acting 72

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