Robert Preston

Person

Robert Preston

Born 8 June 1918 Died 21 March 1987, aged 68 Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA TMDB ↗

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 Awards.

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The numbers

Computed from the record
20age in their first credit on record (1938)
82years on screen and counting
10credits in 1950, their busiest year
71dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
Disclosure poster Age: 102

Disclosure

2020
as Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures poster Age: 85

Broadway's Lost Treasures

2003
as Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")
Outrage! poster Age: 67

Outrage!

1986
as Dennis Riordan
Finnegan Begin Again poster Age: 66

Finnegan Begin Again

1985
as Mike Finnegan
The Last Starfighter poster Age: 66

The Last Starfighter

1984
as Centauri
September Gun poster Age: 65

September Gun

1983
as Ben Sunday
Rehearsal for Murder poster Age: 63

Rehearsal for Murder

1982
as Alex Dennison
Victor/Victoria poster Age: 63

Victor/Victoria

1982
as Carroll "Toddy" Todd
S.O.B. poster Age: 63

S.O.B.

1981
as Dr. Irving Finegarten
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg poster Age: 61

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

1980
as Stranger
Semi-Tough poster Age: 59

Semi-Tough

1977
as Big Ed Bookman
My Father's House poster Age: 56

My Father's House

1975
as Tom Lindholm Sr.
Mame poster Age: 55

Mame

1974
as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
Child's Play poster Age: 54

Child's Play

1972
as Joseph Dobbs
Junior Bonner poster Age: 54

Junior Bonner

1972
as Ace Bonner
All the Way Home poster Age: 45

All the Way Home

1963
as Jay Follet
Island of Love poster Age: 45

Island of Love

1963
as Steve Blair
How the West Was Won poster Age: 44

How the West Was Won

1962
as Roger Morgan
The Music Man poster Age: 44

The Music Man

1962
as Harold Hill
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs poster Age: 42

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960
as Rubin Flood
Made in Heaven poster Age: 38

Made in Heaven

1956
as Zachary Meredith
Sentinels in the Air poster Age: 37

Sentinels in the Air

1956
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Frontier poster Age: 37

The Last Frontier

1955
as Col. Frank Marston
Face to Face poster Age: 34

Face to Face

1952
as Jack Potter
My Outlaw Brother poster Age: 33

My Outlaw Brother

1951
as Joe Walter
Best of the Badmen poster Age: 33

Best of the Badmen

1951
as Matthew Fowler
Cloudburst poster Age: 33

Cloudburst

1951
as John Graham
When I Grow Up poster Age: 32

When I Grow Up

1951
as Father Reed
The Sundowners poster Age: 31

The Sundowners

1950
as James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
The Lady Gambles poster Age: 30

The Lady Gambles

1949
as David Boothe
Tulsa poster Age: 30

Tulsa

1949
as Brad Brady
Whispering Smith poster Age: 30

Whispering Smith

1948
as Murray Sinclair
Blood on the Moon poster Age: 30

Blood on the Moon

1948
as Tate Riling
Big City poster Age: 29

Big City

1948
as Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
Wild Harvest poster Age: 29

Wild Harvest

1947
as Jim Davis
Variety Girl poster Age: 29

Variety Girl

1947
as Robert Preston
The Macomber Affair poster Age: 28

The Macomber Affair

1947
as Francis Macomber
Night Plane from Chungking poster Age: 24

Night Plane from Chungking

1943
as Nick Stanton
Wake Island poster Age: 24

Wake Island

1942
as Pvt. Joe Doyle
This Gun for Hire poster Age: 23

This Gun for Hire

1942
as Det. Michael Crane
Reap the Wild Wind poster Age: 23

Reap the Wild Wind

1942
as Dan Cutler
Star Spangled Rhythm poster Age: 23

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942
as Robert Preston (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout poster Age: 23

Pacific Blackout

1941
as Robert Draper
The Night of January 16th poster Age: 23

The Night of January 16th

1941
as Steve Van Ruyle
New York Town poster Age: 23

New York Town

1941
as Paul Bryson, Jr.
Parachute Battalion poster Age: 23

Parachute Battalion

1941
as Donald Morse
The Lady from Cheyenne poster Age: 22

The Lady from Cheyenne

1941
as Steve Lewis
North West Mounted Police poster Age: 22

North West Mounted Police

1940
as Ronnie Logan
Moon Over Burma poster Age: 22

Moon Over Burma

1940
as Chuck Lane
Typhoon poster Age: 21

Typhoon

1940
as Johnny Potter
Beau Geste poster Age: 21

Beau Geste

1939
as Digby Geste
Union Pacific poster Age: 20

Union Pacific

1939
as Dick Allen
Disbarred poster Age: 20

Disbarred

1939
as Bradley Kent
Illegal Traffic poster Age: 20

Illegal Traffic

1938
as Charles Bent Martin
King of Alcatraz poster Age: 20

King of Alcatraz

1938
as Robert MacArthur
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TV credits

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