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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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
Age: 102 Disclosure
2020as Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)
Age: 85 Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003as Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")
Age: 67 Outrage!
1986as Dennis Riordan
Age: 66 Finnegan Begin Again
1985as Mike Finnegan
Age: 66 The Last Starfighter
1984as Centauri
Age: 65 September Gun
1983as Ben Sunday
Age: 63 Rehearsal for Murder
1982as Alex Dennison
Age: 63 Victor/Victoria
1982as Carroll "Toddy" Todd
Age: 63 S.O.B.
1981as Dr. Irving Finegarten
Age: 61 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980as Stranger
Age: 59 Semi-Tough
1977as Big Ed Bookman
Age: 56 My Father's House
1975as Tom Lindholm Sr.
Age: 55 Mame
1974as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
Age: 54 Child's Play
1972as Joseph Dobbs
Age: 54 Junior Bonner
1972as Ace Bonner
Age: 45 All the Way Home
1963as Jay Follet
Age: 45 Island of Love
1963as Steve Blair
Age: 44 How the West Was Won
1962as Roger Morgan
Age: 44 The Music Man
1962as Harold Hill
Age: 42 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960as Rubin Flood
Age: 38 Made in Heaven
1956as Zachary Meredith
Age: 37 Sentinels in the Air
1956as Narrator (voice)
Age: 37 The Last Frontier
1955as Col. Frank Marston
Age: 34 Face to Face
1952as Jack Potter
Age: 33 My Outlaw Brother
1951as Joe Walter
Age: 33 Best of the Badmen
1951as Matthew Fowler
Age: 33 Cloudburst
1951as John Graham
Age: 32 When I Grow Up
1951as Father Reed
Age: 31 The Sundowners
1950as James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
Age: 30 The Lady Gambles
1949as David Boothe
Age: 30 Tulsa
1949as Brad Brady
Age: 30 Whispering Smith
1948as Murray Sinclair
Age: 30 Blood on the Moon
1948as Tate Riling
Age: 29 Big City
1948as Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
Age: 29 Wild Harvest
1947as Jim Davis
Age: 29 Variety Girl
1947as Robert Preston
Age: 28 The Macomber Affair
1947as Francis Macomber
Age: 24 Night Plane from Chungking
1943as Nick Stanton
Age: 24 Wake Island
1942as Pvt. Joe Doyle
Age: 23 This Gun for Hire
1942as Det. Michael Crane
Age: 23 Reap the Wild Wind
1942as Dan Cutler
Age: 23 Star Spangled Rhythm
1942as Robert Preston (uncredited)
Age: 23 Pacific Blackout
1941as Robert Draper
Age: 23 The Night of January 16th
1941as Steve Van Ruyle
Age: 23 New York Town
1941as Paul Bryson, Jr.
Age: 23 Parachute Battalion
1941as Donald Morse
Age: 22 The Lady from Cheyenne
1941as Steve Lewis
Age: 22 North West Mounted Police
1940as Ronnie Logan
Age: 22 Moon Over Burma
1940as Chuck Lane
Age: 21 Typhoon
1940as Johnny Potter
Age: 21 Beau Geste
1939as Digby Geste
Age: 20 Union Pacific
1939as Dick Allen
Age: 20 Disbarred
1939as Bradley Kent
Age: 20 Illegal Traffic
1938as Charles Bent Martin
Age: 20 King of Alcatraz
1938as Robert MacArthur
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TV credits
Age: 60 The Chisholms
1979as Hadley Chisholm
Age: 37 The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Age: 36 Climax!
1954as William Struthers
Age: 36 Climax!
1954as Cleve Gordon
Age: 36 Climax!
1954as Lt. Hogue
Age: 34 General Electric Theater
1953as Jim Tweedy
Age: 33 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951No poster
Age: 32 Lux Video Theatre
1950as Phil Baxter
No poster
Age: 32 Lux Video Theatre
1950as Dowey
No poster
Age: 32 Lux Video Theatre
1950as Jed Kennedy
No poster
Age: 32 Lux Video Theatre
1950as Kelly
No poster
Age: 32 Lux Video Theatre
1950as Isaac Eaton
No poster
Age: 32 Lux Video Theatre
1950as Tom
Age: 31 Your Show of Shows
1950
Age: 31 Robert Montgomery Presents
1950as Jeff Frazer
Age: 31 Robert Montgomery Presents
1950as Professor Richard Wanley