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Robert Preston

Name in Native Language: "Robert Preston Meservey" (English/EN)
Actor | * 06/08/1918 († 68, 03/21/1987) | Newton Highlands, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
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Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer. He is best known for originating the role of Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He reprised the role in the 1962 film adaptation, for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination. Preston made his Broadway debut in The Male Animal in 1952. He won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for The Music Man (1957) and I Do! I Do! (1967) and was Tony-nominated for Mack and Mabel (1975). Preston collaborated twice with filmmaker Blake Edwards, first in S.O.B. (1981) and again in Victor/Victoria (1982), the later earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Western

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A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life. ...

Victor/Victoria

Certification unknown

1982 | 3.6/5 | 2h 12min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan. ...

The Music Man

Certification unknown

1962 | 3.6/5 | 2h 31min
Comedy, Kids & Family, Music, Romance / Love
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A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of be ...

The Last Starfighter

PG

1984 | 3.3/5 | 1h 41min
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
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A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off. ...

S.O.B.

Certification unknown

1981 | 3.0/5 | 2h 1min
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Robert Preston

2x Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Movies with Robert Preston as Actor(58)

as Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)2020 Disclosure
as Self (archive footage)2015 Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")2003 Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Dennis Riordan1986 Outrage!
as Mike Finnegan1985 Finnegan Begin Again
as Self - Host1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Centauri1984 The Last Starfighter
as Ben Sunday1983 September Gun
as Carroll "Toddy" Todd1982 Victor/Victoria
as Alex Dennison1982 Rehearsal for Murder
as Dr. Irving Finegarten1981 S.O.B.
as himself1978 The Bermuda Depths
as Big Ed Bookman1977 Semi-Tough
as Tom Lindholm Sr.1975 My Father's House
as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside1974 Mame
as Joseph Dobbs1972 Child's Play
as Ace Bonner1972 Junior Bonner
as Jay Follet1963 All the Way Home
as Steve Blair1963 Island of Love
as Roger Morgan1962 How the West Was Won
as Harold Hill1962 The Music Man
as Rubin Flood1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Narrator (voice)1956 Sentinels in the Air
as Frank Marston1955 The Last Frontier
as Jack Potter1952 Face to Face
as Father Reed1951 When I Grow Up
as Joe Walter1951 My Outlaw Brother
as Matthew Fowler1951 Best of the Badmen
as John Graham1951 Cloudburst
as James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')1950 The Sundowners
as David Boothe1949 The Lady Gambles
as Brad Brady1949 Tulsa
as Tate Riling1948 Blood on the Moon
as Murray Sinclair1948 Whispering Smith
as Rev. Philip Y. Andrews1948 Big City
as Jim Davis1947 Wild Harvest
as Francis Macomber1947 The Macomber Affair
as himself1947 Variety Girl
as Nick Stanton1943 Night Plane from Chungking
as himself1943 Wings Up
as Dan Cutler1942 Reap the Wild Wind
as Pvt. Joe Doyle1942 Wake Island
as Det. Michael Crane1942 This Gun for Hire
as Robert Preston (uncredited)1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
as Steve Lewis1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
as Paul Bryson, Jr.1941 New York Town
as Donald Morse1941 Parachute Battalion
as Steve Van Ruyle1941 The Night of January 16th
as Robert Draper1941 Pacific Blackout
as Ronnie Logan1940 North West Mounted Police
as Johnny Potter1940 Typhoon
as Chuck Lane1940 Moon Over Burma
as Digby Geste1939 Beau Geste
as Dick Allen1939 Union Pacific
as Bradley Kent1939 Disbarred
as Charles Bent Martin1938 Illegal Traffic
as Robert MacArthur1938 King of Alcatraz

TV Shows/Series with Robert Preston as Actor(19)

1979 The Chisholms
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as William Struthers1954 Climax!
as Cleve Gordon1954 Climax!
as Lt. Hogue1954 Climax!
as Jim Tweedy1953 GE Theater
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Phil Baxter1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Dowey1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Jed Kennedy1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Kelly1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Isaac Eaton1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Tom1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Jeff Frazer1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Professor Richard Wanley1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 Your Show of Shows
as Self - Panelist1950 What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?

Full Name: Robert Preston
Born: Saturday, 06/08 1918 (June) in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 03/21 1987 (March) in Montecito (aged: 68)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Abraham Lincoln High School
Spouses (current/former): Catherine Craig
Robert Preston frequently works together with these people:
John Newland (23x, Crew)
Vincent Price (19x, Actor)
Phyllis Thaxter (19x, Actress)
Skip Homeier (17x, Actor)
Vera Miles (16x, Actress)
Diana Lynn (16x, Actress)
Hans Dreier (16x, Crew)
Edmond O'Brien (15x, Actor)
June Lockhart (15x, Actress)
Vaughn Taylor (15x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (14x, Actor)
Cedric Hardwicke (14x, Actor)
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