Robert Preston
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 t...
Known For
Filmography
Disclosure
2020
as Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
as Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Outrage!
1986
as Dennis Riordan
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
as Mike Finnegan
The Last Starfighter
1984
as Centauri
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as Self - Host
September Gun
1983
as Ben Sunday
Victor/Victoria
1982
as Carroll 'Toddy' Todd
Rehearsal for Murder
1982
as Alex Dennison
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
S.O.B.
1981
as Dr. Irving Finegarten
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980
as Stranger
The Chisholms
1979
as Hadley Chisholm
Semi-Tough
1977
as Big Ed Bookman
My Father's House
1975
as Tom Lindholm Sr.
Mame
1974
as Beauregard
Junior Bonner
1972
as Ace Bonner
Child's Play
1972
as Joseph Dobbs
All the Way Home
1963
as Jay Follet
Island of Love
1963
as Steve Blair
How the West Was Won
1962
as Roger Morgan
The Music Man
1962
as Harold Hill
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
as Rubin Flood
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
Sentinels in the Air
1956
as Narrator (voice)
Confession
1956
as Self - Host
Made in Heaven
1956
as Zachary Meredith
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Nominee/ Performer
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter / Performer
The Last Frontier
1955
as Col. Frank Marston
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Climax!
1954
as William Struthers
Climax!
1954
as Cleve Gordon
Climax!
1954
as Lt. Hogue
General Electric Theater
1953
as Jim Tweedy
Face to Face
1952
as Jack Potter
My Outlaw Brother
1951
as Joe Walter
Cloudburst
1951
as John Graham
Best of the Badmen
1951
as Matthew Fowler
When I Grow Up
1951
as Father Reed
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Sundowners
1950
as James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Phil Baxter
Your Show of Shows
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Jeff Frazer
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Dowey
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Jed Kennedy
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Kelly
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Isaac Eaton
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Tom
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Professor Richard Wanley
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Lady Gambles
1949
as David Boothe
Tulsa
1949
as Brad Brady
Blood on the Moon
1948
as Tate Riling
Whispering Smith
1948
as Murray Sinclair
Big City
1948
as Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
The Macomber Affair
1947
as Francis Macomber
Variety Girl
1947
as Robert Preston
Wild Harvest
1947
as Jim Davis
Night Plane from Chungking
1943
as Nick Stanton
Wings Up
1943
as Himself
Wake Island
1942
as Pvt. Joe Doyle
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Dan Cutler
This Gun for Hire
1942
as Det. Michael Crane
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Robert Preston (uncredited)
The Night of January 16th
1941
as Steve Van Ruyle
New York Town
1941
as Paul Bryson, Jr.
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Steve Lewis
Parachute Battalion
1941
as Donald Morse
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Robert Draper
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Ronnie Logan
Typhoon
1940
as Johnny Potter
Moon Over Burma
1940
as Chuck Lane
Beau Geste
1939
as Digby Geste
Union Pacific
1939
as Dick Allen
Disbarred
1939
as Bradley Kent
King of Alcatraz
1938
as Robert MacArthur
Illegal Traffic
1938
as Charles Bent Martin