Preston Foster
Born in Pitman, New Jersey, USA — Aug 22 1900• Died Jul 14 1970
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Preston Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970) was an American stage and film actor, and singer. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. He was appearing in Broadway plays as late as October 1931 when he acted in a play titled Two Seconds starring Edward J. Pawley. Some of his notable films include: Doctor X (1932), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Annie Oakley (1935), The Last Days of Pompeii (also 1935), The Informer (1935) (as the head of the organization), and My Friend Flicka (1943). He starred on the tele…
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77 Sunset Strip
The Devil's Mate
Insp. O'Brien
Outlaws
Target: The Corruptors!
Going My Way
Letter to Loretta
Waterfront
Cap'n John Herrick
Gunslinger
Captain Zachary Scott
Harbor Command
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Bob Hood
General Electric Theater
American Empire
Paxton Bryce
Kansas City Confidential
Tim Foster
The Harvey Girls
Judge Sam Purvis
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
The Valley of Decision
Jim Brennan
News Is Made at Night
Steve Drum
Heat Lightning
George
North West Mounted Police
Sergeant Jim Brett
I, the Jury
Capt. Pat Chambers
Law and Order
Kurt Durling
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
Night in New Orleans
Police Lt. Steve Abbott
The Informer
Dan Gallagher
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Pete
Ramrod
Frank Ivey
Up the River
'Chipper' Morgan
The Man from Galveston
Judge Homer Black
O. Henry Playhouse
John McCaskey
The Big Cat
Tom Eggers
Doctor X
Dr. Wells
Everybody's Doing It
Bruce Keene
The Westland Case
Bill Crane - Private Detective
Life Begins
Dr. Brett
The Storm
Jack Stacey
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
The Arizonian
Tex Randolph
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
The Last Days of Pompeii
Marcus
Elmer, the Great
Walker
Thunder Birds
Steve Britt
Wharf Angel
Como Murphy
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Rob McLaughlin
Sea Devils
Michael 'Mike' O'Shea
Twice Blessed
Jeff Turner
Inside Job
Bart Madden
We're Only Human
Det. Sgt. Pete 'Mac' McCaffrey
Guadalcanal Diary
Father Donnelly
Army Girl
Capt. Dike Conger
Muss 'em Up
Tip O'Neil
20,000 Men a Year
Jim Howell
First Lady
Stephen Wayne
I Shot Jesse James
John Kelley
Cafe Hostess
Dan Walters
Advance to the Rear
Gen. Bateman (uncredited)
His Woman
Crewman
The Lady in the Morgue
Det. Bill Crane
Submarine Patrol
Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake
Chubasco
Nick
The Last Warning
Bill Crane
Unfinished Business
Steve Duncan
Love Before Breakfast
Scott Miller
Tomahawk
Col. Carrington
The Time Travelers
Dr. Erik von Steiner
The Hunted
Johnny Saxon
Two Seconds
Bud Clark
Heads Up
Blake (uncredited)
My Friend Flicka
Rob McLaughlin
Geronimo
Capt. Bill Starrett
Annie Oakley
Toby Walker
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Roger Touhy
You Said a Mouthful
Ed Dover
Hoopla
Nifty Miller
The Tougher They Come
Joe MacKinley
Three Desperate Men
Tom Denton
Missing Evidence
Bill Collins
Corruption
Tim Butler
Moon Over Burma
Bill Gordon
Strangers All
Murray Carter
The Roundup
Greg Lane
Ladies They Talk About
David Slade
Secret Agent of Japan
Roy Bonnell
Dangerous Crossroads
Hinton
Sensation Hunters
Tom baylor
Society Smugglers
Sully
Montana Territory
Sheriff Henry Plummer
King of the Wild Horses
Dave Taggert
Follow the Leader
Two-Gun Terry
Tangier
Col. Jose Artiego
Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
Michael Steele
The Last Mile
John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4
The Plough and the Stars
Jack Clitheroe
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
John Oakhurst
We Who Are About to Die
Steven Mathews
The Band Plays On
Howdy Hardy
The Marshal's Daughter
Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player
You Can't Beat Love
James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes
The All-American
Steve Kelly
Strange Triangle
Sam Crane
Sleepers East
Jason Everett
A Gentleman After Dark
Tom Gaynor
The Big Night
Andy La Main
Nothing but the Truth
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Big Gusher
Henry 'Hank' Mason
Bermuda Mystery
Steve Carramond
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Preston Foster
Just Around the Corner
Tim - Office Worker (uncredited)
The People's Enemy
Vince M. Falcone
The Bogus Green
Brass McGannon
Thunderhoof
Scotty Mason
The Man Who Dared
Jan Novak
Chasing Danger
Steve Mitchell
It's Your America
Army Surgeon (uncredited)
Destination 60,000
Col. Ed Buckley
The 42nd Street Special
Self (uncredited)
Double Danger
Robert Crane
You've Got To Be Smart
D. O. Griggs
Classification of Enlisted Men
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