Robert Preston
Born in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA — Jun 08 1918• Died Mar 21 1987
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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 S…
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Robert Preston's Credits
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Climax!
William Struthers
Robert Montgomery Presents
Jeff Frazer
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Lux Video Theatre
Phil Baxter
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Your Show of Shows
The Chisholms
Hadley Chisholm
How the West Was Won
Roger Morgan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Night of 100 Stars
Self
General Electric Theater
Jim Tweedy
The Last Starfighter
Centauri
Disclosure
Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)
Union Pacific
Dick Allen
Mame
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
S.O.B.
Dr. Irving Finegarten
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Self - Host
Blood on the Moon
Tate Riling
Wake Island
Pvt. Joe Doyle
Victor/Victoria
Carroll "Toddy" Todd
Variety Girl
Robert Preston
Reap the Wild Wind
Dan Cutler
The Music Man
Harold Hill
Tulsa
Brad Brady
The Last Frontier
Col. Frank Marston
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Island of Love
Steve Blair
North West Mounted Police
Ronnie Logan
The Sundowners
James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
Whispering Smith
Murray Sinclair
Rehearsal for Murder
Alex Dennison
Junior Bonner
Ace Bonner
Beau Geste
Digby Geste
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Rubin Flood
Face to Face
Jack Potter
Wild Harvest
Jim Davis
Big City
Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Stranger
The Lady Gambles
David Boothe
The Macomber Affair
Francis Macomber
Best of the Badmen
Matthew Fowler
King of Alcatraz
Robert MacArthur
The Lady from Cheyenne
Steve Lewis
September Gun
Ben Sunday
Semi-Tough
Big Ed Bookman
Illegal Traffic
Charles Bent Martin
Finnegan Begin Again
Mike Finnegan
Star Spangled Rhythm
Robert Preston (uncredited)
When I Grow Up
Father Reed
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")
Child's Play
Joseph Dobbs
This Gun for Hire
Det. Michael Crane
Pacific Blackout
Robert Draper
The Night of January 16th
Steve Van Ruyle
Outrage!
Dennis Riordan
Typhoon
Johnny Potter
Wings Up
Himself
Cloudburst
John Graham
New York Town
Paul Bryson, Jr.
Confession
Self - Host
Moon Over Burma
Chuck Lane
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
Night Plane from Chungking
Nick Stanton
All the Way Home
Jay Follet
Parachute Battalion
Donald Morse
Sentinels in the Air
Narrator (voice)
Disbarred
Bradley Kent
My Outlaw Brother
Joe Walter
My Father's House
Tom Lindholm Sr.
Made in Heaven
Zachary Meredith
Tony Awards
Self - Host / Nominee/ Performer