Robert Preston

Robert Preston

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,...

Known For

How the West Was Won

as Roger Morgan

Victor/Victoria

as Carroll "Toddy" Todd

Cast Credits

Outrage!

as Dennis Riordan

Finnegan Begin Again

as Mike Finnegan

September Gun

as Ben Sunday

Rehearsal for Murder

as Alex Dennison

Victor/Victoria

as Carroll "Toddy" Todd

S.O.B.

as Dr. Irving Finegarten

Semi-Tough

as Big Ed Bookman

My Father's House

as Tom Lindholm Sr.

Mame

as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside

Child's Play

as Joseph Dobbs

Junior Bonner

as Ace Bonner

All the Way Home

as Jay Follet

Island of Love

as Steve Blair

How the West Was Won

as Roger Morgan

The Music Man

as Harold Hill

Made in Heaven

as Zachary Meredith

Confession

as Self - Host

The Last Frontier

as Col. Frank Marston

Face to Face

as Jack Potter

My Outlaw Brother

as Joe Walter

Best of the Badmen

as Matthew Fowler

Cloudburst

as John Graham

When I Grow Up

as Father Reed

The Sundowners

as James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')

The Lady Gambles

as David Boothe

Tulsa

as Brad Brady

Whispering Smith

as Murray Sinclair