
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,...
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,...
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The Last Starfighter
as Centauri
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
The Last Starfighter
as Centauri
September Gun
as Ben Sunday
Rehearsal for Murder
as Alex Dennison
Victor/Victoria
as Carroll "Toddy" Todd
S.O.B.
as Dr. Irving Finegarten
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
as Stranger
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
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Rubin Flood
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