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Robert Preston
Actor

Robert Preston

1918Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA62 Movies11 TV Shows

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.

Filmography

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Disclosure
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Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)
7.8

Disclosure

2020
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
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Self (archive footage)

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

2015
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
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Self (archive footage)
7.8

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures
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Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")
6.1

Broadway's Lost Treasures

2003
Outrage!
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Dennis Riordan
5.0

Outrage!

1986
Night of 100 Stars II
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Self
8.0

Night of 100 Stars II

1985
Finnegan Begin Again
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Mike Finnegan
6.3

Finnegan Begin Again

1985
The Last Starfighter
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Centauri
6.6

The Last Starfighter

1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
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Self - Host
10.0

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984
September Gun
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Ben Sunday
5.3

September Gun

1983
Rehearsal for Murder
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Alex Dennison
6.1

Rehearsal for Murder

1982
Victor/Victoria
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Carroll "Toddy" Todd
7.3

Victor/Victoria

1982
Night of 100 Stars
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Self
6.7

Night of 100 Stars

1982
S.O.B.
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Dr. Irving Finegarten
5.9

S.O.B.

1981
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
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Stranger
4.0

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

1980
Semi-Tough
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Big Ed Bookman
5.5

Semi-Tough

1977
My Father's House
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Tom Lindholm Sr.

My Father's House

1975
Mame
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Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
6.0

Mame

1974
Child's Play
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Joseph Dobbs
6.0

Child's Play

1972
Junior Bonner
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Ace Bonner
6.1

Junior Bonner

1972
All the Way Home
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Jay Follet
6.5

All the Way Home

1963
Island of Love
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Steve Blair
5.3

Island of Love

1963
How the West Was Won
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Roger Morgan
7.0

How the West Was Won

1962
The Music Man
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Harold Hill
7.1

The Music Man

1962
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
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Rubin Flood
6.4

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960
Made in Heaven
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Zachary Meredith

Made in Heaven

1956
Confession
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Self - Host

Confession

1956
Sentinels in the Air
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Narrator (voice)

Sentinels in the Air

1956
The Last Frontier
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Col. Frank Marston
6.1

The Last Frontier

1955
Face to Face
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Jack Potter
5.7

Face to Face

1952
My Outlaw Brother
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Joe Walter
5.5

My Outlaw Brother

1951
Best of the Badmen
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Matthew Fowler
6.5

Best of the Badmen

1951
Cloudburst
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John Graham
6.3

Cloudburst

1951
When I Grow Up
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Father Reed
6.5

When I Grow Up

1951
The Sundowners
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James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
5.0

The Sundowners

1950
The Lady Gambles
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David Boothe
6.0

The Lady Gambles

1949
Tulsa
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Brad Brady
6.3

Tulsa

1949
Whispering Smith
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Murray Sinclair
6.6

Whispering Smith

1948
Blood on the Moon
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Tate Riling
6.2

Blood on the Moon

1948
Big City
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Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
7.5

Big City

1948
Wild Harvest
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Jim Davis

Wild Harvest

1947
Variety Girl
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Robert Preston
6.1

Variety Girl

1947
The Macomber Affair
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Francis Macomber
6.5

The Macomber Affair

1947
Night Plane from Chungking
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Nick Stanton
6.0

Night Plane from Chungking

1943
Wings Up
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Himself
5.2

Wings Up

1943
Wake Island
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Pvt. Joe Doyle
5.8

Wake Island

1942
This Gun for Hire
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Det. Michael Crane
7.0

This Gun for Hire

1942
Reap the Wild Wind
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Dan Cutler
6.4

Reap the Wild Wind

1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
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Robert Preston (uncredited)
6.0

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942
Pacific Blackout
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Robert Draper
6.3

Pacific Blackout

1941
The Night of January 16th
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Steve Van Ruyle
5.0

The Night of January 16th

1941
New York Town
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Paul Bryson, Jr.
10.0

New York Town

1941
Parachute Battalion
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Donald Morse
5.5

Parachute Battalion

1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
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Steve Lewis
4.6

The Lady from Cheyenne

1941
North West Mounted Police
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Ronnie Logan
6.4

North West Mounted Police

1940
Moon Over Burma
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Chuck Lane
5.0

Moon Over Burma

1940
Typhoon
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Johnny Potter
5.0

Typhoon

1940
Beau Geste
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Digby Geste
6.9

Beau Geste

1939
Union Pacific
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Dick Allen
6.6

Union Pacific

1939
Disbarred
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Bradley Kent
6.0

Disbarred

1939
Illegal Traffic
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Charles Bent Martin
6.5

Illegal Traffic

1938
King of Alcatraz
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Robert MacArthur
5.7

King of Alcatraz

1938
Television

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The World of Hammer
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Self (archive footage)
6.5

The World of Hammer

1994
The Chisholms
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Hadley Chisholm
6.2

The Chisholms

1979
The Merv Griffin Show
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Self
6.2

The Merv Griffin Show

1962
The Bell Telephone Hour
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Self
7.3

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959
The 20th Century Fox Hour
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5.4

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955
Climax!
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William Struthers
3.3

Climax!

1954
General Electric Theater
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Jim Tweedy
6.4

General Electric Theater

1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
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7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951
Your Show of Shows
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6.3

Your Show of Shows

1950
What's My Line?
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Self - Mystery Guest
7.0

What's My Line?

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
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Jeff Frazer
5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950