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