Robert Preston
Acting
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 Supporting Actor at the 55th Academy…
Filmography
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Disclosure
2020
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
The World of Hammer
1994
Outrage!
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
The Last Starfighter
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
September Gun
1983
Rehearsal for Murder
1982
Victor/Victoria
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
S.O.B.
1981
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980
The Chisholms
1979
Semi-Tough
1977
My Father's House
1975
Mame
1974
Child's Play
1972
Junior Bonner
1972
All the Way Home
1963
Island of Love
1963
How the West Was Won
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Music Man
1962
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Made in Heaven
1956
Confession
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Sentinels in the Air
1956
The Last Frontier
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Climax!
1954
General Electric Theater
1953
Face to Face
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
My Outlaw Brother
1951
Best of the Badmen
1951
Cloudburst
1951
When I Grow Up
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Your Show of Shows
1950
The Sundowners
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Lady Gambles
1949
Tulsa
1949
Whispering Smith
1948
Blood on the Moon
1948
Big City
1948
Wild Harvest
1947
Variety Girl
1947
The Macomber Affair
1947
Night Plane from Chungking
1943
Wings Up
1943
Wake Island
1942
This Gun for Hire
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Pacific Blackout
1941
The Night of January 16th
1941
New York Town
1941
Parachute Battalion
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
North West Mounted Police
1940
Moon Over Burma
1940
Typhoon
1940
Beau Geste
1939
Union Pacific
1939
Disbarred
1939
Illegal Traffic
1938
King of Alcatraz
1938