Birthday
1918/06/08
Day of death
1987/03/21 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
Robert Preston Meservey
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 t...Read more
(1955) The Last Frontier
as Col. Frank Marston
(1977) Semi-Tough
as Big Ed Bookman
(1972) Junior Bonner
as Ace Bonner
(1951) My Outlaw Brother
as Joe Walter
(1984) The Last Starfighter
as Centauri
(1962) How the West Was Won
as Roger Morgan
(1982) Victor/Victoria
as Carroll "Toddy" Todd
(1981) S.O.B.
as Dr. Irving Finegarten
(1962) The Music Man
as Harold Hill
(1947) The Macomber Affair
as Francis Macomber
(1974) Mame
as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
(1949) The Lady Gambles
as David Boothe
(1948) Blood on the Moon
as Tate Riling
(1939) Beau Geste
as Digby Geste
(1951) Cloudburst
as John Graham
(1948) Whispering Smith
as Murray Sinclair
(1950) The Sundowners
as James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
(1942) Wake Island
as Pvt. Joe Doyle
(1939) Union Pacific
as Dick Allen
(1942) Reap the Wild Wind
as Dan Cutler
(1942) This Gun for Hire
as Det. Michael Crane
(1982) Rehearsal for Murder
as Alex Dennison
(1980) The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
as Stranger
(1972) Child's Play
as Joseph Dobbs
(1940) North West Mounted Police
as Ronnie Logan
(1941) The Night of January 16th
as Steve Van Ruyle
(1941) New York Town
as Paul Bryson, Jr.
(1938) King of Alcatraz
as Robert MacArthur
(1949) Tulsa
as Brad Brady
(1942) Star Spangled Rhythm
as Robert Preston (uncredited)
(1963) All the Way Home
as Jay Follet
(1963) Island of Love
as Steve Blair
(1951) Best of the Badmen
as Matthew Fowler
(1947) Variety Girl
as Robert Preston
(1960) The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Rubin Flood
(1941) The Lady from Cheyenne
as Steve Lewis
(1940) Typhoon
as Johnny Potter
(1941) Parachute Battalion
as Donald Morse
(1986) Outrage!
as Dennis Riordan
(1948) Big City
as Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
(1952) Face to Face
as Jack Potter
(1939) Disbarred
as Bradley Kent
(1940) Moon Over Burma
as Chuck Lane
(1941) Pacific Blackout
as Robert Draper
(2020) Disclosure
as Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)
(1938) Illegal Traffic
as Charles Bent Martin
(1985) Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1947) Wild Harvest
as Jim Davis
(1983) September Gun
as Ben Sunday
(1985) Finnegan Begin Again
as Mike Finnegan
(1951) When I Grow Up
as Father Reed
(1943) Night Plane from Chungking
as Nick Stanton
(2003) Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")
(1975) My Father's House
as Tom Lindholm Sr.
(1943) Wings Up
as Himself
(2015) Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
(1956) Sentinels in the Air
as Narrator (voice)
(2004) Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self - Host
(1982) Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Jim Tweedy
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Phil Baxter
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1950) Your Show of Shows
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as William Struthers
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Jeff Frazer
(1979) The Chisholms
as Hadley Chisholm
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter / Performer
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Dowey
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Jed Kennedy
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Kelly
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Isaac Eaton
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Tom
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Professor Richard Wanley
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1954) Climax!
as Cleve Gordon
(1954) Climax!
as Lt. Hogue
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Host / Nominee/ Performer
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Host
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist