Preston Foster

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-08-22 (70 years old)

Deathday

1970-07-14

Place of Birth

Pitman, New Jersey, USA

Preston Foster

Biography

Preston Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970) was an American stage and film actor, and singer. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. He was appearing in Broadway plays as late as October 1931 when he acted in a play titled Two Seconds starring Edward J. Pawley. Some of his notable films include: Doctor X (1932), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Annie Oakley (1935), The Last Days of Pompeii (also 1935), The Informer (1935) (as the head of the organization), and My Friend Flicka (1943). He starred on the television drama, Waterfront (1954–1955), playing the role of Captain John Herrick. Foster has...

Acting

1932

Doctor X

as Dr. Wells

1952

1942

American Empire

as Paxton Bryce

1933

Sensation Hunters

as Tom baylor

1946

Strange Triangle

as Sam Crane

1946

Inside Job

as Bart Madden

1949

I Shot Jesse James

as John Kelley

1951

The Big Night

as Andy La Main

1947

Ramrod

as Frank Ivey

1953

I, the Jury

as Capt. Pat Chambers

1943

Guadalcanal Diary

as Father Donnelly

1933

1945

1935

Annie Oakley

as Toby Walker

1935

The Informer

as Dan Gallagher

1951

Tomahawk

as Col. Carrington

1948

The Hunted

as Johnny Saxon

1964

The Time Travelers

as Dr. Erik von Steiner

1943

My Friend Flicka

as Rob McLaughlin

1932

The Last Mile

as John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4

1945

1940

North West Mounted Police

as Sergeant Jim Brett

1933

Hoopla

as Nifty Miller

1935

The People's Enemy

as Vince M. Falcone

1953

Law and Order

as Kurt Durling

1941

Unfinished Business

as Steve Duncan

1934

1942

1942

Little Tokyo, U.S.A.

as Michael Steele

1942

Thunder Birds

as Steve Britt

1951

The Bogus Green

as Brass McGannon

2022

Lucy and Desi

as Self (archive footage)

1937

First Lady

as Stephen Wayne

1964

Advance to the Rear

as Gen. Bateman (uncredited)

1942

Night in New Orleans

as Police Lt. Steve Abbott

1951

Three Desperate Men

as Tom Denton

1936

Love Before Breakfast

as Scott Miller

1944

Roger Touhy, Gangster

as Roger Touhy

1932

Life Begins

as Dr. Brett

1963

The Man from Galveston

as Judge Homer Black

1939

Missing Evidence

as Bill Collins

1938

Double Danger

as Robert Crane

1933

Corruption

as Tim Butler

1937

You Can't Beat Love

as James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes

1937

Sea Devils

as Michael 'Mike' O'Shea

1949

The Big Cat

as Tom Eggers

1935

The Arizonian

as Tex Randolph

1936

Muss 'em Up

as Tip O'Neil

1937

1935

Strangers All

as Murray Carter

1936

The Plough and the Stars

as Jack Clitheroe

1951

The Big Gusher

as Hank Mason

1938

Army Girl

as Capt. Dike Conger

1946

Tangier

as Col. Jose Artiego

1935

We're Only Human

as Det. Sgt. Pete 'Mac' McCaffrey

1940

Moon Over Burma

as Bill Gordon

1938

Submarine Patrol

as Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake

1933

1933

Just Around the Corner

as Tim - Office Worker (uncredited)

1934

Wharf Angel

as Como Murphy

1945

Twice Blessed

as Jeff Turner

1930

Follow the Leader

as Two-Gun Terry

1931

His Woman

as Crewman

1932

Two Seconds

as Bud Clark

1968

Chubasco

as Nick

1932

1938

The Lady in the Morgue

as Det. Bill Crane

1934

The Band Plays On

as Howdy Hardy

1938

Everybody's Doing It

as Bruce Keene

1948

Thunderhoof

as Scotty Mason

1937

We Who Are About to Die

as Steven Mathews

1942

Secret Agent of Japan

as Roy Bonnell

1946

The Harvey Girls

as Judge Sam Purvis

1939

Geronimo

as Capt. Bill Starrett

1930

Heads Up

as Blake (uncredited)

1950

The Tougher They Come

as Joe MacKinley

1939

1997

1952

Montana Territory

as Sheriff Henry Plummer

1953

The Marshal's Daughter

as Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player

1939

20,000 Men a Year

as Jim Howell

1941

The Roundup

as Greg Lane

1933

The Man Who Dared

as Jan Novak

1944

Bermuda Mystery

as Steve Carramond

1957

Destination 60,000

as Col. Ed Buckley

1939

Chasing Danger

as Steve Mitchell

1939

1937

The Westland Case

as Bill Crane - Private Detective

1938

The Last Warning

as Bill Crane

1933

The Devil's Mate

as Insp. O'Brien

1929

Nothing But the Truth

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1940

Cafe Hostess

as Dan Walters

1934

Sleepers East

as Jason Everett

1947

1935

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1938

The Storm

as Jack Stacey

1932

The All-American

as Steve Kelly

1938

Up the River

as 'Chipper' Morgan

1946

It's Your America

as Army Surgeon (uncredited)

1967

You've Got To Be Smart

as D. O. Griggs

1933

The 42nd Street Special

as Self (uncredited)

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