Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1918-06-08 (69 years old)
Deathday
1987-03-21
Place of Birth
Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA
Also known 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 the latter, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 55th Academy Awards. Preston was born Robert Preston Meservey in N...
1955
as Col. Frank Marston
1977
as Big Ed Bookman
1972
as Ace Bonner
1951
as Joe Walter
1984
as Centauri
1962
as Roger Morgan
1982
as Carole "Toddy" Todd
1981
as Dr. Irving Finegarten
1962
as Harold Hill
1947
as Francis Macomber
1974
as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
1949
as David Boothe
1948
as Tate Riling
1939
as Digby Geste
1951
as John Graham
1948
as Murray Sinclair
1950
as James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
1942
as Pvt. Joe Doyle
1939
as Dick Allen
1942
as Dan Cutler
1942
as Det. Michael Crane
1982
as Alex Dennison
1980
as Stranger
1972
as Joseph Dobbs
1940
as Ronnie Logan
1941
as Steve Van Ruyle
1941
as Paul Bryson, Jr.
1938
as Robert MacArthur
1949
as Brad Brady
1942
as Robert Preston (uncredited)
1963
as Jay Follet
1963
as Steve Blair
1951
as Matthew Fowler
1947
as Robert Preston
1960
as Rubin Flood
1941
as Steve Lewis
1940
as Johnny Potter
1941
as Donald Morse
1986
as Dennis Riordan
1948
as Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
1952
as Jack Potter
1939
as Bradley Kent
1940
as Chuck Lane
1941
as Robert Draper
2020
as Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)
1938
as Charles Bent Martin
1985
as Self
1947
as Jim Davis
1983
as Ben Sunday
1985
as Mike Finnegan
1951
as Father Reed
1943
as Nick Stanton
2003
as Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")
1975
as Tom Lindholm Sr.
1943
as Himself
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1956
as Narrator (voice)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as Self - Host
1982
as Self
1956
as Self - Host
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