Robert Preston
American actor and singer (1918-1987) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 68
Robert Preston Meservey was an American stage and screen actor best-known for his role as Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man, for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
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Finnegan Begin AgainFilm, Mike Finnegan1984
The Last StarfighterFilm, Centauri1982
Night of 100 StarsFilm1979
The ChisholmsSeries, Hadley Chisholm1977
Semi-ToughFilm, Big Ed Bookman1972
Child's PlayFilm, Joseph Dobbs1967Tony Award for Best Actor in a MusicalAward1963
All the Way HomeFilm, Jay Follet1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1960
The Dark at the Top of the StairsFilm, Rubin Flood1959
The Bell Telephone HourSeries1958Tony Award for Best Actor in a MusicalAward1956
Tony AwardsSeries1955
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries1954
Climax!Series, William Struthers1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Jim Tweedy1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries
Best of the BadmenFilm, 1951Matthew Fowler1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Phil Baxter1949
The Lady GamblesFilm, David Boothe1948
Big CityFilm, Rev. Philip Y. Andrews1942
Reap the Wild WindFilm, Dan Cutler1939
Beau GesteFilm, Digby Geste1918Born8 June 1918People around Robert
Cecil B. DeMille Produced Union Pacific and Reap the Wild Wind- Louis King Directed Moon Over Burma and Typhoon
- Ralph Murphy Directed Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Lynne Overman Also in Union Pacific and Reap the Wild Wind
Susan Hayward Also in Beau Geste and Star Spangled Rhythm
Blake Edwards Produced Victor/Victoria (1982)
Ray Milland Also in Beau Geste and Variety Girl
Akim Tamiroff Also in Union Pacific and Reap the Wild Wind
Frank Faylen Also in Wake Island and Variety Girl
Robert Florey Directed King of Alcatraz and Disbarred
Nestor Paiva Also in Union Pacific and Reap the Wild Wind
Anthony Veiller Produced New York Town and Typhoon
Morton DaCosta Directed The Music Man and Island of Love- Alan Le May Produced The Sundowners (1950)
David Merrick Produced Child's Play and Semi-Tough
Benedict Bogeaus Produced The Macomber Affair (1947)
Paulette Goddard Also in Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Gary Cooper Also in North West Mounted Police (1940)
Alan Ladd Also in This Gun for Hire and Variety Girl
Brian Donlevy Also in Union Pacific and Beau Geste
William Bendix Also in Variety Girl and Star Spangled Rhythm
Walter Abel Also in Variety Girl and Star Spangled Rhythm
Rod Cameron Also in Wake Island (1942)
Harry Woods Also in Union Pacific and Beau Geste
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Disclosure 2020
Victor/Victoria 1982
The Music Man 1962
How the West Was Won 1962
This Gun for Hire 1942
Filmography 40
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Television 13
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He reprised the role in the 1962 film adaptation, and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination.
