Robert Preston
Información personal
Trabajo principal: Interpretación
Edad: 106 años
Lugar de nacimiento: Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, USA
Fecha de nacimiento: 08 de junio de 1918
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Biografía de Robert Preston
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 Newton, Massachusetts, the son of a garment worker and a record store clerk. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School, training as a musician and playing several instruments, but quit at age sixteen to study acting at the Pasadena Community Playhouse.
Preston made his Broadway debut in 1940 in the play The Philadelphia Story. He went on to star in a number of successful Broadway musicals, including The Pajama Game (1954), Damn Yankees (1955), and I Do! I Do! (1966). He also appeared in a number of films, including The Music Man (1962), The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960), and Victor/Victoria (1982).
Preston was a versatile actor who could play a wide range of roles. He was known for his charisma, his singing voice, and his comic timing. He was a two-time Tony Award winner and was nominated for an Academy Award. He was also a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
Preston died of cancer in 1987 at the age of 68. He was survived by his wife, Catherine Craig; the couple had no children.
A biography of the actor, @Robert Preston - Forever The Music Man”, was published in 2022.
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Filmografía de Robert Preston
Fecha de Estreno | Título | Personaje |
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1986 | Ultraje | Dennis Riordan |
1985 | Finnegan Begin Again | Mike Finnegan |
1984 | Starfighter: La aventura comienza | Centauri |
1983 | September Gun | Ben Sunday |
1982 | Ensayo para el asesinato | Alex Dennison |
1982 | ¿Víctor o Victoria? | Carroll "Toddy" Todd |
1981 | S.O.B. Sois honrados bandidos | Dr. Irving Finegarten |
1980 | The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg | Stranger |
1979 | The Chisholms | Hadley Chisholm |
1977 | Dos más uno igual a dos | Big Ed Bookman |
1975 | My Father's House | Tom Lindholm Sr. |
1974 | Ante todo, mujer | Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside |
1972 | Perversión en las aulas | Joseph Dobbs |
1972 | Junior Bonner, rey del rodeo | Ace Bonner |
1963 | All the Way Home | Jay Follet |
1963 | La isla del amor | Steve Blair |
1962 | La conquista del Oeste | Roger Morgan |
1962 | Vivir de ilusión | Harold Hill |
1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Rubin Flood |
1956 | Sentinels in the Air | Narrator (voice) |
1955 | Desierto salvaje | Col. Frank Marston |
1952 | Face to Face | Jack Potter |
1951 | My Outlaw Brother | Joe Walter |
1951 | El mejor de los malvados | Matthew Fowler |
1951 | Cloudburst | John Graham |
1951 | When I Grow Up | Father Reed |
1950 | El cuatrero errante | James Cloud ('Kid Wichita') |
1949 | Dirección prohibida | David Boothe |
1949 | Tulsa, ciudad de lucha | Brad Brady |
1948 | Smith el silencioso | Murray Sinclair |
1948 | Sangre en la luna | Tate Riling |
1948 | Big City | Rev. Philip Y. Andrews |
1947 | La mujer disputada | Jim Davis |
1947 | Pasión en la selva | Francis Macomber |
1943 | Night Plane from Chungking | Nick Stanton |
1943 | Wings Up | Himself |
1942 | Wake Island | Pvt. Joe Doyle |
1942 | El cuervo (Contratado para matar) | Det. Michael Crane |
1942 | Piratas del mar Caribe | Dan Cutler |
1941 | Pacific Blackout | Robert Draper |
1941 | The Night of January 16th | Steve Van Ruyle |
1941 | New York Town | Paul Bryson, Jr. |
1941 | Parachute Battalion | Donald Morse |
1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Steve Lewis |
1940 | Policía montada del Canadá | Ronnie Logan |
1940 | Luna de Birmania | Chuck Lane |
1940 | Tifón | Johnny Potter |
1939 | Beau Geste | Digby Geste |
1939 | Unión Pacífico | Dick Allen |
1939 | Disbarred | Bradley Kent |
1938 | Illegal Traffic | Charles Bent Martin |
1938 | King of Alcatraz | Robert MacArthur |