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Robert Preston
Robert Preston
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Ya Got Trouble, my friend!
Male
91 years old
Beverly Hills, CALIFORNIA
United States
Last Login: 4/7/2009
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Robert Preston's Interests
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| Movies | My Movies;
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
S.O.B. (1981)
Semi-Tough (1977)
Mame (1974)
Child's Play (1972)
Junior Bonner (1972)
All the Way Home (1963)
Island of Love (1963)
How the West Was Won (1962)
The Music Man (1962)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
The Last Frontier (1955)
Face to Face (1952)
My Outlaw Brother (1951)
Best of the Badmen (1951)
When I Grow Up (1951)
Cloudburst (1951)
The Sundowners (1950)
...and numerous others from 1938 onwards.
Television;
Outrage! (1986) (TV) .... Dennis Riordan
Finnegan Begin Again (1985) (TV) .... Mike Finnegan
September Gun (1983) (TV) .... Ben Sunday
Rehearsal for Murder (1982) (TV)
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980) (TV)
"The Chisholms" (1979) (mini) TV Series (1979-80)
My Father's House (1975) (TV)
Happy Endings (1975) (TV)
"The Bell Telephone Hour"
- Episode dated 8 October 1963 (1963) TV Episode
"The DuPont Show of the Month"
- Years Ago (1960) TV Episode
The Bells of St. Mary's (1959) (TV)
"Climax!"
- Trail of Terror (1957) TV Episode
- The Midas Touch (1956) TV Episode
- The Box of Chocolates (1955) TV Episode
"Kraft Television Theatre"
- Nothing Personal (1957) TV Episode
"The Alcoa Hour"
- The Animal Kingdom (1957) TV Episode
- Long After Summer (1956) TV Episode
- Undertow (1955) TV Episode
"Playhouse 90"
- Made in Heaven (1956) TV Episode
- Eloise (1956) TV Episode
"Goodyear Television Playhouse"
- Missouri Legend (1956) TV Episode
"The 20th Century-Fox Hour"
- Child of the Regiment (1956) TV Episode
"Robert Montgomery Presents"
- Woman in the Window (1955) TV Episode
- Maggie, Pack Your Bags (1953) TV Episode
"General Electric Theater"
- It Gives Me Great Pleasure (1955) TV Episode
"Lux Video Theatre"
- It Grows on Trees (1955) TV Episode
- The Betrayer (1953) TV Episode
- Happily, But Not Forever (1952) TV Episode
- Kelly (1952) TV Episode
- Cafe Ami (1951) TV Episode
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"The Elgin Hour"
- Crime in the Streets (1955) TV Episode
"The United States Steel Hour"
- The Bogey Man (1955) TV Episode
- The End of Paul Dane (1954) TV Episode
- Hope for a Harvest (1953) TV Episode
"Campbell Playhouse"
- Al Toolum and His Buddy Leo (1954) TV Episode
"Danger"
- The Boys on the Corner (1953) TV Episode
"Medallion Theatre"
- The Quiet Village (1953) TV Episode
"ABC Album"
- Baby and Me (1953) TV Episode
"Your Show of Shows"
- Episode dated 24 January 1953 (1953) TV Episode
- Episode dated 24 November 1951 (1951) TV Episode
"Curtain Call"
- The Promise (1952) TV Episode
"Pulitzer Prize Playhouse"
- The Jungle (1952) TV Episode
"Man Against Crime" (1951) TV Series
"Schlitz Playhouse of Stars"
- The Nymph and the Lamp (1951) TV Episode
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Robert Preston's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Newton Highlands | | Body type: | 5' 10" / Average | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Zodiac Sign: | Gemini | | Smoke / Drink: | Yes / Yes | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | Post grad | | Occupation: | Actor | | Income: | $75,000 to $100,000 |
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About me:
The name's Preston. Robert Preston.
Born the son of a garment worker and a record store clerk in 1918, I grew up in Los Angeles. I was a trained musician, playing several instruments, and in high school became interested in theatre. I joined the Pasadena Community Playhouse, taking classes and appearing in scores of plays alongside such soon-to-be-well-known actors as Dana Andrews, George Reeves, Victor Mature, and Don DeFore.
Even in the distinguished company of Playhouse veterans like Victor Jory and Samuel S. Hinds, I was an acknowledged star in the making. During one play, a Paramount scout saw me and I signed a contract with the studio, which renamed me Robert Preston (I was born Robert Preston Meservey). After several roles in inconsequential films, I became a favorite of director Cecil B. DeMille, who cast me in several films but became nevertheless one of the few people I actively and publicly disliked. In 1946, after serving in England with the Army Air Corps, I married Kay Feltus (aka Catherine Craig), whom I had known in Pasadena. I struggled through numerous unfulfilling roles in the Forties, then relocated to New York and concentrated on theatre. I played many roles on Broadway and in 1957 began the part that would immortalize me in entertainment history, that of Professor Harold Hill in the musical The Music Man. I won a Tony Award for the role and repeated it in the film version.
Now a star of the first magnitude, I alternated between stage and film, winning another Tony for I Do, I Do, and appearing to enormous good effect in such films as The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960), and All the Way Home (1963). I received an Oscar nomination for my triumphant portrayal of a witty, gay entertainer in Victor/Victoria (1982).
Robert Preston died on March 21, 1987 from lung cancer, after a career that took him from modest supporting lead to national treasure.
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