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Robert Preston
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Life & Death

Died aged 68
Also known asRobert Preston MeserveyGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn08/06/1918Born inNewton Highlands, Massachusetts, USADied21/03/1987 (aged 68)Died inMontecitoCauselung cancerWikidataQ451811 ↗Buried atat seaTMDb#40202 ↗

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. He reprised the role in the 1962 film adaptation, and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination.

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Filmography65 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2020DisclosureMovieCarole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)102
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeMovieSelf (archive footage)86
2003Broadway's Lost TreasuresMovieHarold Hill (segment "The Music Man")85
1994The World of HammerSeriesSelf (archive footage)76
1986Outrage!MovieDennis Riordan68
1985Night of 100 Stars IIMovieSelf67
1985Finnegan Begin AgainMovieMike Finnegan67
1984Going Hollywood: The '30sMovieSelf - Host66
1984The Last StarfighterMovieCentauri66
1983September GunMovieBen Sunday65
1982Victor/VictoriaMovieCarroll "Toddy" Todd64
1982Night of 100 StarsMovieSelf64
1982Rehearsal for MurderMovieAlex Dennison64
1981S.O.B.MovieDr. Irving Finegarten63
1980The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgMovieStranger62
1979The ChisholmsSeriesHadley Chisholm61
1977Semi-ToughMovieBig Ed Bookman59
1975My Father's HouseMovieTom Lindholm Sr.57
1974MameMovieBeauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside56
1972Junior BonnerMovieAce Bonner54
1972Child's PlayMovieJoseph Dobbs54
1963Island of LoveMovieSteve Blair45
1963All the Way HomeMovieJay Follet45
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf44
1962How the West Was WonMovieRoger Morgan44
1960The Dark at the Top of the StairsMovieRubin Flood42
1959The Bell Telephone HourSeriesSelf41
1956ConfessionMovieSelf - Host38
1955The 20th Century Fox HourSeries—37
1955The Last FrontierMovieCol. Frank Marston37
1954Climax!SeriesWilliam Struthers36
1953General Electric TheaterSeriesJim Tweedy35
1952Face to FaceMovieJack Potter34
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries—33
1951Best of the BadmenMovieMatthew Fowler33
1951When I Grow UpMovieFather Reed33
1951CloudburstMovieJohn Graham33
1951My Outlaw BrotherMovieJoe Walter33
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeriesJeff Frazer32
1950Lux Video TheatreSeriesJed Kennedy32
1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf32
1950Your Show of ShowsSeries—32
1950The SundownersMovieJames Cloud ('Kid Wichita')32
1949The Lady GamblesMovieDavid Boothe31
1949TulsaMovieBrad Brady31
1948Blood on the MoonMovieTate Riling30
1948Whispering SmithMovieMurray Sinclair30
1947Wild HarvestMovieJim Davis29
1947Variety GirlMovieRobert Preston29
1947The Macomber AffairMovieFrancis Macomber29
1943Wings UpMovieHimself25
1942Reap the Wild WindMovieDan Cutler24
1942Star Spangled RhythmMovieRobert Preston (uncredited)24
1942Wake IslandMoviePvt. Joe Doyle24
1942This Gun for HireMovieDet. Michael Crane24
1941Parachute BattalionMovieDonald Morse23
1941Pacific BlackoutMovieRobert Draper23
1941New York TownMoviePaul Bryson, Jr.23
1941The Night of January 16thMovieSteve Van Ruyle23
1940North West Mounted PoliceMovieRonnie Logan22
1940TyphoonMovieJohnny Potter22
1939Union PacificMovieDick Allen21
1939Beau GesteMovieDigby Geste21
1939DisbarredMovieBradley Kent21
1938Illegal TrafficMovieCharles Bent Martin20