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Robert Preston Meservey
Robert Preston
Acting
Biography
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 Awar…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Disclosure
as Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man")
Outrage!
as Dennis Riordan
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Finnegan Begin Again
as Mike Finnegan
The Last Starfighter
as Centauri
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self - Host
September Gun
as Ben Sunday
TV Shows
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
The Chisholms
as Hadley Chisholm · 13 ep.
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1 ep.
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self · 1 ep.
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter / Performer · 1 ep.
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1 ep.
Climax!
as Lt. Hogue · 1 ep.
General Electric Theater
as Jim Tweedy · 1 ep.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 ep.
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Professor Richard Wanley · 1 ep.
