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Robert Preston
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- Producer
- Director
In short · Acted for 10 decades — 53 credits.
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Actor
50 credits
The Birthday Trip(2026)
Felix Doyle
Film12 Steps(2022)
Nathan
TV
Crushed(2015)
Lucas
Film
Outrage!(1986)
Dennis Riordan
Film
Finnegan Begin Again(1984)
Mike Finnegan
Film
The Last Starfighter(1984)
Centauri
Film
September Gun(1983)
Ben Sunday
Film
Rehearsal for Murder(1982)
Alex Dennison
Film
Victor/Victoria(1982)
Carroll 'Toddy' Todd
Film
S.O.B.(1981)
Dr. Irving Finegarten
Film
Semi-Tough(1977)
Big Ed Bookman
Film
Mame(1974)
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
Film
Child's Play(1972)
Joseph Dobbs
Film
Junior Bonner(1972)
Ace Bonner
Film
Island of Love(1963)
Steve Blair
Film
All the Way Home(1963)
Jay Follett
Film
The Music Man(1962)
Harold Hill
Film
How the West Was Won(1962)
Roger Morgan
Film
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs(1960)
Rubin Flood
Film
The Last Frontier(1955)
Col. Frank Marston
Film
Face to Face(1952)
Sheriff Jack Potter ('The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky')
Film
Cloudburst(1951)
John
Film
When I Grow Up(1951)
Father Reed
Film
My Outlaw Brother(1951)
Joe Waldner
Film
Best of the Badmen(1951)
Matthew Fowler
Film
The Sundowners(1950)
James Cloud - aka Kid Wichita
Film
The Lady Gambles(1949)
David Boothe
Film
Tulsa(1949)
Brad Brady
Film
Whispering Smith(1948)
Murray Sinclair
Film
Big City(1948)
Reverend Phillip Y. Andrews
Film
Awards & Nominations
1 nominationAcademy Awards
- Nom1982Oscar — Actor in a Supporting Role
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- DisclosureCarole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage) · 2020
- Going Hollywood: The '30sSelf - Host · 1984
- Wings UpSelf · 1943
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