Robert Preston
Robert Preston Meservey was an American stage and film actor and singer of Broadway and cinema, best known and remembered 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.
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Male
Date of Birth
June 8th, 1918
Age
107
Birth Place
United States of America
Date of Death
March 21st, 1987
Died Aged
68
Star Sign
Gemini
Occupation
Actor
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Roles
Harold Hill in
The Music Man
Carole "Toddy" Todd in
Victor Victoria
Digby Geste in
Beau Geste
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside in
Mame
Dick Allen in
Union Pacific
Pvt. Joe Doyle in
Wake Island
Col. Frank Marston in
The Last Frontier
Rubin Flood in
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
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