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- Robert Preston, an American actor best known for his portrayal of a brassy, breezy, fast-talking and warmhearted confidence man from Gary, Ind., Prof. Harold Hill, in ''The Music Man,'' died of lung cancer Saturday in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 68 years old and lived in Montecito, Calif.
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Mar 23, 1987 · Robert Preston, an American actor best known for his portrayal of a brassy, breezy, fast-talking and warmhearted confidence man from Gary, Ind., Prof. Harold Hill, in ''The Music Man,'' died...
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Mar 22, 1987 · March 22, 1987 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Robert Preston, whose starring role in “The Music Man” was only one high point in a film and stage career that spanned the decades from “Union...
Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer. His best known role was Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical .
Robert Preston. Actor. He was best known for his Tony Award-winning role of 'Harold Hill' in the stage musical The Music Man, and his reprising of the part for the motion picture adaptation in 1962 (which earned him a Golden Globe nomination).
- June 8, 1918
Robert Preston. Actor: The Music Man. American leading man of vast charisma, Robert Preston was the son of a garment worker and a record store clerk and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a trained musician, playing several instruments, and in high school became interested in theatre.
- June 8, 1918
- March 21, 1987
Mar 22, 1987 · Robert Preston, who played the fast-talking, woman-chasing rascal of a traveling salesman, Professor Harold Hill, in ''The Music Man,'' died of lung cancer yesterday in Santa Barbara, Calif. He...
Mar 21, 1987 · SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Actor Robert Preston, whose movie career spanned six decades and included such films as 'The Music Man,' 'S.O.B.' and 'Victor-Victoria,' died Saturday, a hospital...
