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    Robert Preston

    American actor and singer

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  1. Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer. He is best known for originating the role of 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, for which he received ...

  2. 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. He joined the Pasadena Community Playhouse, taking classes and ...

    • Actor, Soundtrack
    • June 8, 1918
    • 2 min
    • March 21, 1987
  3. 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. He joined the Pasadena Community Playhouse, taking classes and appearing in scores of plays alongside such soon-to ...

    • June 8, 1918
    • March 21, 1987
  4. 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 of ...

  5. Mar 22, 1987 · 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 Pacific" in 1938 to "The Last Starfighter" in 1984 ...

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  7. Apr 30, 2024 · Robert Preston (born June 8, 1918, Newton Highlands, Mass., U.S.—died March 21, 1987, Santa Barbara, Calif.) was a versatile American actor best known for his role as Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man on the Broadway stage in 1957 and in the 1962 film.

  8. 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 ...

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