Preston Foster
Known for: Acting
Born: August 22, 1900
Died: July 14, 1970
Place of birth: Pitman, New Jersey, USA
Preston Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970) was an American stage and film actor, and singer. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. He was appearing in Broadway plays as late as October 1931 when he acted in a play titled Two Seconds starring Edward J. Pawley. Some of his notable films include: Doctor X (1932), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Annie Oakley (1935), The Last Days of Pompeii (also 1935), The Informer (1935) (as the head of the organization), and My Friend Flicka (1943). He starred on the television drama, Waterfront (1954–1955), playing the role of Captain John Herrick. Foster has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was sometimes credited in movies as Preston S. Foster. His first wife was stage actress Gertrude Warren (1926–1945; divorced). He had one daughter, Stephanie. He was married to his second wife, actress Sheila Darcy, from 1946 until his death. During World War II while serving with the United States Coast Guard, he rose to the rank of Captain, Temporary Reserve. He eventually held the honorary rank of Commodore in the U.S. Coast Guard. After the war and before his productive movie career, Foster became a singer of some note. In 1948 Foster created a trio with himself, Gene Leis and Foster’s wife, actress Sheila Darcy. Gene arranged the songs, and they played on radio and in clubs, appearing with Orrin Tucker, Peggy Ann Garner and Rita Hayworth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Preston Foster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
107 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Lucy and Desi
2022
7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
4.5
Chubasco
1968
4.7
You've Got To Be Smart
1967
5.1
The Time Travelers
1964
5.2
Advance to the Rear
1964
5.6
The Man from Galveston
1963
5.8
Going My Way
1962
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
6.3
Gunslinger
1961
6.7
Outlaws
1960
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
4.0
Harbor Command
195710.0
Destination 60,000
19576.5
O. Henry Playhouse
1957
7.5
Waterfront
1954
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
5.9
I, the Jury
1953
4.3
The Marshal's Daughter
1953
5.7
Law and Order
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
7.0
Kansas City Confidential
1952
7.0
Montana Territory
1952
6.8
The Big Night
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951NR
The Bogus Green
1951
7.0
The Big Gusher
1951
7.0
Tomahawk
1951
5.4
Three Desperate Men
1951
5.3
The Tougher They Come
1950
4.0
The Big Cat
1949
6.2
I Shot Jesse James
1949
9.0
Thunderhoof
1948
5.6
The Hunted
1948
6.5
Ramrod
1947
9.0
King of the Wild Horses
1947
6.5
It's Your America
1946
5.9
Inside Job
1946
6.5
Tangier
1946
4.1
Strange Triangle
1946
6.6
The Harvey Girls
1946
5.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
7.5
Twice Blessed
1945
7.2
The Valley of Decision
1945
6.6
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945
7.0
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
8.0
Bermuda Mystery
1944
5.6
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
5.9
My Friend Flicka
1943
5.0
American Empire
1942
6.0
Thunder Birds
1942
NR
Classification of Enlisted Men
1942
7.0
Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
1942
4.2
Night in New Orleans
1942
4.6
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
5.5
Secret Agent of Japan
1942
6.5
Unfinished Business
1941
9.0
The Roundup
1941
6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
5.8
Moon Over Burma
1940
5.4
Cafe Hostess
1940
6.5
Missing Evidence
1939
5.3
Geronimo
1939
6.2
20,000 Men a Year
1939
4.8
News Is Made at Night
1939
8.0
Chasing Danger
1939
6.2
Society Smugglers
1939
10.0
Up the River
1938
8.5
The Last Warning
1938
6.7
Submarine Patrol
1938
7.0
The Storm
1938
6.8
Army Girl
1938
7.0
The Lady in the Morgue
1938
7.3
Double Danger
1938
6.0
Everybody's Doing It
1938
6.6
First Lady
1937
6.7
The Westland Case
1937
6.7
You Can't Beat Love
1937
6.3
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
6.0
Sea Devils
1937
7.0
We Who Are About to Die
1937
5.7
The Plough and the Stars
1936
6.1
Love Before Breakfast
1936
6.2
Muss 'em Up
1936
6.5
We're Only Human
1935
6.5
Annie Oakley
1935
5.8
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
8.0
The Arizonian
1935
8.0
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
6.8
The Informer
1935
7.0
The People's Enemy
1935
6.8
Strangers All
1935
8.3
The Band Plays On
1934
4.2
Wharf Angel
1934
7.2
Heat Lightning
1934
7.0
Sleepers East
1934
6.3
Hoopla
1933
3.7
Sensation Hunters
1933
8.0
The Devil's Mate
1933
7.5
The Man Who Dared
1933
6.0
Corruption
1933
6.5
Dangerous Crossroads
1933
5.1
Elmer, the Great
1933
5.6
The 42nd Street Special
1933
6.1
Ladies They Talk About
1933
6.0
Just Around the Corner
1933
5.8
You Said a Mouthful
1932
7.8
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
6.5
The All-American
1932
6.2
Life Begins
1932
5.8
The Last Mile
1932
6.0
Doctor X
1932
6.3
Two Seconds
1932
4.3
His Woman
1931
4.9
Follow the Leader
1930
7.0
Heads Up
1930
5.3
Nothing but the Truth
1929