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Preston Foster
- Name: Preston Foster
- Birthday: 1900-08-22
- Also known as: Preston S. Foster,Престон С. Фостер,Престон Фостер
- Place of birth: Pitman, New Jersey, USA
- Popularity: 9.828
Biography:
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Lucy and Desi as Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-21 |
| Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Chubasco as Nick | 1968-04-14 |
| You've Got To Be Smart as D. O. Griggs | 1967-04-28 |
| The Time Travelers as Dr. Erik von Steiner | 1964-10-29 |
| Advance to the Rear as Gen. Bateman (uncredited) | 1964-06-10 |
| The Man from Galveston as Judge Homer Black | 1963-12-18 |
| Destination 60,000 as Col. Ed Buckley | 1957-05-12 |
| I, the Jury as Capt. Pat Chambers | 1953-08-14 |
| The Marshal's Daughter as Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player | 1953-06-25 |
| Law and Order as Kurt Durling | 1953-05-13 |
| Kansas City Confidential as Tim Foster | 1952-11-11 |
| Montana Territory as Sheriff Henry Plummer | 1952-05-31 |
| The Big Night as Andy La Main | 1951-12-07 |
| The Bogus Green as Brass McGannon | 1951-07-06 |
| The Big Gusher as Hank Mason | 1951-07-01 |
| Tomahawk as Col. Carrington | 1951-02-05 |
| Three Desperate Men as Tom Denton | 1951-01-12 |
| The Tougher They Come as Joe MacKinley | 1950-11-16 |
| The Big Cat as Tom Eggers | 1949-04-01 |
| I Shot Jesse James as John Kelley | 1949-02-26 |
| Thunderhoof as Scotty Mason | 1948-07-08 |
| The Hunted as Johnny Saxon | 1948-04-07 |
| Ramrod as Frank Ivey | 1947-05-02 |
| King of the Wild Horses as Dave Taggert | 1947-03-28 |
| It's Your America as Army Surgeon (uncredited) | 1946-07-25 |
| Inside Job as Bart Madden | 1946-06-14 |
| Tangier as Col. Jose Artiego | 1946-06-06 |
| Strange Triangle as Sam Crane | 1946-05-17 |
| The Harvey Girls as Judge Sam Purvis | 1946-01-18 |
| Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Himself (uncredited) | 1945-10-05 |
| Twice Blessed as Jeff Turner | 1945-05-31 |
| The Valley of Decision as Jim Brennan | 1945-05-03 |
| Thunderhead: Son of Flicka as Rob McLaughlin | 1945-03-15 |
| Roger Touhy, Gangster as Roger Touhy | 1944-06-03 |
| Bermuda Mystery as Steve Carramond | 1944-05-01 |
| Guadalcanal Diary as Father Donnelly | 1943-10-27 |
| My Friend Flicka as Rob McLaughlin | 1943-05-26 |
| American Empire as Paxton Bryce | 1942-12-11 |
| Thunder Birds as Steve Britt | 1942-10-28 |
| Classification of Enlisted Men as Narrator | 1942-10-09 |
| Little Tokyo, U.S.A. as Michael Steele | 1942-07-08 |
| Night in New Orleans as Police Lt. Steve Abbott | 1942-07-01 |
| A Gentleman After Dark as Tom Gaynor | 1942-04-16 |
| Secret Agent of Japan as Roy Bonnell | 1942-04-03 |
| Unfinished Business as Steve Duncan | 1941-08-27 |
| The Roundup as Greg Lane | 1941-04-03 |
| North West Mounted Police as Sergeant Jim Brett | 1940-10-22 |
| Moon Over Burma as Bill Gordon | 1940-07-26 |
| Cafe Hostess as Dan Walters | 1940-01-11 |
| Missing Evidence as Bill Collins | 1939-12-15 |
| Geronimo as Capt. Bill Starrett | 1939-11-26 |
| 20,000 Men a Year as Jim Howell | 1939-10-26 |
| News Is Made at Night as Steve Drum | 1939-07-20 |
| Chasing Danger as Steve Mitchell | 1939-05-05 |
| Society Smugglers as Sully | 1939-03-01 |
| Up the River as 'Chipper' Morgan | 1938-12-09 |
| The Last Warning as Bill Crane | 1938-12-07 |
| Submarine Patrol as Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake | 1938-11-25 |
| The Storm as Jack Stacey | 1938-10-28 |
| Army Girl as Capt. Dike Conger | 1938-08-11 |
| The Lady in the Morgue as Det. Bill Crane | 1938-04-22 |
| Double Danger as Robert Crane | 1938-01-28 |
| Everybody's Doing It as Bruce Keene | 1938-01-14 |
| First Lady as Stephen Wayne | 1937-12-04 |
| The Westland Case as Bill Crane - Private Detective | 1937-10-30 |
| You Can't Beat Love as James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes | 1937-06-25 |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat as John Oakhurst | 1937-04-16 |
| Sea Devils as Michael 'Mike' O'Shea | 1937-02-19 |
| We Who Are About to Die as Steven Mathews | 1937-01-08 |
| The Plough and the Stars as Jack Clitheroe | 1936-12-26 |
| Love Before Breakfast as Scott Miller | 1936-03-09 |
| Muss 'em Up as Tip O'Neil | 1936-02-13 |
| We're Only Human as Det. Sgt. Pete 'Mac' McCaffrey | 1935-12-27 |
| Annie Oakley as Toby Walker | 1935-11-15 |
| The Last Days of Pompeii as Marcus | 1935-10-18 |
| The Arizonian as Tex Randolph | 1935-06-27 |
| A Night at the Biltmore Bowl as Preston Foster | 1935-06-21 |
| The Informer as Dan Gallagher | 1935-05-09 |
| The People's Enemy as Vince M. Falcone | 1935-04-29 |
| Strangers All as Murray Carter | 1935-04-01 |
| The Bands Plays On as Howdy Hardy | 1934-12-21 |
| Wharf Angel as Como Murphy | 1934-03-15 |
| Heat Lightning as George | 1934-03-01 |
| Sleepers East as Jason Everett | 1934-01-01 |
| Hoopla as Nifty Miller | 1933-11-30 |
| Sensation Hunters as Tom baylor | 1933-08-30 |
| The Devil's Mate as Insp. O'Brien | 1933-08-20 |
| The Man Who Dared as Jan Novak | 1933-06-30 |
| Corruption as Tim Butler | 1933-06-18 |
| Elmer, the Great as Walker | 1933-04-29 |
| The 42nd Street Special as Self (uncredited) | 1933-02-20 |
| Ladies They Talk About as David 'Dave' Slade | 1933-02-04 |
| Just Around the Corner as Tim - Office Worker (uncredited) | 1933-01-17 |
| You Said a Mouthful as Ed Dover | 1932-11-18 |
| I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Pete | 1932-11-09 |
| The All-American as Steve Kelly | 1932-10-01 |
| Life Begins as Dr. Brett | 1932-09-10 |
| The Last Mile as John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4 | 1932-08-17 |
| Doctor X as Dr. Wells | 1932-08-03 |
| Two Seconds as Bud Clark | 1932-05-28 |
| His Woman as Crewman | 1931-11-20 |
| Follow the Leader as Two-Gun Terry | 1930-12-06 |
| Heads Up as Blake | 1930-10-10 |
| Nothing But the Truth as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1929-04-20 |
