Robert Preston

American actor and singer (1918–1987)

Robert Preston Meservey was an American stage and screen actor, best known for his role as 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, and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 46 films (1938–1982) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 16 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1938	ILLEGAL TRAFFIC.	Paramount Pictures Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1938	KING OF ALCATRAZ.	Paramount Pictures Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1939	Beau Geste	William A. Wellman	112 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	BEAU GESTE.	Paramount Pictures Inc.	12 reels		B&W
1939	DISBARRED.	Paramount Pictures Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1939	Union Pacific	Paramount Pictures Inc.	2:16:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1940	Moon Over Burma.	Louis King	8 reels		B&W
1940	Typhoon.	Louis King	7 reels		Color	sound
1941	Pacific Blackout.	Ralph Murphy	8 reels		B&W
1941	Parachute Battalion.	Leslie Goodwins	75 min.		B&W
1941	The Lady From Cheyenne.	Frank Lloyd	10 reels		B&W
1941	The Night Of January 16th.	William Clemens	8 reels		B&W
1942	This Gun For Hire.	Frank Tuttle	8 reels		B&W
1942	WAKE ISLAND	John Farrow	87 min		B&W
1942	Wake Island.	John Farrow	9 reels		B&W
1943	Night Plane From Chungking.	Ralph Murphy	7 reels		B&W
1943	WAKE ISLAND	Paramount	90min	16mm	B&W	Sound
1943	WINGS UP				B&W
1943	Wings Up ▶	Office of War Information	0:22:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1947	The Macomber affair.	Award Productions Inc.	89 min.	16mm	B&W	sound
1947	Variety Girl.	George Marshall	93 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1947	Wild Harvest.	Tay Garnett	92 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1948	BIG CITY	Norman Taurog	103 min		B&W
1948	Big City.	Norman Taurog	103 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1948	Blood On The Moon.	Robert Wise	88 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1949	The Lady Gambles.	Universal-International	99 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1949	Whispering Smith.	Leslie Fenton	88 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1950	Tulsa.	U.S. Department of the Army	90 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1951	Best Of The Badmen.	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.	84 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1951	When I Grow Up.	Horizon Productions Inc.	91 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1952	Cloudburst.	Hollywood Exclusive Films Inc.	83 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1952	Face to face	Theasquare Productions, Inc. ; produced by Huntington Hartford.	89	16mm	B&W	sound
1956	THE LAST FRONTIER.	Columbia Pictures Corp.	98 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1960	The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs	Ideal Pictures Inc	124 min	16mm	Color	sound
1960	The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs.	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.	124 min	35mm	Color	sound
1961	The Music Man.	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.	151 min	35mm	Color	sound
1962	How the West Was Won	John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall	12:00		Color
1962	Music man	director, Morton Da Costa.	51	16mm	Color	sound
1962	The Music Man	Swanks Inc Modern Dept	2:55:00	16mm	Color	sound
1963	All The Way Home ▶	Dynamic Films Inc.	97 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1963	All The Way Home.	Talent Associates-Paramount Ltd.	97 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1963	Island Of Love.	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. & Belgrave Enterprises Inc.	101 min	35mm	Color	sound
1972	Junior Bonner	Solar Productions, Inc	100 min		Color	sound
1974	Mame	A Warner Communications company in association with the American Broadcasting Companies	131 min		Color	sound
1977	Semi-Tough	Omego Productions	108 min		Color	sound
1982	Victor/Victoria	MGM/UA	134 mi	16mm	Color	sound