Preston Foster

Preston Foster

Birthday: 1900-08-22

Deathday: 1970-07-14

Place of birth: Pitman, New Jersey, USA

Also known as: Preston S. Foster, Престон С. Фостер, Престон Фостер

imdb_id: nm0288003

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 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

Played in movies:

The Band Plays On

Score: 8.5

The Roundup

Score: 8.0

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Score: 7.8

The Valley of Decision

Score: 7.3

Lucy and Desi

Score: 7.2

Kansas City Confidential

Score: 7.1

The Last Warning

Score: 7.0

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Score: 7.0

The Big Night

Score: 6.9

Heat Lightning

Score: 6.8

We Who Are About to Die

Score: 6.8

The Informer

Score: 6.7

Tomahawk

Score: 6.7

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

Score: 6.7

Submarine Patrol

Score: 6.6

It's Your America

Score: 6.5

The Harvey Girls

Score: 6.5

We're Only Human

Score: 6.5

Double Danger

Score: 6.5

Ramrod

Score: 6.5

North West Mounted Police

Score: 6.3

Annie Oakley

Score: 6.3

Two Seconds

Score: 6.3

I Shot Jesse James

Score: 6.2

The Lady in the Morgue

Score: 6.2

Tangier

Score: 6.2

First Lady

Score: 6.2

Ladies They Talk About

Score: 6.1

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

Score: 6.0

The Westland Case

Score: 6.0

Chasing Danger

Score: 6.0

Bermuda Mystery

Score: 6.0

The Man Who Dared

Score: 6.0

Twice Blessed

Score: 6.0

Just Around the Corner

Score: 6.0

Army Girl

Score: 6.0

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Score: 6.0

You Can't Beat Love

Score: 6.0

Life Begins

Score: 6.0

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Score: 6.0

The People's Enemy

Score: 6.0

Hoopla

Score: 6.0

Doctor X

Score: 6.0

My Friend Flicka

Score: 6.0

The Plough and the Stars

Score: 5.8

Love Before Breakfast

Score: 5.8

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Score: 5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Score: 5.7

Sea Devils

Score: 5.7

I, the Jury

Score: 5.7

Society Smugglers

Score: 5.6

The Last Days of Pompeii

Score: 5.6

Guadalcanal Diary

Score: 5.6

Inside Job

Score: 5.6

Cafe Hostess

Score: 5.5

20,000 Men a Year

Score: 5.5

Strangers All

Score: 5.5

Muss 'em Up

Score: 5.5

The Last Mile

Score: 5.5

Thunder Birds

Score: 5.4

Corruption

Score: 5.3

The 42nd Street Special

Score: 5.3

Follow the Leader

Score: 5.3

Unfinished Business

Score: 5.3

Law and Order

Score: 5.3

The Man from Galveston

Score: 5.2

The Hunted

Score: 5.2

The All-American

Score: 5.0

Geronimo

Score: 5.0

Everybody's Doing It

Score: 5.0

You Said a Mouthful

Score: 5.0

Moon Over Burma

Score: 5.0

The Big Gusher

Score: 5.0

Missing Evidence

Score: 5.0

Advance to the Rear

Score: 5.0

The Time Travelers

Score: 5.0

Elmer, the Great

Score: 4.9

Nothing But the Truth

Score: 4.6

News Is Made at Night

Score: 4.5

Secret Agent of Japan

Score: 4.5

His Woman

Score: 4.0

Three Desperate Men

Score: 4.0

Night in New Orleans

Score: 4.0

American Empire

Score: 3.8

Wharf Angel

Score: 3.7

Strange Triangle

Score: 3.6

The Marshal's Daughter

Score: 3.5

Chubasco

Score: 3.5

The Big Cat

Score: 3.5

A Gentleman After Dark

Score: 3.5

You've Got To Be Smart

Score: 3.0

The Tougher They Come

Score: 3.0

Sensation Hunters

Score: 2.0

Up the River

Score: 0.0

The Storm

Score: 0.0

King of the Wild Horses

Score: 0.0

Sleepers East

Score: 0.0

The Devil's Mate

Score: 0.0

Destination 60,000

Score: 0.0

Montana Territory

Score: 0.0

Heads Up

Score: 0.0

Thunderhoof

Score: 0.0

The Arizonian

Score: 0.0

The Bogus Green

Score: 0.0

Little Tokyo, U.S.A.

Score: 0.0

Classification of Enlisted Men

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Waterfront

Score: 7.0

77 Sunset Strip

Score: 6.7

Letter to Loretta

Score: 6.5

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

Outlaws

Score: 6.2

O. Henry Playhouse

Score: 6.0

Gunslinger

Score: 6.0

Going My Way

Score: 5.7

Harbor Command

Score: 4.0

Target: The Corruptors!

Score: 3.5