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Preston Foster

Preston Foster

Highest Rated: 100% The Harvey Girls (1946)

Lowest Rated: 60% The Big Night (1951)

Birthday: Aug 24, 1900

Birthplace: Pitman, New Jersey, USA

Preston Foster was a gifted actor and singer best remembered for his highly physical film roles in '40s and '50s combat dramas and westerns. A former member of the Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company, in the 1920s Foster took his robust vocal talents to the Broadway stage, landing his first movie roles by late decade. After memorable supporting parts on pre-Code classics such as "Doctor X" (1932) and "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" (1932), Foster starred as sharpshooter Toby Walker in the 1935 biopic "Annie Oakley," opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the title role. That same year he continued with strong performances in "The Last Days of Pompeii" (as a Roman blacksmith-turned-gladiator) and in director John Ford's Oscar-winning war drama, "The Informer." Although he gained some renown as a singer during the postwar period, Foster, beginning in the mid-'50s, became better known to television audiences as the star of the sea-adventure series "Waterfront" and the short-lived TV Western "Gunslinger."

Highest rated movies

100% The Harvey Girls
96% I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
89% The Informer
86% My Friend Flicka
82% Doctor X
80% Kansas City Confidential
78% I Shot Jesse James
60% The Big Night

Photos

AMERICAN EMPIRE, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford, 1942 FIRST LADY, Preston Foster, 1937 A GENTLEMAN AFTER DARK, Preston Foster, 1942 SLEEPERS EAST, from left: Preston Foster, Wynne Gibson, 1934. ©Fox Film Corporation, TM & Copyright STRANGE TRIANGLE, Preston Foster, 1946. ©20th Century-Fox, TM & Copyright, TANGIER, Preston Foster, 1946 THUNDER BIRDS, Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, 1942, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THREE DESPERATE MEN, from left: Preston Foster, Virginia Grey, 1951 THUNDERHEAD, SON OF FLICKA, Rita Johnson, Preston Foster, 1945, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, Preston Foster, 1935 KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL, Lee Van Cleef, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, 1952 THE INFORMER, front from left: Joe Sawyer, Victor McLaglen, Preston Foster, 1935 ANNIE OAKLEY, Pert Kelton, Preston Foster, 1935 ANNIE OAKLEY, Preston Foster, Barbara Stanwyck, 1935 ANNIE OAKLEY, Preston Foster, Barbara Stanwyck, 1935 THE BIG NIGHT, Preston Foster, 1951 ANNIE OAKLEY, Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, 1935 SEA DEVILS, seated from left: Ida Lupino, Preston Foster, Harry Mayo, 1937 TWICE BLESSED, (top) Lee Wilde, Marshall Thompson, Lyn Wilde, (bottom), Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, 1945 THE HUNTED, Preston Foster, Belita, 1948
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Don Henley: Live Inside Job Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chubasco Nick (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 31% The Time Travelers Dr. Erik von Steiner (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man From Galveston Judge Homer Black (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Destination: 60,000 Col. Ed Buckley (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 40% I, the Jury Capt. Pat Chambers (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 53% Law and Order Kurt Durling (Character) - 1953
80% 75% Kansas City Confidential Tim Foster (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Montana Territory Sheriff Henry Plummer (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 11% Tomahawk Col. Carrington (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Desperate Men Tom Denton (Character) - 1951
60% 42% The Big Night Andy La Main (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bogus Green Brass McGannon (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tougher They Come Joe MacKinley (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 20% The Big Cat Tom Eggers (Character) - 1949
78% 67% I Shot Jesse James John Kelley (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 44% The Hunted Johnny Saxon (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thunderhoof Scotty Mason (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 50% Ramrod Frank Ivey (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet King of the Wild Horses Dave Taggert (Character) - 1947
100% 83% The Harvey Girls Judge Sam Purvis (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strange Triangle Sam Crane (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside Job Bart Madden (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 81% The Valley of Decision Jim Brennan (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 74% Thunderhead: Son of Flicka Rob McLaughlin (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twice Blessed Jeff Turner (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Roger Touhy, Gangster Roger Touhy (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bermuda Mystery Steve Carramond (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 60% Guadalcanal Diary Father Donnelly (Character) - 1943
86% 80% My Friend Flicka Rob McLaughlin (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret Agent of Japan Roy Bonnell (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 33% Thunder Birds Steve Britt (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Empire Paxton Bryce (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Gentleman After Dark Lt. Tom Gaynor (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Tokyo, U.S.A. Michael Steele (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Night in New Orleans Police Lt. Steve Abbott (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Roundup Greg Lane (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Unfinished Business Steve Duncan (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Northwest Mounted Police Sgt. Jim Brett (Character) - 1940
60% No Score Yet Moon Over Burma Bill Gordon (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cafe Hostess Dan Walters (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet 20,000 Men a Year Jim Howell (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chasing Danger Steve Mitchell (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Society Smugglers Sully (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Geronimo Capt. Bill Starrett (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet News Is Made at Night Steve Drum (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Submarine Patrol Lt. John C. Drake (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Everybody's Doing It Bruce Keene (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Storm Jack Stacey (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Up the River "Chipper" Morgan (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Double Danger Bob Crane (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady in the Morgue Det. Bill Crane (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sea Devils Michael `'Mike'` O'Shea (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Can't Beat Love James Ellsworth "Jimmy" Hughes (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 29% First Lady Stephen Wayne (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Westland Case Bill Crane (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outcasts of Poker Flat John Oakhurst (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet We Who Are About to Die Steven Mathews (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 52% Love Before Breakfast Scott Miller (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 33% The Plough and the Stars Jack Clitheroe (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Muss 'Em Up Tippecanoe "Tip" Foster (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet We're Only Human Detective Sergeant Pete 'Mac' McCaffrey (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Night at the Biltmore Bowl Self - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The People's Enemy Vince M. Falcone (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 52% Annie Oakley Toby Walker (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 36% The Last Days of Pompeii Marcus (Character) - 1935
89% 77% The Informer Dan Gallagher (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Arizonian Tex Randolph (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strangers All Murray Carter (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 85% Heat Lightning George (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wharf Angel Como Murphy (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sensation Hunters Unknown (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 60% Ladies They Talk About David "Dave" Slade (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dangerous Crossroads Unknown (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 50% Hoopla Nifty Miller (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 55% Elmer the Great Dave Walker (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Who Dared Jan Novak (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 33% The Last Mile John "Killer" Mears (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 20% You Said a Mouthful Ed Dover (Character) - 1932
96% 91% I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang Pete (Character) - 1932
82% 49% Doctor X Dr. Wells (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 70% Two Seconds Bud Clark (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The All-American Steve Kelly (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life Begins Dr. Brett (Character) - 1932

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Boss Gates (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunslinger Capt. Zachary Wingate (Character) 1961