Preston Foster
- Acting
- August 22, 1900 · Pitman, New Jersey, USA
- July 14, 1970
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
Known for
Filmography
- Lucy and Desi · Self
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line · Self
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · Self
- Chubasco · Nick
- You've Got To Be Smart · D. O. Griggs
- The Time Travelers · Dr. Erik von Steiner
- Advance to the Rear · Gen. Bateman (uncredited)
- The Man from Galveston · Judge Homer Black
- Going My Way
- Target: The Corruptors!
- Gunslinger · Captain Zachary Scott
- Outlaws
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Harbor Command
- Destination 60,000 · Col. Ed Buckley
- O. Henry Playhouse · John McCaskey
- Waterfront · Cap'n John Herrick
- Letter to Loretta
- I, the Jury · Capt. Pat Chambers
- The Marshal's Daughter · Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player
- Law and Order · Kurt Durling
- General Electric Theater
- Kansas City Confidential · Tim Foster
- Montana Territory · Sheriff Henry Plummer
- The Big Night · Andy La Main
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Bob Hood
- The Bogus Green · Brass McGannon
- The Big Gusher · Henry 'Hank' Mason
- Tomahawk · Col. Carrington
- Three Desperate Men · Tom Denton
- The Tougher They Come · Joe MacKinley
- The Big Cat · Tom Eggers
- I Shot Jesse James · John Kelley
- Thunderhoof · Scotty Mason
- The Hunted · Johnny Saxon
- Ramrod · Frank Ivey
- King of the Wild Horses · Dave Taggert
- It's Your America · Army Surgeon (uncredited)
- Inside Job · Bart Madden
- Tangier · Col. Jose Artiego
- Strange Triangle · Sam Crane
- The Harvey Girls · Judge Sam Purvis
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood · Self
- Twice Blessed · Jeff Turner
- The Valley of Decision · Jim Brennan
- Thunderhead: Son of Flicka · Rob McLaughlin
- Roger Touhy, Gangster · Roger Touhy
- Bermuda Mystery · Steve Carramond
- Guadalcanal Diary · Father Donnelly
- My Friend Flicka · Rob McLaughlin
- American Empire · Paxton Bryce
- Thunder Birds · Steve Britt
- Classification of Enlisted Men · Narrator
- Little Tokyo, U.S.A. · Michael Steele
- Night in New Orleans · Police Lt. Steve Abbott
- A Gentleman After Dark · Tom Gaynor
- Secret Agent of Japan · Roy Bonnell
- Unfinished Business · Steve Duncan
- The Roundup · Greg Lane
- North West Mounted Police · Sergeant Jim Brett
- Moon Over Burma · Bill Gordon
- Cafe Hostess · Dan Walters
- Missing Evidence · Bill Collins
- Geronimo · Capt. Bill Starrett
- 20,000 Men a Year · Jim Howell
- News Is Made at Night · Steve Drum
- Chasing Danger · Steve Mitchell
- Society Smugglers · Sully
- Up the River · 'Chipper' Morgan
- The Last Warning · Bill Crane
- Submarine Patrol · Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake
- The Storm · Jack Stacey
- Army Girl · Capt. Dike Conger
- The Lady in the Morgue · Det. Bill Crane
- Double Danger · Robert Crane
- Everybody's Doing It · Bruce Keene
- First Lady · Stephen Wayne
- The Westland Case · Bill Crane - Private Detective
- You Can't Beat Love · James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat · John Oakhurst