Preston Foster

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: Acting

Born: Pitman, New Jersey, USA, 1900-08-22

Died: 1970-07-14

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	Nothing But the Truth	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	46
2	1930	Heads Up	Blake (uncredited)	0
3	1930	Follow the Leader	Two-Gun Terry	53
4	1931	His Woman	Crewman	35
5	1932	Two Seconds	Bud Clark	63
6	1932	Doctor X	Dr. Wells	60
7	1932	The Last Mile	John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4	55
8	1932	Life Begins	Dr. Brett	60
9	1932	The All-American	Steve Kelly	50
10	1932	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	Pete	78
11	1932	You Said a Mouthful	Ed Dover	50
12	1933	Just Around the Corner	Tim - Office Worker (uncredited)	60
13	1933	Ladies They Talk About	David Slade	61
14	1933	The 42nd Street Special	Self (uncredited)	53
15	1933	Elmer, the Great	Walker	49
16	1933	Corruption	Tim Butler	53
17	1933	The Man Who Dared	Jan Novak	60
18	1933	The Devil's Mate	Insp. O'Brien	0
19	1933	Sensation Hunters	Tom baylor	20
20	1933	Hoopla	Nifty Miller	60
21	1934	Sleepers East	Jason Everett	0
22	1934	Heat Lightning	George	67
23	1934	Wharf Angel	Como Murphy	37
24	1934	The Band Plays On	Howdy Hardy	85
25	1935	Strangers All	Murray Carter	55
26	1935	The People's Enemy	Vince M. Falcone	60
27	1935	The Informer	Dan Gallagher	67
28	1935	A Night at the Biltmore Bowl	Preston Foster	60
29	1935	The Arizonian	Tex Randolph	0
30	1935	The Last Days of Pompeii	Marcus	56
31	1935	Annie Oakley	Toby Walker	63
32	1935	We're Only Human	Det. Sgt. Pete 'Mac' McCaffrey	65
33	1936	Muss 'em Up	Tip O'Neil	55
34	1936	Love Before Breakfast	Scott Miller	58
35	1936	The Plough and the Stars	Jack Clitheroe	58
36	1937	We Who Are About to Die	Steven Mathews	68
37	1937	Sea Devils	Michael 'Mike' O'Shea	57
38	1937	The Outcasts of Poker Flat	John Oakhurst	60
39	1937	You Can't Beat Love	James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes	60
40	1937	The Westland Case	Bill Crane - Private Detective	60
41	1937	First Lady	Stephen Wayne	62
42	1938	Everybody's Doing It	Bruce Keene	50
43	1938	Double Danger	Robert Crane	65
44	1938	The Lady in the Morgue	Det. Bill Crane	63
45	1938	Army Girl	Capt. Dike Conger	60
46	1938	The Storm	Jack Stacey	0
47	1938	Submarine Patrol	Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake	66
48	1938	The Last Warning	Bill Crane	70
49	1938	Up the River	'Chipper' Morgan	0
50	1939	Society Smugglers	Sully	56
51	1939	Chasing Danger	Steve Mitchell	60
52	1939	News Is Made at Night	Steve Drum	45
53	1939	20,000 Men a Year	Jim Howell	55
54	1939	Geronimo	Capt. Bill Starrett	50
55	1939	Missing Evidence	Bill Collins	50
56	1940	Cafe Hostess	Dan Walters	55
57	1940	Moon Over Burma	Bill Gordon	50
58	1940	North West Mounted Police	Sergeant Jim Brett	63
59	1941	The Roundup	Greg Lane	80
60	1941	Unfinished Business	Steve Duncan	53
61	1942	Secret Agent of Japan	Roy Bonnell	45
62	1942	A Gentleman After Dark	Tom Gaynor	35
63	1942	Night in New Orleans	Police Lt. Steve Abbott	40
64	1942	Little Tokyo, U.S.A.	Michael Steele	0
65	1942	Classification of Enlisted Men	Narrator	0
66	1942	Thunder Birds	Steve Britt	54
67	1942	American Empire	Paxton Bryce	38
68	1943	My Friend Flicka	Rob McLaughlin	60
69	1943	Guadalcanal Diary	Father Donnelly	56
70	1944	Bermuda Mystery	Steve Carramond	60
71	1944	Roger Touhy, Gangster	Roger Touhy	60
72	1945	Thunderhead: Son of Flicka	Rob McLaughlin	67
73	1945	The Valley of Decision	Jim Brennan	73
74	1945	Twice Blessed	Jeff Turner	60
75	1945	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood	Self (uncredited)	57
76	1946	The Harvey Girls	Judge Sam Purvis	65
77	1946	Strange Triangle	Sam Crane	36
78	1946	Tangier	Col. Jose Artiego	62
79	1946	Inside Job	Bart Madden	56
80	1946	It's Your America	Army Surgeon (uncredited)	65
81	1947	King of the Wild Horses	Dave Taggert	0
82	1947	Ramrod	Frank Ivey	65
83	1948	The Hunted	Johnny Saxon	52
84	1948	Thunderhoof	Scotty Mason	0
85	1949	I Shot Jesse James	John Kelley	62
86	1949	The Big Cat	Tom Eggers	35
87	1950	The Tougher They Come	Joe MacKinley	30
88	1951	Three Desperate Men	Tom Denton	40
89	1951	Tomahawk	Col. Carrington	66
90	1951	The Big Gusher	Hank Mason	50
91	1951	The Bogus Green	Brass McGannon	0
92	1951	The Big Night	Andy La Main	69
93	1952	Montana Territory	Sheriff Henry Plummer	0
94	1952	Kansas City Confidential	Tim Foster	71
95	1953	Law and Order	Kurt Durling	51
96	1953	The Marshal's Daughter	Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player	35
97	1953	I, the Jury	Capt. Pat Chambers	57
98	1957	Destination 60,000	Col. Ed Buckley	0
99	1963	The Man from Galveston	Judge Homer Black	52
100	1964	Advance to the Rear	Gen. Bateman (uncredited)	50
101	1964	The Time Travelers	Dr. Erik von Steiner	49
102	1967	You've Got To Be Smart	D. O. Griggs	30
103	1968	Chubasco	Nick	35
104	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
105	1997	Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line	Self (archive footage)	70
106	2022	Lucy and Desi	Self (archive footage)	72

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Bob Hood	73
2	1953	General Electric Theater		63
3	1953	Letter to Loretta		65
4	1954	Waterfront	Cap'n John Herrick	70
5	1957	O. Henry Playhouse	John McCaskey	60
6	1957	Harbor Command		40
7	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
8	1960	Outlaws		62
9	1961	Gunslinger	Captain Zachary Scott	60
10	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
11	1962	Going My Way		57

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