Preston Foster

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

125

Movies

107

Born: August 22, 1900 – July 14, 1970
From: Pitman, New Jersey, USA

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

Works

107 films

Law and Order

19535.7

Hoopla

19336.3

Doctor X

19326.0

The Westland Case

19376.7

Annie Oakley

19356.5

Guadalcanal Diary

19435.6

Sensation Hunters

19333.7

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

19327.8

The Man from Galveston

19635.6

Thunder Birds

19426.0

Lucy and Desi

20227.1

The Harvey Girls

19466.6

Kansas City Confidential

19527.1

The Valley of Decision

19457.2

His Woman

19314.3

Tomahawk

19517.0

Advance to the Rear

19645.2

I, the Jury

19535.9

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

North West Mounted Police

19406.4

The Big Cat

19494.0

The Informer

19356.8

Army Girl

19386.8

My Friend Flicka

19435.9

Bermuda Mystery

19448.0

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

19977.7

American Empire

19425.0

Roger Touhy, Gangster

19447.0

Ramrod

19476.5

Dangerous Crossroads

19336.5

Ladies They Talk About

19336.1

Classification of Enlisted Men

1942

Two Seconds

19326.3

The Devil's Mate

19338.0

I Shot Jesse James

19496.2

The Last Days of Pompeii

19355.8

The Time Travelers

19645.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

19455.8

King of the Wild Horses

19479.0

The Plough and the Stars

19365.7

Follow the Leader

19304.9

The All-American

19326.5

Just Around the Corner

19336.0

Cafe Hostess

19405.4

Everybody's Doing It

19386.0

Up the River

193810.0

Geronimo

19395.3

You Can't Beat Love

19376.7

The Last Mile

19325.8

Heat Lightning

19347.2

We Who Are About to Die

19377.0

Life Begins

19326.2

The Big Gusher

19517.0

The Big Night

19516.8

20,000 Men a Year

19396.2

The 42nd Street Special

19335.6

Strangers All

19356.8

The Hunted

19485.6

Twice Blessed

19457.5

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

19456.6

News Is Made at Night

19394.8

The People's Enemy

19357.0

Muss 'em Up

19366.2

Submarine Patrol

19386.7

Chubasco

19684.5

You Said a Mouthful

19325.8

Tangier

19466.5

We're Only Human

19356.5

Inside Job

19465.9

Sea Devils

19376.0

Love Before Breakfast

19366.1

It's Your America

19466.5

Missing Evidence

19396.5

The Arizonian

19358.0

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

19376.3

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

19358.0

Night in New Orleans

19424.2

Elmer, the Great

19335.1

The Storm

19387.0

The Band Plays On

19348.3

The Lady in the Morgue

19387.0

A Gentleman After Dark

19424.6

Little Tokyo, U.S.A.

19427.0

Corruption

19336.0

Double Danger

19387.3

The Roundup

19419.0

First Lady

19376.6

Society Smugglers

19396.2

Unfinished Business

19416.5

The Last Warning

19388.5

Moon Over Burma

19405.8

Destination 60,000

195710.0

Three Desperate Men

19515.5

Thunderhoof

19489.0

Montana Territory

19527.0

Secret Agent of Japan

19425.5

Wharf Angel

19344.2

Heads Up

19307.0

Strange Triangle

19464.1

The Man Who Dared

19337.5

The Tougher They Come

19505.3

Nothing but the Truth

19295.3

The Bogus Green

1951

Sleepers East

19347.0

You've Got To Be Smart

19674.7

The Marshal's Daughter

19534.3

Chasing Danger

19398.0