Preston Foster

Acting · 1.0 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

The Westland Case

19376.7

Guadalcanal Diary

19435.6

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

19327.8

Annie Oakley

19356.5

Doctor X

19326.0

Sensation Hunters

19333.7

North West Mounted Police

19406.4

Thunder Birds

19426.0

Dangerous Crossroads

19336.5

The Man from Galveston

19635.6

Kansas City Confidential

19527.1

Lucy and Desi

20227.1

The Harvey Girls

19466.6

The Devil's Mate

19338.0

Tomahawk

19517.0

Roger Touhy, Gangster

19447.0

My Friend Flicka

19435.9

The Valley of Decision

19457.2

Ladies They Talk About

19336.1

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

Ramrod

19476.5

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

19977.7

The Informer

19356.8

Advance to the Rear

19645.2

His Woman

19314.3

Army Girl

19386.8

I, the Jury

19535.9

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

19455.8

The All-American

19326.5

Geronimo

19395.3

The Big Night

19516.8

The Last Days of Pompeii

19355.8

I Shot Jesse James

19496.2

You Can't Beat Love

19376.7

Bermuda Mystery

19448.0

Classification of Enlisted Men

1942

American Empire

19425.0

Submarine Patrol

19386.7

The Time Travelers

19645.1

Cafe Hostess

19405.4

The Plough and the Stars

19365.7

Life Begins

19326.2

Up the River

193810.0

Society Smugglers

19396.2

Strangers All

19356.8

The Last Mile

19325.8

News Is Made at Night

19394.8

Twice Blessed

19457.5

Two Seconds

19326.3

The Big Gusher

19517.0

20,000 Men a Year

19396.2

The 42nd Street Special

19335.6

Just Around the Corner

19336.0

Muss 'em Up

19366.2

Inside Job

19465.9

The Big Cat

19494.0

We Who Are About to Die

19377.0

The Roundup

19419.0

Everybody's Doing It

19386.0

Night in New Orleans

19424.2

Love Before Breakfast

19366.1

The Storm

19387.0

King of the Wild Horses

19479.0

Heat Lightning

19347.2

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

19358.0

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

19456.6

It's Your America

19466.5

We're Only Human

19356.5

The People's Enemy

19357.0

Tangier

19466.5

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

19376.3

Chubasco

19684.5

Destination 60,000

195710.0

A Gentleman After Dark

19424.6

Follow the Leader

19304.9

Sea Devils

19376.0

You Said a Mouthful

19325.8

Nothing but the Truth

19295.3

The Arizonian

19358.0

Unfinished Business

19416.5

Moon Over Burma

19405.8

Montana Territory

19527.0

The Last Warning

19388.5

Missing Evidence

19396.5

The Bogus Green

1951

Three Desperate Men

19515.5

The Tougher They Come

19505.3

The Hunted

19485.6

Double Danger

19387.3

The Band Plays On

19348.3

Wharf Angel

19344.2

Corruption

19336.0

Sleepers East

19347.0

Elmer, the Great

19335.1

First Lady

19376.6

Thunderhoof

19489.0

Secret Agent of Japan

19425.5

Little Tokyo, U.S.A.

19427.0

The Lady in the Morgue

19387.0

The Man Who Dared

19337.5

You've Got To Be Smart

19674.7

Strange Triangle

19464.1

Heads Up

19307.0

The Marshal's Daughter

19534.3

Chasing Danger

19398.0