Place of Birth: Pitman, New Jersey, USA
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
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Doctor X | Dr. Wells | 1932 |
Kansas City Confidential | Tim Foster | 1952 |
American Empire | Paxton Bryce | 1942 |
Sensation Hunters | Tom baylor | 1933 |
Strange Triangle | Sam Crane | 1946 |
Inside Job | Bart Madden | 1946 |
I Shot Jesse James | John Kelley | 1949 |
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Pete | 1932 |
The Big Night | Andy La Main | 1951 |
Ramrod | Frank Ivey | 1947 |
I, the Jury | Capt. Pat Chambers | 1953 |
Guadalcanal Diary | Father Donnelly | 1943 |
Ladies They Talk About | David Slade | 1933 |
The Valley of Decision | Jim Brennan | 1945 |
Annie Oakley | Toby Walker | 1935 |
The Informer | Dan Gallagher | 1935 |
Tomahawk | Col. Carrington | 1951 |
The Hunted | Johnny Saxon | 1948 |
The Time Travelers | Dr. Erik von Steiner | 1964 |
Classification of Enlisted Men | Narrator | 1942 |
My Friend Flicka | Rob McLaughlin | 1943 |
The Last Mile | John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4 | 1932 |
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka | Rob McLaughlin | 1945 |
North West Mounted Police | Sergeant Jim Brett | 1940 |
Hoopla | Nifty Miller | 1933 |
The People's Enemy | Vince M. Falcone | 1935 |
Law and Order | Kurt Durling | 1953 |
Unfinished Business | Steve Duncan | 1941 |
Heat Lightning | George | 1934 |
A Gentleman After Dark | Tom Gaynor | 1942 |
Little Tokyo, U.S.A. | Michael Steele | 1942 |
Thunder Birds | Steve Britt | 1942 |
The Bogus Green | Brass McGannon | 1951 |
Lucy and Desi | Self (archive footage) | 2022 |
First Lady | Stephen Wayne | 1937 |
Advance to the Rear | Gen. Bateman (uncredited) | 1964 |
Night in New Orleans | Police Lt. Steve Abbott | 1942 |
Three Desperate Men | Tom Denton | 1951 |
Love Before Breakfast | Scott Miller | 1936 |
Roger Touhy, Gangster | Roger Touhy | 1944 |
Life Begins | Dr. Brett | 1932 |
The Man from Galveston | Judge Homer Black | 1963 |
Missing Evidence | Bill Collins | 1939 |
Double Danger | Robert Crane | 1938 |
Corruption | Tim Butler | 1933 |
The Big Cat | Tom Eggers | 1949 |
You Can't Beat Love | James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes | 1937 |
Sea Devils | Michael 'Mike' O'Shea | 1937 |
Muss 'em Up | Tip O'Neil | 1936 |
The Arizonian | Tex Randolph | 1935 |
The Outcasts of Poker Flat | John Oakhurst | 1937 |
Strangers All | Murray Carter | 1935 |
The Last Days of Pompeii | Marcus | 1935 |
The Plough and the Stars | Jack Clitheroe | 1936 |
The Big Gusher | Hank Mason | 1951 |
Army Girl | Capt. Dike Conger | 1938 |
Tangier | Col. Jose Artiego | 1946 |
We're Only Human | Det. Sgt. Pete 'Mac' McCaffrey | 1935 |
Moon Over Burma | Bill Gordon | 1940 |
Submarine Patrol | Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake | 1938 |
Elmer, the Great | Walker | 1933 |
Just Around the Corner | Tim - Office Worker (uncredited) | 1933 |
Wharf Angel | Como Murphy | 1934 |
Twice Blessed | Jeff Turner | 1945 |
Follow the Leader | Two-Gun Terry | 1930 |
His Woman | Crewman | 1931 |
Two Seconds | Bud Clark | 1932 |
Chubasco | Nick | 1968 |
You Said a Mouthful | Ed Dover | 1932 |
The Lady in the Morgue | Det. Bill Crane | 1938 |
The Bands Plays On | Howdy Hardy | 1934 |
Everybody's Doing It | Bruce Keene | 1938 |
Thunderhoof | Scotty Mason | 1948 |
We Who Are About to Die | Steven Mathews | 1937 |
Secret Agent of Japan | Roy Bonnell | 1942 |
The Harvey Girls | Judge Sam Purvis | 1946 |
Geronimo | Capt. Bill Starrett | 1939 |
Heads Up | Blake | 1930 |
The Tougher They Come | Joe MacKinley | 1950 |
News Is Made at Night | Steve Drum | 1939 |
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
Montana Territory | Sheriff Henry Plummer | 1952 |
The Marshal's Daughter | Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player | 1953 |
20,000 Men a Year | Jim Howell | 1939 |
The Roundup | Greg Lane | 1941 |
The Man Who Dared | Jan Novak | 1933 |
Bermuda Mystery | Steve Carramond | 1944 |
Destination 60,000 | Col. Ed Buckley | 1957 |
Chasing Danger | Steve Mitchell | 1939 |
Society Smugglers | Sully | 1939 |
The Westland Case | Bill Crane - Private Detective | 1937 |
The Last Warning | Bill Crane | 1938 |
The Devil's Mate | Insp. O'Brien | 1933 |
Nothing But the Truth | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1929 |
Cafe Hostess | Dan Walters | 1940 |
Sleepers East | Jason Everett | 1934 |
King of the Wild Horses | Dave Taggert | 1947 |
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl | Preston Foster | 1935 |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
The Storm | Jack Stacey | 1938 |
The All-American | Steve Kelly | 1932 |
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Self (uncredited) | 1945 |
Up the River | 'Chipper' Morgan | 1938 |
It's Your America | Army Surgeon (uncredited) | 1946 |
You've Got To Be Smart | D. O. Griggs | 1967 |
The 42nd Street Special | Self (uncredited) | 1933 | Series | Cast | Year |
77 Sunset Strip | 1958 | |
General Electric Theater | 1953 | |
Going My Way | 1962 | |
Target: The Corruptors! | 1961 | |
Outlaws | 1960 | |
Waterfront | Cap'n John Herrick | 1954 |
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Bob Hood | 1951 |
Gunslinger | Captain Zachary Scott | 1961 |
O. Henry Playhouse | John McCaskey | 1957 |
Harbor Command | 1957 | |
Letter to Loretta | 1953 |