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