Preston Foster: movies and TV shows
Preston Foster has 118 credits in the archive: 107 films and 11 TV series, from 1929 to 2022. Highest rated: Waterfront (7.5/10).
Career timeline
1929 – 2022 · busiest year: 1933 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 121 |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 96 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 74 |
| 1968 | Chubasco | Nick | Film | 4.5 | 67 |
| 1967 | You've Got To Be Smart | D. O. Griggs | Film | 4.7 | 66 |
| 1964 | The Time Travelers | Dr. Erik von Steiner | Film | 5.1 | 63 |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear | Gen. Bateman (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 63 |
| 1963 | The Man from Galveston | Judge Homer Black | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1962 | Going My Way | TV | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | TV | 5.7 | 60 | |
| 1961 | Gunslinger | Captain Zachary Scott | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1960 | Outlaws | TV | 6.7 | 59 | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | TV | 7.2 | 57 | |
| 1957 | Harbor Command | TV | 4.0 | 56 | |
| 1957 | O. Henry Playhouse | John McCaskey | TV | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1957 | Destination 60,000 | Col. Ed Buckley | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 1954 | Waterfront | Cap'n John Herrick | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | TV | 6.6 | 52 | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | TV | 6.8 | 52 | |
| 1953 | Law and Order | Kurt Durling | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1953 | I, the Jury | Capt. Pat Chambers | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1953 | The Marshal's Daughter | Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player | Film | 4.3 | 52 |
| 1952 | Kansas City Confidential | Tim Foster | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1952 | Montana Territory | Sheriff Henry Plummer | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Bob Hood | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1951 | Tomahawk | Col. Carrington | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Big Gusher | Henry 'Hank' Mason | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Big Night | Andy La Main | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1951 | Three Desperate Men | Tom Denton | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Bogus Green | Brass McGannon | Film | — | 50 |
| 1950 | The Tougher They Come | Joe MacKinley | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1949 | I Shot Jesse James | John Kelley | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1949 | The Big Cat | Tom Eggers | Film | 4.0 | 48 |
| 1948 | The Hunted | Johnny Saxon | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1948 | Thunderhoof | Scotty Mason | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1947 | Ramrod | Frank Ivey | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1947 | King of the Wild Horses | Dave Taggert | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls | Judge Sam Purvis | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1946 | Inside Job | Bart Madden | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1946 | It's Your America | Army Surgeon (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1946 | Tangier | Col. Jose Artiego | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1946 | Strange Triangle | Sam Crane | Film | 4.1 | 45 |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | Jim Brennan | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1945 | Thunderhead: Son of Flicka | Rob McLaughlin | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1945 | Twice Blessed | Jeff Turner | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1944 | Roger Touhy, Gangster | Roger Touhy | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1944 | Bermuda Mystery | Steve Carramond | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1943 | Guadalcanal Diary | Father Donnelly | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1943 | My Friend Flicka | Rob McLaughlin | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1942 | Thunder Birds | Steve Britt | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1942 | American Empire | Paxton Bryce | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1942 | Classification of Enlisted Men | Narrator | Film | — | 41 |
| 1942 | Night in New Orleans | Police Lt. Steve Abbott | Film | 4.2 | 41 |
| 1942 | A Gentleman After Dark | Tom Gaynor | Film | 4.6 | 41 |
| 1942 | Secret Agent of Japan | Roy Bonnell | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1942 | Little Tokyo, U.S.A. | Michael Steele | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business | Steve Duncan | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1941 | The Roundup | Greg Lane | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Sergeant Jim Brett | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1940 | Moon Over Burma | Bill Gordon | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1940 | Cafe Hostess | Dan Walters | Film | 5.4 | 39 |
| 1939 | Geronimo | Capt. Bill Starrett | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1939 | Society Smugglers | Sully | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1939 | Missing Evidence | Bill Collins | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1939 | News Is Made at Night | Steve Drum | Film | 4.8 | 38 |
| 1939 | 20,000 Men a Year | Jim Howell | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1939 | Chasing Danger | Steve Mitchell | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1938 | Army Girl | Capt. Dike Conger | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1938 | Everybody's Doing It | Bruce Keene | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1938 | Submarine Patrol | Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1938 | Up the River | 'Chipper' Morgan | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1938 | Double Danger | Robert Crane | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1938 | The Lady in the Morgue | Det. Bill Crane | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1938 | The Last Warning | Bill Crane | Film | 8.5 | 37 |
| 1938 | The Storm | Jack Stacey | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1937 | The Westland Case | Bill Crane - Private Detective | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1937 | You Can't Beat Love | James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1937 | We Who Are About to Die | Steven Mathews | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1937 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat | John Oakhurst | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1937 | First Lady | Stephen Wayne | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1937 | Sea Devils | Michael 'Mike' O'Shea | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars | Jack Clitheroe | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1936 | Muss 'em Up | Tip O'Neil | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1936 | Love Before Breakfast | Scott Miller | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1935 | Annie Oakley | Toby Walker | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1935 | The Informer | Dan Gallagher | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1935 | The Last Days of Pompeii | Marcus | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1935 | A Night at the Biltmore Bowl | Preston Foster | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1935 | Strangers All | Murray Carter | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1935 | The Arizonian | Tex Randolph | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1935 | We're Only Human | Det. Sgt. Pete 'Mac' McCaffrey | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1935 | The People's Enemy | Vince M. Falcone | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1934 | Heat Lightning | George | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1934 | Wharf Angel | Como Murphy | Film | 4.2 | 33 |
| 1934 | The Band Plays On | Howdy Hardy | Film | 8.3 | 33 |
| 1934 | Sleepers East | Jason Everett | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1933 | Hoopla | Nifty Miller | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1933 | Sensation Hunters | Tom baylor | Film | 3.7 | 32 |
| 1933 | Dangerous Crossroads | Hinton | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1933 | Ladies They Talk About | David Slade | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1933 | The 42nd Street Special | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1933 | The Devil's Mate | Insp. O'Brien | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1933 | Just Around the Corner | Tim - Office Worker (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1933 | Elmer, the Great | Walker | Film | 5.1 | 32 |
| 1933 | The Man Who Dared | Jan Novak | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1933 | Corruption | Tim Butler | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1932 | Doctor X | Dr. Wells | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1932 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Pete | Film | 7.8 | 31 |
| 1932 | The All-American | Steve Kelly | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1932 | Two Seconds | Bud Clark | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1932 | Life Begins | Dr. Brett | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1932 | You Said a Mouthful | Ed Dover | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1932 | The Last Mile | John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4 | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1931 | His Woman | Crewman | Film | 4.3 | 30 |
| 1930 | Follow the Leader | Two-Gun Terry | Film | 4.9 | 29 |
| 1930 | Heads Up | Blake (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1929 | Nothing but the Truth | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 28 |