Robert Preston: movies and TV shows
Robert Preston has 88 credits in the archive: 62 films and 26 TV series, from 1938 to 2020. Highest rated: The Bell Telephone Hour (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1938 – 2020 · busiest year: 1950 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Disclosure | Carole 'Toddy' Todd (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 102 |
| 2015 | Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 97 |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 86 |
| 2003 | Broadway's Lost Treasures | Harold Hill (segment "The Music Man") | Film | 6.4 | 85 |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.8 | 76 |
| 1986 | Outrage! | Dennis Riordan | Film | 5.3 | 68 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1985 | Finnegan Begin Again | Mike Finnegan | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1984 | The Last Starfighter | Centauri | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | Self - Host | Film | 9.0 | 66 |
| 1983 | September Gun | Ben Sunday | Film | 5.5 | 65 |
| 1982 | Victor/Victoria | Carroll "Toddy" Todd | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1982 | Rehearsal for Murder | Alex Dennison | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 1981 | S.O.B. | Dr. Irving Finegarten | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1980 | The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg | Stranger | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1979 | The Chisholms | Hadley Chisholm | TV | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1977 | Semi-Tough | Big Ed Bookman | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 1975 | My Father's House | Tom Lindholm Sr. | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1974 | Mame | Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1972 | Junior Bonner | Ace Bonner | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1972 | Child's Play | Joseph Dobbs | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1963 | All the Way Home | Jay Follet | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1963 | Island of Love | Steve Blair | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Roger Morgan | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1962 | The Music Man | Harold Hill | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Rubin Flood | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host / Nominee/ Performer | TV | — | 38 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 38 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 38 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 38 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter / Performer | TV | — | 38 |
| 1956 | Made in Heaven | Zachary Meredith | Film | — | 38 |
| 1956 | Sentinels in the Air | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1956 | Confession | Self - Host | Film | — | 38 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | TV | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1955 | The Last Frontier | Col. Frank Marston | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1954 | Climax! | William Struthers | TV | 3.8 | 36 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Cleve Gordon | TV | 3.8 | 36 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Lt. Hogue | TV | 3.8 | 36 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Jim Tweedy | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1952 | Face to Face | Jack Potter | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 33 | |
| 1951 | Best of the Badmen | Matthew Fowler | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1951 | When I Grow Up | Father Reed | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1951 | Cloudburst | John Graham | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1951 | My Outlaw Brother | Joe Walter | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Jeff Frazer | TV | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Professor Richard Wanley | TV | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Phil Baxter | TV | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Dowey | TV | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Jed Kennedy | TV | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Kelly | TV | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Isaac Eaton | TV | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Tom | TV | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows | TV | 7.3 | 32 | |
| 1950 | The Sundowners | James Cloud ('Kid Wichita') | Film | 5.2 | 32 |
| 1949 | The Lady Gambles | David Boothe | Film | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1949 | Tulsa | Brad Brady | Film | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1948 | Blood on the Moon | Tate Riling | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | Murray Sinclair | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1948 | Big City | Rev. Philip Y. Andrews | Film | 7.8 | 30 |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | Robert Preston | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1947 | Wild Harvest | Jim Davis | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1947 | The Macomber Affair | Francis Macomber | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1943 | Wings Up | Himself | Film | 5.7 | 25 |
| 1943 | Night Plane from Chungking | Nick Stanton | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Dan Cutler | Film | 6.4 | 24 |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Robert Preston (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 24 |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire | Det. Michael Crane | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1942 | Wake Island | Pvt. Joe Doyle | Film | 5.9 | 24 |
| 1941 | The Night of January 16th | Steve Van Ruyle | Film | 5.8 | 23 |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Robert Draper | Film | 6.5 | 23 |
| 1941 | Parachute Battalion | Donald Morse | Film | 6.3 | 23 |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Steve Lewis | Film | 5.7 | 23 |
| 1941 | New York Town | Paul Bryson, Jr. | Film | 8.5 | 23 |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Ronnie Logan | Film | 6.4 | 22 |
| 1940 | Moon Over Burma | Chuck Lane | Film | 5.8 | 22 |
| 1940 | Typhoon | Johnny Potter | Film | 6.7 | 22 |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Dick Allen | Film | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1939 | Beau Geste | Digby Geste | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1939 | Disbarred | Bradley Kent | Film | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1938 | Illegal Traffic | Charles Bent Martin | Film | 6.6 | 20 |
| 1938 | King of Alcatraz | Robert MacArthur | Film | 6.0 | 20 |