Preston Foster
Acting
Born August 22, 1900 · Pitman, New Jersey, USA
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
Films (107)
Lucy and Desi
2022
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Chubasco
1968
You've Got To Be Smart
1967
The Time Travelers
1964
Advance to the Rear
1964
The Man from Galveston
1963
Destination 60,000
1957
I, the Jury
1953
The Marshal's Daughter
1953
Law and Order
1953
Kansas City Confidential
1952
Montana Territory
1952
The Big Night
1951
The Bogus Green
1951
The Big Gusher
1951
Tomahawk
1951
Three Desperate Men
1951
The Tougher They Come
1950
The Big Cat
1949
I Shot Jesse James
1949
Thunderhoof
1948
The Hunted
1948
Ramrod
1947
King of the Wild Horses
1947
It's Your America
1946
Inside Job
1946
Tangier
1946
Strange Triangle
1946
The Harvey Girls
1946
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
Twice Blessed
1945
The Valley of Decision
1945
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
Bermuda Mystery
1944
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
My Friend Flicka
1943
American Empire
1942
Thunder Birds
1942
Classification of Enlisted Men
1942
Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
1942
Night in New Orleans
1942
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
Secret Agent of Japan
1942
Unfinished Business
1941
The Roundup
1941
North West Mounted Police
1940
Moon Over Burma
1940
Cafe Hostess
1940
Missing Evidence
1939
Geronimo
1939
20,000 Men a Year
1939
News Is Made at Night
1939
Chasing Danger
1939
Society Smugglers
1939
Up the River
1938
The Last Warning
1938
Submarine Patrol
1938
The Storm
1938
Army Girl
1938
The Lady in the Morgue
1938
Double Danger
1938
Everybody's Doing It
1938
First Lady
1937
The Westland Case
1937
You Can't Beat Love
1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
Sea Devils
1937
We Who Are About to Die
1937
The Plough and the Stars
1936
Love Before Breakfast
1936
Muss 'em Up
1936
We're Only Human
1935
Annie Oakley
1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
The Arizonian
1935
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
The Informer
1935
The People's Enemy
1935
Strangers All
1935
The Band Plays On
1934
Wharf Angel
1934
Heat Lightning
1934
Sleepers East
1934
Hoopla
1933
Sensation Hunters
1933
The Devil's Mate
1933
The Man Who Dared
1933
Corruption
1933
Dangerous Crossroads
1933
Elmer, the Great
1933
The 42nd Street Special
1933
Ladies They Talk About
1933
Just Around the Corner
1933
You Said a Mouthful
1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
The All-American
1932
Life Begins
1932
The Last Mile
1932
Doctor X
1932
Two Seconds
1932
His Woman
1931
Follow the Leader
1930
Heads Up
1930
Nothing but the Truth
1929