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
118 acting credits
Acting · 118
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Outlaws
1960
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Going My Way
1962
Letter to Loretta
1953
Gunslinger
1961
Harbor Command
1957
General Electric Theater
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Waterfront
1954
Law and Order
1953
North West Mounted Police
1940
The Valley of Decision
1945
O. Henry Playhouse
1957
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
Doctor X
1932
The Harvey Girls
1946
The Informer
1935
Tomahawk
1951
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
The Time Travelers
1964
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
Two Seconds
1932
Kansas City Confidential
1952
Life Begins
1932
American Empire
1942
Twice Blessed
1945
Advance to the Rear
1964
The Man from Galveston
1963
Tangier
1946
Lucy and Desi
2022
I Shot Jesse James
1949
Geronimo
1939
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
Submarine Patrol
1938
Ramrod
1947
Elmer, the Great
1933
Inside Job
1946
We Who Are About to Die
1937
Ladies They Talk About
1933
Moon Over Burma
1940
Corruption
1933
First Lady
1937
Cafe Hostess
1940
Society Smugglers
1939
The Big Gusher
1951
Sea Devils
1937
The Big Cat
1949
The Big Night
1951
The Plough and the Stars
1936
The Storm
1938
The All-American
1932
Annie Oakley
1935
You Said a Mouthful
1932
The Lady in the Morgue
1938
Heat Lightning
1934
The Arizonian
1935
The Marshal's Daughter
1953
My Friend Flicka
1943
Missing Evidence
1939
I, the Jury
1953
Sensation Hunters
1933
News Is Made at Night
1939
Strangers All
1935
Everybody's Doing It
1938
Thunder Birds
1942
Unfinished Business
1941
Night in New Orleans
1942
Chubasco
1968
The Devil's Mate
1933
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945
The People's Enemy
1935
The Westland Case
1937
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
Muss 'em Up
1936
The Roundup
1941
Chasing Danger
1939
We're Only Human
1935
Wharf Angel
1934
Army Girl
1938
20,000 Men a Year
1939
The Hunted
1948
His Woman
1931
Strange Triangle
1946
King of the Wild Horses
1947
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
Follow the Leader
1930
Love Before Breakfast
1936
The Band Plays On
1934
The Tougher They Come
1950
The Last Warning
1938
Montana Territory
1952
Secret Agent of Japan
1942
Sleepers East
1934
Up the River
1938
Three Desperate Men
1951
Double Danger
1938
The Bogus Green
1951
Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
1942
The Man Who Dared
1933
It's Your America
1946
Thunderhoof
1948
You Can't Beat Love
1937
Heads Up
1930
Hoopla
1933
The Last Mile
1932
You've Got To Be Smart
1967
Nothing but the Truth
1929
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
Bermuda Mystery
1944
Dangerous Crossroads
1933
Just Around the Corner
1933
Destination 60,000
1957
The 42nd Street Special
1933
Classification of Enlisted Men
1942