Actor
Preston Foster
Biography

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 organiz ...

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