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