Preston Foster

Actor Aug 22 (died age 69) Pitman, New Jersey, USA 1929–2022 (93 year career)

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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

Film

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Pete

Film

Kansas City Confidential

Tim Foster

Film

The Informer

Dan Gallagher

Film

Lucy and Desi

Self (archive footage)

Film

Doctor X

Dr. Wells

Film

The Harvey Girls

Judge Sam Purvis

Film

Ramrod

Frank Ivey

Film

I Shot Jesse James

John Kelley

Filmography

Acting (118)

Movies (107)

Lucy and Desi

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

Chubasco

1968

as Nick

3.0

You've Got To Be Smart

1967

as D. O. Griggs

3.0

The Time Travelers

1964

as Dr. Erik von Steiner

5.0

Advance to the Rear

1964

as Gen. Bateman (uncredited)

5.0

The Man from Galveston

1963

as Judge Homer Black

5.2

Destination 60,000

1957

as Col. Ed Buckley

I, the Jury

1953

as Capt. Pat Chambers

5.7

Law and Order

1953

as Kurt Durling

5.3

The Marshal's Daughter

1953

as Preston Foster - Poker-Game Player

3.4

Kansas City Confidential

1952

as Tim Foster

7.1

Montana Territory

1952

as Sheriff Henry Plummer

Tomahawk

as Col. Carrington

The Big Night

as Andy La Main

Three Desperate Men

as Tom Denton

The Big Gusher

as Hank Mason

The Bogus Green

as Brass McGannon

The Tougher They Come

as Joe MacKinley

The Big Cat

as Tom Eggers

I Shot Jesse James

as John Kelley

Thunderhoof

as Scotty Mason

The Hunted

as Johnny Saxon

Ramrod

as Frank Ivey

King of the Wild Horses

1947

as Dave Taggert

The Harvey Girls

as Judge Sam Purvis

Tangier

as Col. Jose Artiego

It's Your America

as Army Surgeon (uncredited)

Inside Job

as Bart Madden

Strange Triangle

as Sam Crane

The Valley of Decision

1945

as Jim Brennan

7.3

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

as Rob McLaughlin

Twice Blessed

as Jeff Turner

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

as Self (uncredited)

Bermuda Mystery

as Steve Carramond

Roger Touhy, Gangster

as Roger Touhy

Guadalcanal Diary

as Father Donnelly

My Friend Flicka

as Rob McLaughlin

Night in New Orleans

as Police Lt. Steve Abbott

3.6

Thunder Birds

1942

as Steve Britt

5.4

Classification of Enlisted Men

1942

as Narrator

Little Tokyo, U.S.A.

1942

as Michael Steele

Secret Agent of Japan

as Roy Bonnell

American Empire

as Paxton Bryce

A Gentleman After Dark

as Tom Gaynor

Unfinished Business

as Steve Duncan

The Roundup

as Greg Lane

Cafe Hostess

as Dan Walters

North West Mounted Police

1940

as Sergeant Jim Brett

Moon Over Burma

as Bill Gordon

Society Smugglers

as Sully

Geronimo

as Capt. Bill Starrett

4.6

20,000 Men a Year

1939

as Jim Howell

5.5

News Is Made at Night

as Steve Drum

Missing Evidence

as Bill Collins

Chasing Danger

as Steve Mitchell

Army Girl

as Capt. Dike Conger

Submarine Patrol

as Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake

Double Danger

as Robert Crane

Up the River

as 'Chipper' Morgan

Everybody's Doing It

1938

as Bruce Keene

5.0

The Lady in the Morgue

1938

as Det. Bill Crane

6.2

The Storm

1938

as Jack Stacey

The Last Warning

1938

as Bill Crane

7.0

Sea Devils

1937

as Michael 'Mike' O'Shea

First Lady

as Stephen Wayne

The Westland Case

as Bill Crane - Private Detective

6.0

You Can't Beat Love

1937

as James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes

6.0

We Who Are About to Die

1937

as Steven Mathews

6.8

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1937

as John Oakhurst

6.0

The Plough and the Stars

1936

as Jack Clitheroe

5.8

Love Before Breakfast

as Scott Miller

Muss 'em Up

as Tip O'Neil

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

as Preston Foster

The People's Enemy

as Vince M. Falcone

Annie Oakley

as Toby Walker

The Informer

as Dan Gallagher

The Last Days of Pompeii

1935

as Marcus

5.7

We're Only Human

1935

as Det. Sgt. Pete 'Mac' McCaffrey

Strangers All

as Murray Carter

The Arizonian

as Tex Randolph

Heat Lightning

as George

Wharf Angel

as Como Murphy

The Band Plays On

as Howdy Hardy

Sleepers East

as Jason Everett

The 42nd Street Special

as Self (uncredited)

Corruption

as Tim Butler

Hoopla

as Nifty Miller

Sensation Hunters

as Tom baylor

Elmer, the Great

as Walker

The Devil's Mate

as Insp. O'Brien

Ladies They Talk About

1933

as David Slade

6.1

Just Around the Corner

1933

as Tim - Office Worker (uncredited)

Dangerous Crossroads

as Hinton

The Man Who Dared

as Jan Novak

You Said a Mouthful

as Ed Dover

Doctor X

as Dr. Wells

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

as Pete

Life Begins

as Dr. Brett

Two Seconds

as Bud Clark

The All-American

as Steve Kelly

The Last Mile

as John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4

His Woman

as Crewman

Follow the Leader

as Two-Gun Terry

Heads Up

as Blake (uncredited)

Nothing but the Truth

1929

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

4.6

Television (11)

Going My Way

1962

5.7

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

3.5

Gunslinger

1961

as Captain Zachary Scott

Outlaws

77 Sunset Strip

Harbor Command

O. Henry Playhouse

as John McCaskey

Waterfront

as Cap'n John Herrick

7.0

General Electric Theater

Letter to Loretta

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Bob Hood

7.2