Robert Preston Meservey was an American stage and screen actor, best known for his role as Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man, for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor
Preston as The Music Man c.1958
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Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett and Preston in The Macomber Affair (1947)
Preston and Mary Martin in the Broadway play I Do! I Do! (1966)
The Music Man is a 1962 American musical film directed and produced by Morton DaCosta, based on Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which DaCosta also directed. Robert Preston r
Robert Preston (actor)
…Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man, for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He reprised the role in the 1962 film adaptation, and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination. Preston made his Broadway debut in The Male Animal in…
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Alternate theatrical release poster