Robert Preston (actor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Preston (actor)

American actor

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1918

Place of Birth: Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1987

Profession: singer, stage actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer of Broadway and cinema, best known and remembered for his collaboration with composer Meredith Willson and originating the role of Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man and the 1962 film adaptation; the film earned him his first of 2 Golden Globe Award nominations.
Preston collaborated twice with filmmaker Blake Edwards, first in S.O.B.
(1981) and again in Victor/Victoria (1982).
For portraying Carroll "Toddy" Todd in the latter, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 55th Academy Awards.