
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

The Band Plays On

The Roundup

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

The Valley of Decision

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Kansas City Confidential

Lucy and Desi

Heat Lightning

The Last Warning

Waterfront

Tomahawk

77 Sunset Strip

We Who Are About to Die

The Informer

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

The Big Night

Submarine Patrol

The Harvey Girls

Double Danger

We're Only Human

It's Your America

Letter to Loretta

Ramrod

General Electric Theater

North West Mounted Police

Annie Oakley

I Shot Jesse James

First Lady

Tangier

The Lady in the Morgue

Outlaws

Ladies They Talk About

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Two Seconds

Doctor X

My Friend Flicka

Hoopla

The People's Enemy

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Life Begins

You Can't Beat Love

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Army Girl

Just Around the Corner

Twice Blessed

The Man Who Dared

Bermuda Mystery

Chasing Danger

The Westland Case

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

Gunslinger

Love Before Breakfast

The Plough and the Stars

I, the Jury

Sea Devils

The Last Days of Pompeii

Going My Way

The Last Mile

Inside Job

Guadalcanal Diary

Society Smugglers

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Law and Order

Muss 'em Up

Strangers All

20,000 Men a Year

Thunder Birds

Unfinished Business

Corruption

Cafe Hostess

The 42nd Street Special

The Hunted

The Man from Galveston

The Time Travelers

Advance to the Rear

Missing Evidence

The Big Gusher

Moon Over Burma

You Said a Mouthful

The All-American

Dangerous Crossroads

Elmer, the Great

Geronimo

Nothing but the Truth

Follow the Leader

Everybody's Doing It

Three Desperate Men

Secret Agent of Japan

News Is Made at Night

Harbor Command

American Empire

Night in New Orleans

Strange Triangle

The Big Cat

Wharf Angel

Target: The Corruptors!

The Marshal's Daughter

His Woman

Chubasco

The Tougher They Come

You've Got To Be Smart

A Gentleman After Dark

Sensation Hunters

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Little Tokyo, U.S.A.

The Arizonian

Thunderhoof

Heads Up

Montana Territory

The Devil's Mate

Sleepers East

King of the Wild Horses

The Storm

Up the River