Acting
Preston Foster
- Titles
- 107movies11TV shows
- Career
Active from 1932 to 1968, busiest in 1933 with 9 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 80top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang77/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.7average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.6average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.0average 3.3
- Crime4.2average 3.7
- Politics3.0average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.4
- Fantasy0.5, average 1.7
- Uncanny1.3, average 2.5
- Absurdist Humor0.9, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Character-Driven 8
- Classic Hollywood 7
- Historical Setting 6
- Classic Western 6
- Historical Drama 6
- Intrigue 5
- Mystery 4
- Western 4
- Romance 4
- Fast-Paced 3
- Class Conflict 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Frank JenksActorWe Who Are About to Die, The Storm, The Westland Case, Society Smugglers, The Lady in the Morgue, +1 more
Ruth DonnellyActorLadies They Talk About, Army Girl, The Roundup, Just Around the Corner, Heat Lightning
Harold HuberActorLadies They Talk About, A Gentleman After Dark, Little Tokyo, U.S.A., We're Only Human, Chasing Danger
Samuel S. HindsActorThe Storm, Inside Job, Unfinished Business, Double Danger, Strangers All
Guinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsActorArmy Girl, King of the Wild Horses, Muss 'em Up, Everybody's Doing It, American Empire
Christy CabanneDirectorWe Who Are About to Die, You Can't Beat Love, The Westland Case, Everybody's Doing It, The Outcasts of Poker Flat- JJ. Roy HuntCinematographerAnnie Oakley, The Last Days of Pompeii, Muss 'em Up, We're Only Human, Sea Devils
Frank McHughActorElmer, the Great, Life Begins, The Tougher They Come, Heat Lightning
James GleasonActorArmy Girl, Hoopla, The All-American, We're Only Human
J. Carrol NaishActorWe Who Are About to Die, It's Your America, Two Seconds, Sleepers East
Victor McLaglenActorThe Informer, Roger Touhy, Gangster, Sea Devils, Wharf Angel
Victor YoungComposerNight in New Orleans, North West Mounted Police, Army Girl, Moon Over Burma
Movies and TV shows
1131960s
9 titles · average score 49
as Nick
as D. O. Griggs
as Dr. Erik von Steiner
as Gen. Bateman (uncredited)
as Judge Homer Black
TV show
TV show · as Captain Zachary Scott
TV show
1950s
19 titles · average score 64
as Col. Ed Buckley
TV show · as Cap'n John Herrick
as Kurt Durling
as Capt. Pat Chambers
as Tim Foster
as Sheriff Henry Plummer
as Andy La Main
as Tom Denton
as Henry 'Hank' Mason
as Col. Carrington
as Brass McGannon
as Joe MacKinley
1940s
30 titles · average score 62
as John Kelley
as Johnny Saxon
as Bart Madden
as Rob McLaughlin
as Rob McLaughlin
as Father Donnelly
as Steve Britt
as Police Lt. Steve Abbott
as Paxton Bryce
as Tom Gaynor
as Roy Bonnell
as Dan Walters
1930s
54 titles · average score 60
as Capt. Dike Conger
as Stephen Wayne
as Steven Mathews
as James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes
as Scott Miller
as Jack Clitheroe
as Dan Gallagher
as Toby Walker
as Marcus
as George
as David Slade
as Ed Dover
1920s
1 title
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)