Acting
Preston Foster
- 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 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.0, average 5.4
- Uncanny1.3, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.5, average 1.7
- Absurdist Humor0.9, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Character-Driven 8
- Classic Hollywood 7
- Historical Setting 6
- Classic Western 6
- Historical Drama 6
- Intrigue 5
- Romance 4
- Western 4
- Mystery 4
- Nostalgic 3
- Class Conflict 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Frank JenksActorThe Westland Case, We Who Are About to Die, The Lady in the Morgue, The Storm, The Last Warning, +1 more
Ruth DonnellyActorArmy Girl, Ladies They Talk About, Just Around the Corner, Heat Lightning, The Roundup
Guinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsActorArmy Girl, King of the Wild Horses, Everybody's Doing It, American Empire, Muss 'em Up
Harold HuberActorLadies They Talk About, A Gentleman After Dark, Little Tokyo, U.S.A., We're Only Human, Chasing Danger
Samuel S. HindsActorUnfinished Business, Inside Job, Strangers All, The Storm, Double Danger
Christy CabanneDirectorYou Can't Beat Love, The Westland Case, Everybody's Doing It, We Who Are About to Die, The Outcasts of Poker Flat- JJ. Roy HuntCinematographerAnnie Oakley, The Last Days of Pompeii, Muss 'em Up, Sea Devils, We're Only Human
James GleasonActorArmy Girl, Hoopla, The All-American, We're Only Human
J. Carrol NaishActorIt's Your America, We Who Are About to Die, Two Seconds, Sleepers East
Frank McHughActorThe Tougher They Come, Heat Lightning, Elmer, the Great, Life Begins
Victor McLaglenActorRoger Touhy, Gangster, The Informer, Sea Devils, Wharf Angel
Victor YoungComposerArmy Girl, North West Mounted Police, Night in New Orleans, Moon Over Burma
Movies and TV shows
1131960s
9 titles · average score 49
GoodWatch score 49as Nick
as D. O. Griggs
GoodWatch score 45as Dr. Erik von Steiner
GoodWatch score 52as Gen. Bateman (uncredited)
as Judge Homer Black
TV show
TV show · as Captain Zachary Scott
TV show
1950s
19 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch score 74TV show
as Col. Ed Buckley
TV show · as Cap'n John Herrick
GoodWatch score 58as Kurt Durling
GoodWatch score 50as Capt. Pat Chambers
GoodWatch score 75as Tim Foster
as Sheriff Henry Plummer
GoodWatch score 59as Andy La Main
as Henry 'Hank' Mason
as Tom Denton
GoodWatch score 50as Col. Carrington
as Joe MacKinley
1940s
30 titles · average score 62
GoodWatch score 71as John Kelley
as Dave Taggert
GoodWatch score 67as Rob McLaughlin
as Steve Carramond
as Roger Touhy
GoodWatch score 62as Father Donnelly
GoodWatch score 77as Rob McLaughlin
GoodWatch score 53as Steve Britt
GoodWatch score 53as Paxton Bryce
as Tom Gaynor
as Police Lt. Steve Abbott
GoodWatch score 64as Steve Duncan
1930s
54 titles · average score 60
as Capt. Dike Conger
GoodWatch score 62as James Ellsworth 'Jimmy' Hughes
as Bill Crane - Private Detective
GoodWatch score 48as Jack Clitheroe
GoodWatch score 62as Toby Walker
GoodWatch score 65as Dan Gallagher
GoodWatch score 54as Marcus
GoodWatch score 61as Nifty Miller
GoodWatch score 62as David Slade
GoodWatch score 47as Tom baylor
GoodWatch score 71as Dr. Wells
GoodWatch score 46as Ed Dover
1920s
1 title
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)