Preston (Meservey), Robert
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Preston [Meservey], Robert (1918–87), actor. Born in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, he was raised in California and studied at the theatre school of the
Pasadena Playhouse. He made occasional West Coast appearances while becoming a film actor who specialized in tough men and Western villains. In New York, his versatility was displayed when he succeeded José
Ferrer in 1951 in the revival of
Twentieth Century and when he next portrayed Joe Ferguson in a 1952 revival of
The Male Animal. After a series of failures Preston scored a hit as the duped husband Gil in
Janus (1955). Broadway stardom finally came with his mesmerizing performance as con man Harold Hill in
The Music Man (1957), followed by the title role in
Ben Franklin in Paris (1964), King Henry II in
The Lion in Winter (1966), husband Michael in
I Do! I Do! (1966), and moviemaker Mack Sennett in
Mack and Mabel (1974). His last Broadway appearance was as a replacement in another con‐man role, Foxwell J. Sly in
Sly Fox (1977). Preston was a virile, handsome, full‐voiced leading man whose theatrical delivery and twinkle in his eye made him unique.
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