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Robert Preston

1918 - 1987

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Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and screen actor, best-known for his role as Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He reprised the role in the 1962 film adaptation, for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination. Preston made his Broadway debut in The Male Animal in 1952. He won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for The Music Man (1957) and I Do! Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Preston has received more than 47,239 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Robert Preston is the 4,390th most popular actor (down from 3,886th in 2019), the 6,446th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,897th in 2019) and the 1,968th most popular American Actor.

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  • 47k

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  • 55.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Preston ranks 4,390 out of 13,578. Before him are Bob Sapp, Penelope Ann Miller, Nancy Kwan, Roger Blin, O. W. Fischer, and Angie Bowie. After him are Ole Ernst, Peter Davison, Louise Lasser, Kamal Haasan, Barry Humphries, and Frank Silva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Robert Preston ranks 210. Before him are Georges Berger, Rand Brooks, Zara Dolukhanova, Gunder Hägg, Martin Lundström, and Anne Shirley. After him are Jacqueline Susann, Robert Ettinger, Vicente de la Mata, Joey Bishop, Josef Bradl, and Franjo Wölfl. Among people deceased in 1987, Robert Preston ranks 173. Before him are Jaroslav Bouček, Alf Landon, John Mikaelsson, Igor Newerly, Gerhard Fieseler, and Charles Stark Draper. After him are Alexandru Borbely, Uwe Barschel, James Jesus Angleton, Franjo Wölfl, Igor Ilyinsky, and Galo Plaza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Preston ranks 6,446 out of 20,380. Before him are Roscoe Lockwood (1875), Aaron Sorkin (1961), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Earl Tupper (1907), Preston Sturges (1898), and Charles Stark Draper (1901). After him are James Jamerson (1936), Ruth Orkin (1921), Louise Lasser (1939), Joe Hunt (1919), Frank Silva (1950), and John Armstrong Jr. (1758).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Robert Preston ranks 1,968. Before him are Will Yun Lee (1971), Jack Coleman (1958), Dominique Dunne (1959), Diana Muldaur (1938), Bob Sapp (1973), and Penelope Ann Miller (1964). After him are Louise Lasser (1939), Frank Silva (1950), Blair Brown (1946), Tessa Thompson (1983), Gina Torres (1969), and Phyllis Allen (1861).

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