1918 - 1987
Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer of Broadway and cinema, best known for his collaboration with composer Meredith Willson and originating the role of Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man and the 1962 film adaptation; the film earned him his first of two Golden Globe Award nominations. Preston collaborated twice with filmmaker Blake Edwards, first in S.O.B. (1981) and again in Victor/Victoria (1982). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Preston has received more than 37,478 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Robert Preston is the 3,356th most popular actor (down from 3,082nd in 2019), the 5,333rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,983rd in 2019) and the 1,657th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Robert Preston ranks 3,356 out of 10,030. Before him are Ian Abercrombie, Gérard Lanvin, Jack Colvin, Matthew Garber, Joe Manganiello, and Kenneth Welsh. After him are Theo Lingen, Lydia Shum, Cary Elwes, Emily Procter, Caitriona Balfe, and Agnes Ayres.
1934 - 2012
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 3,350
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 3,351
1934 - 2005
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 3,352
1956 - 1977
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 3,353
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 3,354
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 3,355
1918 - 1987
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 3,356
1903 - 1978
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 3,357
1945 - 2008
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 3,358
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 3,359
1968 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 3,360
1979 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 3,361
1898 - 1940
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 3,362
Among people born in 1918, Robert Preston ranks 173. Before him are Émile Derlin Zinsou, Mike Wallace, Giovanni Cheli, Shinobu Hashimoto, Russell Kirk, and Alfred Bickel. After him are Edward Van Dijck, Robert Walker, Bill Vukovich, Charu Majumdar, Édouard Gagnon, and Zara Dolukhanova. Among people deceased in 1987, Robert Preston ranks 148. Before him are Arne Brustad, M. G. Ramachandran, Paul Janes, Heðin Brú, Kristjan Palusalu, and Chögyam Trungpa. After him are Ralph Nelson, Gerhard Fieseler, George Mikes, Gustav Knuth, Henk Badings, and John Mikaelsson.
1918 - 2016
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 167
1918 - 2012
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 168
1918 - 2013
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 169
1918 - 2018
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 170
1918 - 1994
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 171
1918 - 1999
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 172
1918 - 1987
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 173
1918 - 1977
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 174
1918 - 1951
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 175
1918 - 1955
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 176
1918 - 1972
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 177
1918 - 2007
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 178
1918 - 2007
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 179
1912 - 1987
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 142
1917 - 1987
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 143
1912 - 1987
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 144
1901 - 1987
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 145
1908 - 1987
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 146
1939 - 1987
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 147
1918 - 1987
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 148
1916 - 1987
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 149
1896 - 1987
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 150
1912 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 151
1901 - 1987
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 152
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 153
1913 - 1987
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 154
Among people born in United States, Robert Preston ranks 5,333 out of 15,968. Before him are Joe Manganiello (1976), Tom Hamilton (1951), James Kottak (1962), Henry Carr (1941), George Ritzer (1940), and Richard Petty (1937). After him are James Worthy (1961), Emily Procter (1968), Agnes Ayres (1898), Gene Reynolds (1923), Charles Demuth (1883), and Reginald VelJohnson (1952).
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 5,327
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 5,328
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5,329
1941 - 2015
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5,330
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5,331
1937 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5,332
1918 - 1987
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5,333
1961 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5,334
1968 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 5,335
1898 - 1940
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 5,336
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 5,337
1883 - 1935
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 5,338
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 5,339
Among actors born in United States, Robert Preston ranks 1,657. Before him are Betty Buckley (1947), Estelle Parsons (1927), Kevin Richardson (1971), Rance Howard (1928), Jack Colvin (1934), and Joe Manganiello (1976). After him are Emily Procter (1968), Agnes Ayres (1898), Gene Reynolds (1923), Reginald VelJohnson (1952), Richard Lynch (1940), and Jack LaLanne (1914).
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 1,651
1927 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 1,652
1971 - Present
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 1,653
1928 - 2017
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 1,654
1934 - 2005
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 1,655
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 1,656
1918 - 1987
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 1,657
1968 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 1,658
1898 - 1940
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 1,659
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 1,660
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 1,661
1940 - 2012
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 1,662
1914 - 2011
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 1,663