- Films
- 30
- Avg rating
- 6.70
- Peak run
- 1939’42
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Robert by the numbers
Average
6.70
21 rated films
Vote weighted
6.74
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.52
rating spread
Career
46y
1939 to 1984
Total votes
196K
across every film
Best
7.7
The Music Man
Worst
6.4
S.O.B.
Newest first
Filmography
| 1984 |  The Last Starfighter | Centauri | 6.7 | 50,462 |
| 1982 |  Victor/Victoria | Carroll 'Toddy' Todd | 7.6 | 25,942 |
| 1981 | S.O.B. | Dr. Irving Finegarten | 6.4 | 6,981 |
| 1977 | Semi-Tough | Big Ed Bookman | 5.9 | 4,002 |
| 1974 | Mame | Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside | 5.9 | 3,766 |
| 1972 | Child's Play | Joseph Dobbs | 6.2 | 1,964 |
| 1972 | Junior Bonner | Ace Bonner | 6.7 | 7,541 |
| 1963 | All the Way Home | Jay Follett | · | 508 |
| 1963 | Island of Love | Steve Blair | · | 348 |
| 1962 |  How the West Was Won | Roger Morgan (segment: The Plains) | 7.1 | 25,928 |
| 1962 |  The Music Man | Harold Hill | 7.7 | 21,068 |
| 1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Rubin Flood | · | 916 |
| 1955 | The Last Frontier | Col. Frank Marston | 6.3 | 1,978 |
| 1951 | Best of the Badmen | Matthew Fowler | · | 787 |
| 1951 | Cloudburst | John | · | 791 |
| 1951 | My Outlaw Brother | Joe Waldner | · | 371 |
| 1950 | The Sundowners | James Cloud - aka Kid Wichita | · | 648 |
| 1949 | The Lady Gambles | David Boothe | 6.6 | 1,248 |
| 1949 | Tulsa | Brad Brady | 6.2 | 1,553 |
| 1948 | Big City | Reverend Phillip Y. Andrews | · | 399 |
Better together?
Robert Preston's regulars
- Cecil B. DeMilleDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.63 avg▼−0.06
- Morton DaCostaDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.70 avg▲+0.45
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Robert Preston
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1983Robert Preston
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.