Biography
Robert Preston Meservey 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, and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination.
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Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1967
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1958
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1983 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1975 · nominated
Filmography29 titles
My Father's House
Disclosure
Big City
Victor/Victoria
The Music Man
How the West Was Won
What's My Line?
This Gun for Hire
Beau Geste
All the Way Home
Lux Video Theatre
Union Pacific
The Last Starfighter
Best of the Badmen
Cloudburst
Reap the Wild Wind
Tulsa
The Last Frontier
Blood on the Moon
Rehearsal for Murder
Child's Play
The Lady Gambles
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Mame
My Outlaw Brother
Semi-Tough
The Sundowners
Climax!