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|branch = 25px U.S. Army Air Forces |unit = 386th Bomb Group |battles = World War II |rank = 25px Captain |serviceyears = 1942–45}} }} Robert Preston (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor best remembered for originating the role of Harold Hill in the 1957 musical ''The Music Man'' and the 1962 film adaptation. He is also known for his Oscar-nominated role as Carroll "Toddy" Todd in ''Victor Victoria'' (1982). ==Early life== Preston was born Robert Preston Meservey in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Ruth L. (née Rea; 1895-1973) and Frank Wesley Meservey (1899–1996), a garment worker and a billing clerk for American Express respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/robertpreston.htm )〕 After attending Abraham Lincoln High School in Los Angeles, he studied acting at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States' entry into World War II, he joined the United States Army Air Corps and served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. 9th Air Force with the 386th Bomb Group (Medium). At the end of the war in Europe, the 386th and Captain Robert Meservey, an S-2 Officer (intelligence), were stationed in St. Trond, Belgium. Meservey's job had been receiving intelligence reports from 9th Air Force headquarters and briefing the bomber crews on what to expect in accomplishing their missions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Preston (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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