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William Preston

Actor · 1921 – 1998 · Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA

William Preston started an acting career late in his life, giving up his career as a book keeper in a Philadelphia trucking firm to begin acting at age 47. He had extensive stage experience, performing in over 60 Shakespeare productions as well as being nominated for Florida's state supporting actor award. Among his many movie roles, he played John, the bum, from Fisher King - Le roi pêcheur (1991), a blacksmith in Horizons lointains (1992), and the flask mourner in Family Business (1989). He later appeared inWaterworld (1995), Reckless (1995/I), Brooklyn Boogie (1995), and La chasse aux sorcières (1996). William was born on August 26, 1921 in Columbia, PA. He had a Master's degree in English literature from Penn State. In July 10, 1998 Preston died. - IMDb Mini Biography

Movies17

  • Movie6.2

    Waterworld

    1995 · 4.2K votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Exorcist III

    1990 · 900 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Far and Away

    1992 · 1.4K votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Fisher King

    1991 · 1.5K votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Crucible

    1996 · 578 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Joe's Apartment

    1996 · 391 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Family Business

    1989 · 292 votes

  • Movie4.5

    Lady in a Corner

    1989 · 4 votes

  • Movie5.7

    I'm Not Rappaport

    1996 · 34 votes

  • Movie5.4

    It Runs in the Family

    1994 · 31 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Stone Pillow

    1985 · 7 votes

  • Movie3.3

    Me and Veronica

    1993 · 3 votes

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  • Movie6.6

    Reckless

    1995 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Destination Anywhere

    1997 · 18 votes

  • Movie5.5
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  • TV7.0

    Spin City

    1996 · 350 votes