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William Preston
Acting
26 Aug 1921
† 10 Jul 1998
Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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 la...
William Preston's Movies
62%
Waterworld
28 Jul 1995
73%
The Fisher King
20 Sept 1991
68%
Far and Away
22 May 1992
63%
The Exorcist III
17 Aug 1990
66%
The Crucible
27 Nov 1996
58%
Joe's Apartment
26 Jul 1996
57%
Family Business
06 Dec 1989
56%
I'm Not Rappaport
24 Dec 1996
54%
Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood
06 May 1973
54%
It Runs in the Family
23 Sept 1994
68%
Destination Anywhere
16 Jun 1997
66%
Reckless
17 Nov 1995
67%
Stone Pillow
05 Nov 1985
45%
Lady in a Corner
11 Dec 1989
10%
Me and Veronica
24 Sept 1993
0%
No Exit
27 Apr 1994
