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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/26/1921
Place of Birth
Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
William Preston
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 later appeared inWaterworld (1995), Reckless (1995/I), Brooklyn Boogie (1995), and La chasse aux sorci...
Known For
Waterworld
as Depth Gauge
Family Business
as Flask Mourner
The Exorcist III
as Old Man in Wheelchair
Far and Away
as Blacksmith
Reckless
as Porter
Stone Pillow
as Homeless Man in Street (uncredited)
The Fisher King
as John the Bum
Destination Anywhere
as Homeless Man
Joe's Apartment
as Complaint Handler
The Crucible
as George Jacobs
It Runs in the Family
as Grandpa Bumpus
I'm Not Rappaport
as Jake
Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood
as Sticker
Me and Veronica
as Old Man
Lady in a Corner
as E. B. Bennett