Preston Foster : Preston Foster and The Andy Griffith Show
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Not Godzilla but he was in "The Time Travelers" from 1964 which involved some mutant "monsters".
Re: Preston Foster and The Andy Griffith Show
I can't think of a well known sci-fi picture from the pre-TAGS period that Preston Foster appeared in. Sci-fi wasn't his genre, as it were, though he had his "flings" (so to speak) with "dark" pictures: his Warners horror, Doctor X,he's quite good in, and borderline sci-fi, but really a horror. Also, Mr. Foster was in a number of crime pictures, in which he played either law officers, private eyes or even outright criminals (Roger Touhy, Gangster). On the rare occasion when he played a villain there was an underlying warmth, a kind way about him, that kids were well attuned to.
The town of Mayberry seems like the kind of place that would produce its fair share of Preston Foster fanboys. He was a big, ruggedly handsome fellow, somewhat on the beefy side (and no less formidable for it), he appeared in a fair number of action flicks, westerns and just plain "outdoors stories", often focusing on animals, wild and tame alike. His natural acting style was a good fit for the Middle America of sixty plus years ago. Foster's TV series, Waterfront, was a favorite of mine when I was very young. The actor was burly and masculine in an unthreatening way, thus very kid-friendly.
The town of Mayberry seems like the kind of place that would produce its fair share of Preston Foster fanboys. He was a big, ruggedly handsome fellow, somewhat on the beefy side (and no less formidable for it), he appeared in a fair number of action flicks, westerns and just plain "outdoors stories", often focusing on animals, wild and tame alike. His natural acting style was a good fit for the Middle America of sixty plus years ago. Foster's TV series, Waterfront, was a favorite of mine when I was very young. The actor was burly and masculine in an unthreatening way, thus very kid-friendly.
Preston Foster and The Andy Griffith Show