Netflix Movies Starring Harve Presnell

By the time handsome, brawny baritone Harve Presnell arrived on the film scene, the "Golden Age" of musicals had long dissipated. Born in Modesto, California in 1933 and spending part of his youth on a family ranch near Yosemite Valley where he labored in the fields, it was discovered he had quite a voice at such a young age (7) and he became a soloist at his local church. He graduated from Modesto High School and received a USC sports scholarship, but moved quickly to singing at Lotte Lehmann's Academy of the West. At the age of 21 he coveted the lead in the American premiere of Darius Milhaud's "David." Initially trained for an operatic career, he spent three seasons singing throughout Europe with roles in "La Forza del Destino," "Un ballo in Maschera," "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Tosca. Read more on iMDB