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Robert Prosky
Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

ActingBorn December 13, 1930Died December 8, 2008 (age 77)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Robert Prosky (born Robert Joseph Porzuczek, December 13, 1930 – December 8, 2008) was an American actor. He became a well-known supporting actor in the 1980s with his roles in Thief (1981), Christine (1983), The Natural (1984), and Broadcast News (1987). Prosky's other notable movies include Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Hoffa (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Last Action Hero (1993), Rudy (1993), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Dead Man Walking (1995), and Mad City (1997). His most notable television role was of Sgt. Stan Jablonski on the TV police drama Hill Street Blues.

Filmography

2009
The Skeptic

as Father Wymond

Movie
2007Movie
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")

Movie
2005
Suits on the Loose

as Bishop Hollister

Movie
2003
K Street

as Tommy's Dad

TV
2002
Death to Smoochy

as Network Chairman (uncredited)

Movie
2002
D-Tox

as McKenzie

Movie
2001
Danny

as Lenny

TV
2000
Pasta For War

as The Dictator (voice)

Movie
1999
Dudley Do-Right

as Inspector Fenwick

Movie
1999
Swing Vote

as Chief Justice

Movie
1998TV
1998
The Lake

as Herb

Movie
1997
Mad City

as Lou Potts

Movie
1997
Veronica's Closet

as Pat Chase

TV
1997
The Practice

as Father Patrick Martin

TV
1996
The Chamber

as E. Garner Goodman

Movie
1995
Dead Man Walking

as Hilton Barber

Movie
1995
The Scarlet Letter

as Horace Stonehall

Movie
1995TV
1994
Miracle on 34th Street

as Judge Henry Harper

Movie
1994
Touched by an Angel

as Dr. Robert Harrigan

TV
1994
ER

as Wayne Rutley

TV
1993
Mrs. Doubtfire

as Mr. Lundy

Movie
1993
Rudy

as Father Cavanaugh

Movie
1993
Frasier

as T.H. Houghton

TV
1993Movie
1992
Hoffa

as Billy Flynn

Movie
1992
Far and Away

as Daniel Christie

Movie
1992
Double Edge

as Maggie's Father

Movie
1991
Age Isn't Everything

as Grandpa Irving

Movie
1990
Green Card

as Brontë's Lawyer

Movie
1990
LifeStories: Steve Burdick

as The Storyteller (Voice)

Movie
1990
The Love She Sought

as Bishop Richard Baker

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Johnny Ryan

as Capt. Fitzgerald

Movie
1990Movie
1990Movie
1990
Loose Cannons

as Von Metz

Movie
1989
Christine Cromwell

as Larry Cerreta

TV
1989
The Heist

as Dancer

Movie
1989
Coach

as Coach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly

TV
1989
From the Dead of Night

as Dr. Walter Hovde

Movie
1989
Home Fires Burning

as Rosh Benefield

Movie
1988
Things Change

as Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincenzo

Movie
1988Movie
1988TV
1988
A Walk in the Woods

as Andrey Botvinnik

Movie
1987
Broadcast News

as Ernie Merriman

Movie
1987
Big Shots

as Keegan

Movie
1987
Outrageous Fortune

as Stanislav Korzenowski

Movie
1987Movie
1985
Into Thin Air

as Jim Conway

Movie
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Dr. Sutton A. Vogel

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Bishop Patrick Shea

TV
1984
The Natural

as The Judge

Movie
1983
The Keep

as Father Mihail Fonescu

Movie
1983
Christine

as Will Darnell

Movie
1983
The Lords of Discipline

as Col. 'Bear' Berrineau

Movie
1982
Monsignor

as Bishop Walkman

Movie
1982
Cheers

as Navy Captain Franklin Howe

TV
1982
Hanky Panky

as Hiram Calder

Movie
1982
World War III

as Gen. Aleksey Rudenski

TV
1981
The Ordeal of Bill Carney

as Judge Philip Erbsen

Movie
1981
Thief

as Leo Alderman

Movie
1981
Hill Street Blues

as Stan Jablonski

TV
1978
The Brink's Job

as Lineup Gallery Cop

Movie
1977TV
1976
The Adams Chronicles

as Benjamin Stoddert

TV
1975
Beacon Hill

as McLeague

TV
1975Movie
1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire

as Secretary of War Stanton

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee / Performer

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Rosh Benefield

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 13, 1930
Day of DeathDecember 8, 2008
Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity1.1