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Robert Phalen

Robert Phalen

Known for: Acting

Born 10/05/1937
Died 1995-12-06
Place of birth San Francisco, California, USA

Robert Anthony Phalen (May 10, 1937 – December 6, 1995) was an American actor. He was born in San Francisco, California, where he attended George Washington High School, was active in the school's drama club, and served as student body president. His early stage work includes his membership in San Francisco's Actor's Workshop, where he played a variety of roles in the early 1960s, including Mick in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker. He was in the 1978 hit horror movie Halloween as Dr. Terence Wynn. His character returned in the 1995 sequel Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, but the role was taken over by Mitch Ryan. Robert also appeared in two other John Carpenter movies; namely Someone's Watching Me! (1978) and Starman (1984). His other film credits include Three Days of the Condor (1975), Just You and Me, Kid (1979), Zoot Suit (1981), The Gladiator (1986) and Impulse (1990). Phalen has made guest appearances on many TV shows. Some of those appearances include MASH, Baretta, Centennial, Hill Street Blues, The Facts of Life, and Babylon 5 (as the father of main character Susan Ivanova).

Filmography

Babylon 5 Series ★ 8,0

Babylon 5

Andrei Ivanov

1994

Babylon 5 Series ★ 8,0

Babylon 5

Andrei Ivanova

1994

Magnum, P.I. Series ★ 7,3

Magnum, P.I.

Michaels

1980

Knots Landing Series ★ 6,9

Knots Landing

Carlisle

1979

Great Performances Series ★ 6,1

Great Performances

Grekov

1971

Hill Street Blues Series ★ 7,6

Hill Street Blues

1981

Hill Street Blues Series ★ 7,6

Hill Street Blues

Marv

1981

L.A. Law Series ★ 7,1

L.A. Law

Lemuel Collins

1986

Simon & Simon Series ★ 6,7

Simon & Simon

1981

Hotel Series ★ 6,8

Hotel

Dr. Blair

1982

Barney Miller Series ★ 7,4

Barney Miller

Capt. Ronald Dupre USAF

1975

The Facts of Life Series ★ 7,1

The Facts of Life

1979

Hart to Hart Series ★ 6,9

Hart to Hart

1979

Taxi Series ★ 7,3

Taxi

Tom Jeffries

1978

Highway to Heaven Series ★ 7,4

Highway to Heaven

Pete Briggs

1984

Lou Grant Series ★ 7,3

Lou Grant

1977

Remington Steele Series ★ 7,1

Remington Steele

Ambrose Blinn

1982

thirtysomething Series ★ 6,3

thirtysomething

1987

Baretta Series ★ 6,5

Baretta

1975

The Jeffersons Series ★ 7,3

The Jeffersons

1975

Eight Is Enough Series ★ 6,2

Eight Is Enough

1977

Halloween Film ★ 7,6

Halloween

Dr. Wynn

1978

The White Shadow Series ★ 7,1

The White Shadow

Doug Batty

1978

Roots Series ★ 7,4

Roots

Rufus Jackson

1977

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II Series ★ 8,3

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Art Biggs

1976

The Tony Randall Show Series ★ 6,4

The Tony Randall Show

1976

Centennial Series ★ 7,7

Centennial

Rev. Holly

1978

Another World Series ★ 5,5

Another World

1964

Voyagers! Series ★ 7,5

Voyagers!

1982

Three Days of the Condor Film ★ 7,3

Three Days of the Condor

Newberry

1975

Starman Film ★ 6,9

Starman

Major Bell

1984

The Oldest Rookie Series ★ 7,0

The Oldest Rookie

1987

Impulse Film ★ 5,6

Impulse

Coroner

1990

Zoot Suit Film ★ 6,4

Zoot Suit

District Attorney

1981

Someone's Watching Me! Film ★ 6,2

Someone's Watching Me!

Wayne

1978

Under the Influence Film ★ 5,9

Under the Influence

1986

The Last Song Film ★ 8,0

The Last Song

Arnold Overstratten

1980

The Killing of Randy Webster Film ★ 6,0

The Killing of Randy Webster

Foreman

1981

Enemies Film

Enemies

Grekov

1974

Nero Wolfe Film ★ 8,3

Nero Wolfe

Yarmack

1979

Hellinger's Law Film ★ 8,8

Hellinger's Law

Dave Fredericks

1981

A Touch of the Poet Film ★ 10,0

A Touch of the Poet

Mickey Maloy

1974

Driving Lessons Film ★ 6,0

Driving Lessons

Dr. Terence Wynn (archive footage)

2012

A Killing Affair Film ★ 4,8

A Killing Affair

Sgt. Holt

1977