Robert Prosky
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2009
The Skeptic as Father Wymond
2007The Valley of Light as Hoke
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
2005Suits on the Loose as Bishop Hollister
2003K Street as Tommy's Dad
2002Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes as Self
2002Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2002Death to Smoochy as Network Chairman (uncredited)
2002D-Tox as McKenzie
2001Danny as Lenny
2000Pasta For War as The Dictator (voice)
1999Once and Again
1999Dudley Do-Right as Inspector Fenwick
1999Swing Vote as Chief Justice
1998LateLine
1998The Lake as Herb
1997Mad City as Lou Potts
1997Veronica's Closet as Pat Chase
1997The Practice as Father Patrick Martin
1996The Chamber as E. Garner Goodman
1995Dead Man Walking as Hilton Barber
1995The Scarlet Letter as Horace Stonehall
1995Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain as Edmund Bacon (voice)
1994Miracle on 34th Street as Judge Henry Harper
1994Touched by an Angel as Dr. Robert Harrigan
1994ER as Wayne Rutley
1993Mrs. Doubtfire as Mr. Lundy
1993Rudy as Father Cavanaugh
1993Frasier as T.H. Houghton
1993Last Action Hero as Nick
1992Hoffa as Billy Flynn
1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story as Maishe
1992Far and Away as Daniel Christie
1992Double Edge as Maggie's Father
1991Brooklyn Bridge
1991Age Isn't Everything as Grandpa Irving
1990Green Card as Brontë's Lawyer
1990LifeStories: Steve Burdick as The Storyteller (Voice)
1990The Love She Sought as Bishop Richard Baker
1990Funny About Love as E. T.
1990Lifestories
1990Johnny Ryan as Capt. Fitzgerald
1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Grandpa Fred
1990Dangerous Pursuit as Bill
1990Loose Cannons as Von Metz
1989Christine Cromwell as Larry Cerreta
1989The Heist as Dancer
1989Coach as Coach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly
1989From the Dead of Night as Dr. Walter Hovde
1989Home Fires Burning as Rosh Benefield
1988Things Change as Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincenzo
1988The Great Outdoors as Wally
1988The Murder of Mary Phagan as Tom Watson
1988A Walk in the Woods as Andrey Botvinnik
1987Broadcast News as Ernie Merriman
1987Big Shots as Keegan
1987Outrageous Fortune as Stanislav Korzenowski
1987Washington Monuments as Narrator
1985Into Thin Air as Jim Conway
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dr. Sutton A. Vogel
1984Murder, She Wrote as Bishop Patrick Shea
1984The Natural as The Judge
1983The Keep as Father Mihail Fonescu
1983Christine as Will Darnell
1983The Lords of Discipline as Col. 'Bear' Berrineau
1982Monsignor as Bishop Walkman
1982Cheers as Navy Captain Franklin Howe
1982Hanky Panky as Hiram Calder
1982World War III as Gen. Aleksey Rudenski
1981The Ordeal of Bill Carney as Judge Philip Erbsen
1981Thief as Leo Alderman
1981Hill Street Blues as Stan Jablonski
1978The Brink's Job as Lineup Gallery Cop
1977Lou Grant
1975Beacon Hill as McLeague
1975Zalmen, or The Madness of God as The Chairman
1974Lincoln: Trial by Fire as Secretary of War Stanton
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee & Performer
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Rosh Benefield
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Hoke