Robert Prosky
Born: 1930-12-13 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2008-12-08
Known For: Acting
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
2007
- The Valley of Light as Hoke
2006
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
2005
- Suits on the Loose as Bishop Hollister
2003
- K Street as Tommy's Dad
2002
- D-Tox as McKenzie
- Death to Smoochy as Network Chairman (uncredited)
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes as Self
- Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2001
- Danny as Lenny
2000
- Pasta For War as The Dictator (voice)
1999
- Once and Again
- Dudley Do-Right as Inspector Fenwick
- Swing Vote as Chief Justice
- The Rodney King Incident: Race and Justice in America as Self (voice)
1997
- The Practice as Father Patrick Martin
- Veronica's Closet as Pat Chase
- Mad City as Lou Potts
1996
- The Chamber as E. Garner Goodman
1995
- Dead Man Walking as Hilton Barber
- The Scarlet Letter as Horace Stonehall
- Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain as Edmund Bacon (voice)
1994
- ER as Wayne Rutley
- Touched by an Angel as Dr. Robert Harrigan
- Miracle on 34th Street as Judge Henry Harper
1993
- Frasier as T.H. Houghton
- Mrs. Doubtfire as Mr. Lundy
- Rudy as Father Cavanaugh
- Last Action Hero as Nick
1992
- Far and Away as Daniel Christie
- Hoffa as Billy Flynn
- Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story as Maishe
- Double Edge as Maggie's Father
1991
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Age Isn't Everything as Grandpa Irving
1990
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Grandpa Fred
- Green Card as Brontë's Lawyer
- Loose Cannons as Von Metz
- Lifestories
- Funny About Love as E. T.
- Johnny Ryan as Capt. Fitzgerald
- Dangerous Pursuit as Bill
- LifeStories: Steve Burdick as The Storyteller (Voice)
- The Love She Sought as Bishop Richard Baker
1989
- Coach as Coach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly
- Christine Cromwell as Larry Cerreta
- The Heist as Dancer
- Home Fires Burning as Rosh Benefield
- From the Dead of Night as Dr. Walter Hovde
1988
- The Great Outdoors as Wally
- The Murder of Mary Phagan as Tom Watson
- Things Change as Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincenzo
- A Walk in the Woods as Andrey Botvinnik
1987
- Broadcast News as Ernie Merriman
- Outrageous Fortune as Stanislav Korzenowski
- Big Shots as Keegan
- Washington Monuments as Narrator
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dr. Sutton A. Vogel
- Into Thin Air as Jim Conway
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Bishop Patrick Shea
- The Natural as The Judge
1983
- Christine as Will Darnell
- The Keep as Father Mihail Fonescu
- The Lords of Discipline as Col. 'Bear' Berrineau
1982
- Cheers as Navy Captain Franklin Howe
- World War III as Gen. Aleksey Rudenski
- Hanky Panky as Hiram Calder
- Monsignor as Bishop Walkman
1981
- Hill Street Blues as Stan Jablonski
- Thief as Leo Alderman
- The Ordeal of Bill Carney as Judge Philip Erbsen
1978
- The Brink's Job as Lineup Gallery Cop
1977
1976
- The Adams Chronicles as Benjamin Stoddert
1975
- Beacon Hill as McLeague
- Zalmen, or The Madness of God as The Chairman
1974
- Lincoln: Trial by Fire as Secretary of War Stanton
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Rosh Benefield