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
- Death to Smoochy as Network Chairman (uncredited)
- Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes as Self
- D-Tox as McKenzie
- Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2001
- Danny as Lenny
2000
- Pasta For War as The Dictator (voice)
1999
- Once and Again
- Swing Vote as Chief Justice
- Dudley Do-Right as Inspector Fenwick
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
- Last Action Hero as Nick
- Rudy as Father Cavanaugh
1992
- Hoffa as Billy Flynn
- Double Edge as Maggie's Father
- Far and Away as Daniel Christie
- Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story as Maishe
1991
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Age Isn't Everything as Grandpa Irving
1990
- Dangerous Pursuit as Bill
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Grandpa Fred
- Johnny Ryan as Capt. Fitzgerald
- Loose Cannons as Von Metz
- The Love She Sought as Bishop Richard Baker
- LifeStories: Steve Burdick as The Storyteller (Voice)
- Green Card as Brontë's Lawyer
- Funny About Love as E. T.
- Lifestories
1989
- Coach as Coach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly
- The Heist as Dancer
- Christine Cromwell as Larry Cerreta
- From the Dead of Night as Dr. Walter Hovde
- Home Fires Burning as Rosh Benefield
1988
- Things Change as Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincenzo
- The Great Outdoors as Wally
- The Murder of Mary Phagan as Tom Watson
- 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
- Monsignor as Bishop Walkman
- Hanky Panky as Hiram Calder
- World War III as Gen. Aleksey Rudenski
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
1975
- Zalmen, or The Madness of God as The Chairman
- Beacon Hill as McLeague
1974
- Lincoln: Trial by Fire as Secretary of War Stanton
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee & Performer
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Rosh Benefield