Robert Phalen
Born: 1937-05-10 in San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 1995-12-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2012
- Driving Lessons as Dr. Terence Wynn (archive footage)
1994
- Babylon 5 as Andrei Ivanov
1990
- Impulse as Coroner
1986
- L.A. Law as Judge Lemuel Collins
- Under the Influence
1984
- Highway to Heaven as Pete Briggs
- Starman as Major Bell
1982
- Hotel as Dr. Blair
- Remington Steele as Ambrose Blinn
- Voyagers!
1981
- Hill Street Blues
- Simon & Simon
- Zoot Suit as District Attorney
- Hellinger's Law as Dave Fredericks
- The Killing of Randy Webster as Foreman
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Michaels
- The Last Song as Arnold Overstratten
1979
- Knots Landing as Carlisle
- Hart to Hart
- The Facts of Life
- Nero Wolfe as Yarmack
1978
- Taxi as Tom Jeffries
- Halloween as Dr. Wynn
- Centennial as Rev. Holly
- The White Shadow as Doug Batty
- Someone's Watching Me! as Wayne
1977
- Lou Grant
- Eight Is Enough
- Roots as Rufus Jackson
- A Killing Affair as Sgt. Holt
1976
- Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Art Biggs
- The Tony Randall Show
1975
- Baretta
- Barney Miller as Capt. Ronald Dupre USAF
- The Jeffersons
- Three Days of the Condor as Newberry
1974
- Enemies as Grekov
- A Touch of the Poet as Mickey Maloy
1971
- Great Performances as Grekov