
Robert Prosky
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 13, 1930
- Died
- December 8, 2008 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known For
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Filmography

The Skeptic
Movie · as Father Wymond

The Valley of Light
Movie · as Hoke

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie · as Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")

Suits on the Loose
Movie · as Bishop Hollister

K Street
TV · as Tommy's Dad · 3 eps

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self

D-Tox
Movie · as McKenzie

Death to Smoochy
Movie · as Network Chairman (uncredited)
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
Movie · as Self

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
Movie

Danny
TV · as Lenny · 11 eps
Pasta For War
Movie · as The Dictator (voice)

Dudley Do-Right
Movie · as Inspector Fenwick

Swing Vote
Movie · as Chief Justice

The Rodney King Incident: Race and Justice in America
Movie · as Self (voice)

Once and Again
TV · 1 ep

The Lake
Movie · as Herb
LateLine
TV · 1 ep

Mad City
Movie · as Lou Potts

Veronica's Closet
TV · as Pat Chase · 22 eps

The Practice
TV · as Father Patrick Martin · 5 eps

The Chamber
Movie · as E. Garner Goodman

Dead Man Walking
Movie · as Hilton Barber

The Scarlet Letter
Movie · as Horace Stonehall

Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
TV · as Edmund Bacon (voice) · 2 eps

Miracle on 34th Street
Movie · as Judge Henry Harper

ER
TV · as Wayne Rutley · 1 ep

Touched by an Angel
TV · as Dr. Robert Harrigan · 1 ep

Mrs. Doubtfire
Movie · as Mr. Lundy

Rudy
Movie · as Father Cavanaugh

Last Action Hero
Movie · as Nick

Frasier
TV · as T.H. Houghton · 1 ep

Far and Away
Movie · as Daniel Christie

Hoffa
Movie · as Billy Flynn

Double Edge
Movie · as Maggie's Father

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Movie · as Maishe

Age Isn't Everything
Movie · as Grandpa Irving

Brooklyn Bridge
TV · 1 ep

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Movie · as Grandpa Fred

Loose Cannons
Movie · as Von Metz

Funny About Love
Movie · as E. T.

The Love She Sought
Movie · as Bishop Richard Baker

Johnny Ryan
Movie · as Capt. Fitzgerald

Dangerous Pursuit
Movie · as Bill

Green Card
Movie · as Brontë's Lawyer
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
Movie · as The Storyteller (Voice)
Lifestories
TV · 9 eps

From the Dead of Night
Movie · as Dr. Walter Hovde

Home Fires Burning
Movie · as Rosh Benefield

The Heist
Movie · as Dancer

Coach
TV · as Coach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly · 2 eps

Christine Cromwell
TV · as Larry Cerreta · 1 ep

The Great Outdoors
Movie · as Wally

Things Change
Movie · as Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincenzo

A Walk in the Woods
Movie · as Andrey Botvinnik

The Murder of Mary Phagan
TV · as Tom Watson · 2 eps

Outrageous Fortune
Movie · as Stanislav Korzenowski

Broadcast News
Movie · as Ernie Merriman

Big Shots
Movie · as Keegan

Washington Monuments
Movie · as Narrator

Into Thin Air
Movie · as Jim Conway

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Dr. Sutton A. Vogel · 1 ep

The Natural
Movie · as The Judge

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Bishop Patrick Shea · 1 ep

Christine
Movie · as Will Darnell

The Keep
Movie · as Father Mihail Fonescu

The Lords of Discipline
Movie · as Col. 'Bear' Berrineau

Monsignor
Movie · as Bishop Walkman

Hanky Panky
Movie · as Hiram Calder

Cheers
TV · as Navy Captain Franklin Howe · 1 ep

World War III
TV · as Gen. Aleksey Rudenski · 2 eps

American Playhouse
TV · as Andrey Botvinnik · 1 ep

Thief
Movie · as Leo Alderman

The Ordeal of Bill Carney
Movie · as Judge Philip Erbsen

Hill Street Blues
TV · as Stan Jablonski · 67 eps

The Brink's Job
Movie · as Cop in Police Lineup (uncredited)

Lou Grant
TV · 1 ep

The Adams Chronicles
TV · as Benjamin Stoddert · 1 ep

Zalmen, or The Madness of God
Movie · as The Chairman

Beacon Hill
TV · as McLeague · 1 ep

Lincoln: Trial by Fire
Movie · as Secretary of War Stanton

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Performer · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Rosh Benefield, Hoke · 1 ep

