Acting

Robert Prosky

Born 1930-12-13 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 2008-12-08

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.

Credits

Newest first

The Skeptic
as Father Wymond
2009
The Valley of Light
as Hoke
2007
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
2006
Suits on the Loose
as Bishop Hollister
2005
K Street
as Tommy's Dad
2003
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
as Self
2002
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
Death to Smoochy
as Network Chairman (uncredited)
2002
D-Tox
as McKenzie
2002
Danny
as Lenny
2001
Pasta For War
as The Dictator (voice)
2000
Once and Again
1999
Dudley Do-Right
as Inspector Fenwick
1999
Swing Vote
as Chief Justice
1999
The Rodney King Incident: Race and Justice in America
as Self (voice)
1999
LateLine
1998
The Lake
as Herb
1998
Mad City
as Lou Potts
1997
Veronica's Closet
as Pat Chase
1997
The Practice
as Father Patrick Martin
1997
The Chamber
as E. Garner Goodman
1996
Dead Man Walking
as Hilton Barber
1995
The Scarlet Letter
as Horace Stonehall
1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
as Edmund Bacon (voice)
1995
Miracle on 34th Street
as Judge Henry Harper
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Dr. Robert Harrigan
1994
ER
as Wayne Rutley
1994
Mrs. Doubtfire
as Mr. Lundy
1993
Rudy
as Father Cavanaugh
1993
Frasier
as T.H. Houghton
1993
Last Action Hero
as Nick
1993
Hoffa
as Billy Flynn
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Maishe
1992
Far and Away
as Daniel Christie
1992
Double Edge
as Maggie's Father
1992
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
Age Isn't Everything
as Grandpa Irving
1991
Green Card
as Brontë's Lawyer
1990
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
as The Storyteller (Voice)
1990
The Love She Sought
as Bishop Richard Baker
1990
Funny About Love
as E. T.
1990
Lifestories
1990
Johnny Ryan
as Capt. Fitzgerald
1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Grandpa Fred
1990
Dangerous Pursuit
as Bill
1990
Loose Cannons
as Von Metz
1990
Christine Cromwell
as Larry Cerreta
1989
The Heist
as Dancer
1989
Coach
as Coach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly
1989
From the Dead of Night
as Dr. Walter Hovde
1989
Home Fires Burning
as Rosh Benefield
1989
Things Change
as Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincenzo
1988
The Great Outdoors
as Wally
1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan
as Tom Watson
1988
A Walk in the Woods
as Andrey Botvinnik
1988
Broadcast News
as Ernie Merriman
1987
Big Shots
as Keegan
1987
Outrageous Fortune
as Stanislav Korzenowski
1987
Washington Monuments
as Narrator
1987
Into Thin Air
as Jim Conway
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dr. Sutton A. Vogel
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Bishop Patrick Shea
1984
The Natural
as The Judge
1984
The Keep
as Father Mihail Fonescu
1983
Christine
as Will Darnell
1983
The Lords of Discipline
as Col. 'Bear' Berrineau
1983
Monsignor
as Bishop Walkman
1982
Cheers
as Navy Captain Franklin Howe
1982
Hanky Panky
as Hiram Calder
1982
World War III
as Gen. Aleksey Rudenski
1982
American Playhouse
as Andrey Botvinnik
1982
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
as Judge Philip Erbsen
1981
Thief
as Leo Alderman
1981
Hill Street Blues
as Stan Jablonski
1981
The Brink's Job
as Lineup Gallery Cop
1978
Lou Grant
1977
The Adams Chronicles
as Benjamin Stoddert
1976
Beacon Hill
as McLeague
1975
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
as The Chairman
1975