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Robert Phalen

Robert Phalen

Acting

Born: 1937 San Francisco, California, USA 19 Global Credits 🔥 0.4 Popularity
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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).

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Full Credits

Show / Title Year Credit / Role
thirtysomething 1987 Contributor
L.A. Law 1986 Lemuel Collins
Highway to Heaven 1984 Pete Briggs
Voyagers! 1982 Contributor
Remington Steele 1982 Ambrose Blinn
Hotel 1982 Dr. Blair
Hill Street Blues 1981 Contributor
Knots Landing 1979 Carlisle
Hart to Hart 1979 Contributor
The Facts of Life 1979 Contributor
The White Shadow 1978 Doug Batty
Centennial 1978 Rev. Holly
Taxi 1978 Tom Jeffries
Lou Grant 1977 Contributor
Eight Is Enough 1977 Contributor
Roots 1977 Rufus Jackson
Barney Miller 1975 Capt. Ronald Dupre USAF
The Jeffersons 1975 Jim Baker
Baretta 1975 Contributor