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Robert Phalen
Actor
Born May 10, 1937Died December 6, 1995 (58 years)
Robert Phalen (born May 10, 1937) is an American actor who starred in films and on television.
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).
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
| 1993 | Babylon 5 (TV Series) · as Andrei Ivanov |
| 1992 | 1775 · as Man |
| 1991 | FBI: The Untold Stories (TV Series) · as Gun Store Owner |
| 1991 | Homefront (TV Series) · as Loan Officer |
| 1990 | Impulse · as Coroner |
| 1987 | Thirtysomething (TV Series) |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Judge Lemuel Collins |
| 1986 | The Gladiator · as Dr. Maxwell |
| 1984 | Starman · as Major Bell |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) · as Pete Briggs |
| 1984 | Anatomy of an Illness · as Dr. Paulson |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) · as Dr. Blair |
| 1982 | Gavilan (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1982 | Voyagers! (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Remington Steele (TV Series) · as Ambrose Blinn |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Zoot Suit · as District Attorney |
| 1981 | The Killing of Randy Webster · as Foreman |
| 1981 | Hellinger's Law · as Dave Fredericks |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Marv |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) |
| 1980 | It's a Living (TV Series) · as Burglar |
| 1980 | The Last Song · as Arnold Overstratten |
| 1979 | Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Carlisle |
| 1979 | Nero Wolfe · as Yarmack |
| 1979 | A Man Called Sloane (TV Series) · as Weems |
| 1979 | Benson (TV Series) · as Mr. Barnett |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Just You and Me, Kid · as Foster Father |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Lipton |
| 1978 | Someone's Watching Me! · as Wayne |
| 1978 | The White Shadow (TV Series) · as Doug Batty |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | Centennial (TV Series) · as Rev. Holly |
| 1978 | Taxi (TV Series) · as Tom Jeffries |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Kgim Newsreader |
| 1978 | Richie Brockelman: Private Eye (TV Series) · as Pettigrew |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | A Killing Affair · as Sgt. Holt |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Eight is Enough (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years · as Second Photographer |
| 1977 | Man from Atlantis (TV Series) · as Habitat Technician |
| 1977 | Roots (TV Series) · as Rufus Jackson |
| 1976 | The Tony Randall Show (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Art Biggs |
| 1976 | The Adams Chronicles (TV Series) · as John C. Calhoun |
| 1975 | Three Days of the Condor · as Newberry |
| 1975 | Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Capt. Ronald Dupre Usaf |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Baretta (TV Series) |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Will Dunning |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H (TV Series) · as Blanchard |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Grekov |
| 1964 | Another World (TV Series) |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Hollister |
| 1951 | Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Mr. Phillips |