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Robert Prosky

Known for acting · Born 13 December 1930 · Died 8 December 2008 · aged 77 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

83 credits

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.

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Known for

Hill Street Blues

1981

Dead Man Walking

1995

Thief

1981

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990

Christine

1983

Far and Away

1992

Green Card

1990

The Scarlet Letter

1995

Broadcast News

1987

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

Mad City

1997

The Keep

1983

Acting (83)

2009The SkepticFather WymondFilm
2007The Valley of LightHokeFilm
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysAndrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")Film
2005Suits on the LooseBishop HollisterFilm
2003K StreetTommy's Dad · 3 episodesSeries
2002D-ToxMcKenzieFilm
2002Death to SmoochyNetwork Chairman (uncredited)Film
2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelfFilm
2002Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & OuttakesSelfFilm
2002Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes DocumentaryFilm
2001DannyLenny · 11 episodesSeries
2000Pasta For WarThe Dictator (voice)Film
1999Dudley Do-RightInspector FenwickFilm
1999Once and AgainSeries
1999Swing VoteChief JusticeFilm
1999The Rodney King Incident: Race and Justice in AmericaSelf (voice)Film
1998The LakeHerbFilm
1998LateLineSeries
1997Mad CityLou PottsFilm
1997The PracticeFather Patrick Martin · 5 episodesSeries
1997Veronica's ClosetPat Chase · 22 episodesSeries
1996The ChamberE. Garner GoodmanFilm
1995Dead Man WalkingHilton BarberFilm
1995The Scarlet LetterHorace StonehallFilm
1995Thomas Jefferson: A View from the MountainEdmund Bacon (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1994Miracle on 34th StreetJudge Henry HarperFilm
1994ERWayne RutleySeries
1994Touched by an AngelDr. Robert HarriganSeries
1993Mrs. DoubtfireMr. LundyFilm
1993Last Action HeroNickFilm
1993FrasierT.H. HoughtonSeries
1993RudyFather CavanaughFilm
1992Far and AwayDaniel ChristieFilm
1992HoffaBilly FlynnFilm
1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser StoryMaisheFilm
1992Double EdgeMaggie's FatherFilm
1991Age Isn't EverythingGrandpa IrvingFilm
1991Brooklyn BridgeSeries
1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchGrandpa FredFilm
1990Green CardBrontë's LawyerFilm
1990Loose CannonsVon MetzFilm
1990Funny About LoveE. T.Film
1990The Love She SoughtBishop Richard BakerFilm
1990Dangerous PursuitBillFilm
1990LifeStories: Steve BurdickThe Storyteller (Voice)Film
1990Lifestories · 9 episodesSeries
1990Johnny RyanCapt. FitzgeraldFilm
1989CoachCoach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly · 2 episodesSeries
1989The HeistDancerFilm
1989Home Fires BurningRosh BenefieldFilm
1989Christine CromwellLarry CerretaSeries
1989From the Dead of NightDr. Walter HovdeFilm
1988The Great OutdoorsWallyFilm
1988Things ChangeJoseph 'Don Giuseppe' VincenzoFilm
1988The Murder of Mary PhaganTom Watson · 2 episodesSeries
1988A Walk in the WoodsAndrey BotvinnikFilm
1987Broadcast NewsErnie MerrimanFilm
1987Outrageous FortuneStanislav KorzenowskiFilm
1987Big ShotsKeeganFilm
1987Washington MonumentsNarratorFilm
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDr. Sutton A. VogelSeries
1985Into Thin AirJim ConwayFilm
1984The NaturalThe JudgeFilm
1984Murder, She WroteBishop Patrick SheaSeries
1983ChristineWill DarnellFilm
1983The KeepFather Mihail FonescuFilm
1983The Lords of DisciplineCol. 'Bear' BerrineauFilm
1982CheersNavy Captain Franklin HoweSeries
1982Hanky PankyHiram CalderFilm
1982MonsignorBishop WalkmanFilm
1982World War IIIGen. Aleksey Rudenski · 2 episodesSeries
1982American PlayhouseAndrey BotvinnikSeries
1981ThiefLeo AldermanFilm
1981Hill Street BluesStan Jablonski · 67 episodesSeries
1981The Ordeal of Bill CarneyJudge Philip ErbsenFilm
1978The Brink's JobLineup Gallery CopFilm
1977Lou GrantSeries
1976The Adams ChroniclesBenjamin StoddertSeries
1975Beacon HillMcLeagueSeries
1975Zalmen, or The Madness of GodThe ChairmanFilm
1974Lincoln: Trial by FireSecretary of War StantonFilm
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee, Self - Nominee / PerformerSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameRosh Benefield, HokeSeries