Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born December 13, 1930
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.
MovieThe Skeptic
2009
as Father Wymond
MovieThe Valley of Light
2007
as Hoke
MovieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
MovieSuits on the Loose
2005
as Bishop Hollister
TVK Street
2003
as Tommy's Dad
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
2002
as Self
MovieDeath to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002
MovieNBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
MovieDeath to Smoochy
2002
as Network Chairman (uncredited)
MovieD-Tox
2002
as McKenzie
TVDanny
2001
as Lenny
Pasta For War
2000
as The Dictator (voice)
TVOnce and Again
1999
MovieDudley Do-Right
1999
as Inspector Fenwick
MovieSwing Vote
1999
as Chief Justice
MovieThe Rodney King Incident: Race and Justice in America
1999
as Self (voice)
LateLine
1998
MovieThe Lake
1998
as Herb
MovieMad City
1997
as Lou Potts
TVVeronica's Closet
1997
as Pat Chase
TVThe Practice
1997
as Father Patrick Martin
MovieThe Chamber
1996
as E. Garner Goodman
MovieDead Man Walking
1995
as Hilton Barber
MovieThe Scarlet Letter
1995
as Horace Stonehall
TVThomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Edmund Bacon (voice)
MovieMiracle on 34th Street
1994
as Judge Henry Harper
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Dr. Robert Harrigan
TVER
1994
as Wayne Rutley
MovieMrs. Doubtfire
1993
as Mr. Lundy
MovieRudy
1993
as Father Cavanaugh
TVFrasier
1993
as T.H. Houghton
MovieLast Action Hero
1993
as Nick
MovieHoffa
1992
as Billy Flynn
MovieTeamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
as Maishe
MovieFar and Away
1992
as Daniel Christie
MovieDouble Edge
1992
as Maggie's Father
TVBrooklyn Bridge
1991
MovieAge Isn't Everything
1991
as Grandpa Irving
MovieGreen Card
1990
as Brontë's Lawyer
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
1990
as The Storyteller (Voice)
MovieThe Love She Sought
1990
as Bishop Richard Baker
MovieFunny About Love
1990
as E. T.
Lifestories
1990
MovieJohnny Ryan
1990
as Capt. Fitzgerald
MovieGremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Grandpa Fred
MovieDangerous Pursuit
1990
as Bill
MovieLoose Cannons
1990
as Von Metz
TVChristine Cromwell
1989
as Larry Cerreta
MovieThe Heist
1989
as Dancer
TVCoach
1989
as Coach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly
MovieFrom the Dead of Night
1989
as Dr. Walter Hovde
MovieHome Fires Burning
1989
as Rosh Benefield
MovieThings Change
1988
as Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincenzo
MovieThe Great Outdoors
1988
as Wally
TVThe Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
as Tom Watson
MovieA Walk in the Woods
1988
as Andrey Botvinnik
MovieBroadcast News
1987
as Ernie Merriman
MovieBig Shots
1987
as Keegan
MovieOutrageous Fortune
1987
as Stanislav Korzenowski
MovieWashington Monuments
1987
as Narrator
MovieInto Thin Air
1985
as Jim Conway
TVThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Dr. Sutton A. Vogel
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Bishop Patrick Shea
MovieThe Natural
1984
as The Judge
MovieThe Keep
1983
as Father Mihail Fonescu
MovieChristine
1983
as Will Darnell
MovieThe Lords of Discipline
1983
as Col. 'Bear' Berrineau
MovieMonsignor
1982
as Bishop Walkman
TVCheers
1982
as Navy Captain Franklin Howe
MovieHanky Panky
1982
as Hiram Calder
TVWorld War III
1982
as Gen. Aleksey Rudenski
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Andrey Botvinnik
MovieThe Ordeal of Bill Carney
1981
as Judge Philip Erbsen
MovieThief
1981
as Leo Alderman
TVHill Street Blues
1981
as Stan Jablonski
MovieThe Brink's Job
1978
as Lineup Gallery Cop
TVLou Grant
1977
TVThe Adams Chronicles
1976
as Benjamin Stoddert
TVBeacon Hill
1975
as McLeague
MovieZalmen, or The Madness of God
1975
as The Chairman
MovieLincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
as Secretary of War Stanton
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Rosh Benefield
