Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1930-12-13
- Day of Death2008-12-08 (77 years)
- Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also Known Asرابرت پروسکی
Robert Prosky
Biography
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2009
The Skeptic
As: Father Wymond
- 2007
The Valley of Light
As: Hoke
- 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
As: Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
- 2005
Suits on the Loose
As: Bishop Hollister
- 2003
K Street
As: Tommy's Dad
- 2002
Death to Smoochy
As: Network Chairman (uncredited)
- 2002
D-Tox
As: McKenzie
- 1999
Dudley Do-Right
As: Inspector Fenwick
1999Swing Vote
As: Chief Justice
1998The Lake
As: Herb
1997Mad City
As: Lou Potts
1997Veronica's Closet
As: Pat Chase
1997The Practice
As: Father Patrick Martin
1996The Chamber
As: E. Garner Goodman
- 1995
Dead Man Walking
As: Hilton Barber
1995The Scarlet Letter
As: Horace Stonehall
1995Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
As: Edmund Bacon (voice)
1994Miracle on 34th Street
As: Judge Henry Harper
1994Touched by an Angel
As: Dr. Robert Harrigan
1994ER
As: Wayne Rutley
- 1993
Mrs. Doubtfire
As: Mr. Lundy
1993Rudy
As: Father Cavanaugh
1993Frasier
As: T.H. Houghton
- 1993
Last Action Hero
As: Nick
1992Hoffa
As: Billy Flynn
1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
As: Maishe
1992Far and Away
As: Daniel Christie
1992Double Edge
As: Maggie's Father
1991Age Isn't Everything
As: Grandpa Irving
1990Green Card
As: Brontë's Lawyer
1990The Love She Sought
As: Bishop Richard Baker
1990Funny About Love
As: E. T.
1990Johnny Ryan
As: Capt. Fitzgerald
- 1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
As: Grandpa Fred
1990Dangerous Pursuit
As: Bill
1990Loose Cannons
As: Von Metz
1989Christine Cromwell
As: Larry Cerreta
1989The Heist
As: Dancer
1989Coach
As: Coach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly
1989From the Dead of Night
As: Dr. Walter Hovde
1989Home Fires Burning
As: Rosh Benefield
1988Things Change
As: Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincenzo
1988The Great Outdoors
As: Wally
1988The Murder of Mary Phagan
As: Tom Watson
1988A Walk in the Woods
As: Andrey Botvinnik
1987Broadcast News
As: Ernie Merriman
1987Big Shots
As: Keegan
1987Outrageous Fortune
As: Stanislav Korzenowski
1987Washington Monuments
As: Narrator
1985Into Thin Air
As: Jim Conway
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Dr. Sutton A. Vogel
1984Murder, She Wrote
As: Bishop Patrick Shea
1984The Natural
As: The Judge
1983The Keep
As: Father Mihail Fonescu
- 1983
Christine
As: Will Darnell
1983The Lords of Discipline
As: Col. 'Bear' Berrineau
1982Monsignor
As: Bishop Walkman
1982Cheers
As: Navy Captain Franklin Howe
1982Hanky Panky
As: Hiram Calder
1982World War III
As: Gen. Aleksey Rudenski
1981The Ordeal of Bill Carney
As: Judge Philip Erbsen
1981Thief
As: Leo Alderman
1981Hill Street Blues
As: Stan Jablonski
1978The Brink's Job
As: Lineup Gallery Cop
1975Beacon Hill
As: McLeague
1975Zalmen, or The Madness of God
As: The Chairman
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Rosh Benefield
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Hoke