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Robert Phalen
San Francisco, California, USA
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 acti…
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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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2012
Driving Lessons
Movie Dr. Terence Wynn (archive footage)
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1994
Babylon 5
TV show Andrei Ivanov
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1990
Impulse
Movie Coroner
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1987
thirtysomething
TV show
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1987
The Oldest Rookie
TV show
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1986
Under the Influence
Movie
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1986
L.A. Law
TV show Lemuel Collins
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1984
Starman
Movie Major Bell
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1984
Highway to Heaven
TV show Pete Briggs
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1982
Voyagers!
TV show
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1982
Remington Steele
TV show Ambrose Blinn
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1982
Hotel
TV show Dr. Blair
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1982
American Playhouse
TV show Drunk
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1981
Simon & Simon
TV show
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1981
Zoot Suit
Movie District Attorney
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1981
The Killing of Randy Webster
Movie Foreman
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1981
Hellinger's Law
Movie Dave Fredericks
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1981
Hill Street Blues
TV show
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1980
Magnum, P.I.
TV show Michaels
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1980
The Last Song
Movie Arnold Overstratten
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1979
Knots Landing
TV show Carlisle
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1979
Nero Wolfe
Movie Yarmack
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1979
Hart to Hart
TV show
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1979
The Facts of Life
TV show
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1978
Someone's Watching Me!
Movie Wayne
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1978
The White Shadow
TV show Doug Batty
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1978
Halloween
Movie Dr. Wynn
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1978
Centennial
TV show Rev. Holly
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1978
Taxi
TV show Tom Jeffries
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1977
A Killing Affair
Movie Sgt. Holt
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1977
Lou Grant
TV show
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1977
Eight Is Enough
TV show
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1977
Roots
TV show Rufus Jackson
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1976
The Tony Randall Show
TV show
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1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TV show Art Biggs
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1975
Three Days of the Condor
Movie Newberry
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1975
Barney Miller
TV show Capt. Ronald Dupre USAF
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1975
The Jeffersons
TV show Jim Baker
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1975
Baretta
TV show
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1974
A Touch of the Poet
Movie Mickey Maloy
