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.

Filmography

• 2009The Skeptic — Father Wymond
• 2007The Valley of Light — Hoke
• 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays — Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
• 2005Suits on the Loose — Bishop Hollister
• K Street — Tommy's Dad
• 2002D-Tox — McKenzie
• 2002Death to Smoochy — Network Chairman (uncredited)
• 2002Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
• Danny — Lenny
• 2000Pasta For War — The Dictator (voice)
• 1999Dudley Do-Right — Inspector Fenwick
• Once and Again
• 1999Swing Vote — Chief Justice
• LateLine
• 1998The Lake — Herb
• 1997Mad City — Lou Potts
• The Practice — Father Patrick Martin
• Veronica's Closet — Pat Chase
• 1996The Chamber — E. Garner Goodman
• 1995Dead Man Walking — Hilton Barber
• 1995The Scarlet Letter — Horace Stonehall
• Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain — Edmund Bacon (voice)
• ER — Wayne Rutley
• 1994Miracle on 34th Street — Judge Henry Harper
• Touched by an Angel — Dr. Robert Harrigan
• Frasier — T.H. Houghton
• 1993Last Action Hero — Nick
• 1993Mrs. Doubtfire — Mr. Lundy
• 1993Rudy — Father Cavanaugh
• 1992Double Edge — Maggie's Father
• 1992Far and Away — Daniel Christie
• 1992Hoffa — Billy Flynn
• 1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story — Maishe
• 1991Age Isn't Everything — Grandpa Irving
• Brooklyn Bridge
• 1990Dangerous Pursuit — Bill
• 1990Funny About Love — E. T.
• 1990Green Card — Brontë's Lawyer
• 1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch — Grandpa Fred
• 1990Johnny Ryan — Capt. Fitzgerald
• 1990LifeStories: Steve Burdick — The Storyteller (Voice)
• Lifestories
• 1990Loose Cannons — Von Metz
• 1990The Love She Sought — Bishop Richard Baker
• Christine Cromwell — Larry Cerreta
• Coach — Coach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly
• 1989From the Dead of Night — Dr. Walter Hovde
• 1989Home Fires Burning — Rosh Benefield
• 1989The Heist — Dancer
• 1988A Walk in the Woods — Andrey Botvinnik
• 1988The Great Outdoors — Wally
• The Murder of Mary Phagan — Tom Watson
• 1988Things Change — Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincenzo
• 1987Big Shots — Keegan
• 1987Broadcast News — Ernie Merriman
• 1987Outrageous Fortune — Stanislav Korzenowski
• 1987Washington Monuments — Narrator
• 1985Into Thin Air — Jim Conway
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Dr. Sutton A. Vogel
• Murder, She Wrote — Bishop Patrick Shea
• 1984The Natural — The Judge
• 1983Christine — Will Darnell
• 1983The Keep — Father Mihail Fonescu
• 1983The Lords of Discipline — Col. 'Bear' Berrineau
• American Playhouse — Andrey Botvinnik
• Cheers — Navy Captain Franklin Howe
• 1982Hanky Panky — Hiram Calder
• 1982Monsignor — Bishop Walkman
• World War III — Gen. Aleksey Rudenski
• Hill Street Blues — Stan Jablonski
• 1981The Ordeal of Bill Carney — Judge Philip Erbsen
• 1981Thief — Leo Alderman
• 1978The Brink's Job — Lineup Gallery Cop
• Lou Grant
• The Adams Chronicles — Benjamin Stoddert
• Beacon Hill — McLeague
• 1975Zalmen, or The Madness of God — The Chairman
• 1974Lincoln: Trial by Fire — Secretary of War Stanton
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Rosh Benefield, Hoke

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2002Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes — Self
• 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self
• 1999The Rodney King Incident: Race and Justice in America — Self (voice)
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Performer