Robert Phalen

Acting

Born May 10, 1937, 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 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).

Filmography

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