Robert Prosky
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 13, 1930, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- December 8, 2008
- Movies
- 57
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2009 | The Skeptic | Father Wymond |
| 2007 | The Valley of Light | Hoke |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods") |
| 2005 | Suits on the Loose | Bishop Hollister |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes | Self |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary | |
| 2002 | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy | Network Chairman (uncredited) |
| 2002 | D-Tox | McKenzie |
| 2000 | Pasta For War | The Dictator (voice) |
| 1999 | Dudley Do-Right | Inspector Fenwick |
| 1999 | Swing Vote | Chief Justice |
| 1999 | The Rodney King Incident: Race and Justice in America | Self (voice) |
| 1998 | The Lake | Herb |
| 1997 | Mad City | Lou Potts |
| 1996 | The Chamber | E. Garner Goodman |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking | Hilton Barber |
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Horace Stonehall |
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street | Judge Henry Harper |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Mr. Lundy |
| 1993 | Rudy | Father Cavanaugh |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Nick |
| 1992 | Hoffa | Billy Flynn |
| 1992 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Maishe |
| 1992 | Far and Away | Daniel Christie |
| 1992 | Double Edge | Maggie's Father |
| 1991 | Age Isn't Everything | Grandpa Irving |
| 1990 | Green Card | Brontë's Lawyer |
| 1990 | LifeStories: Steve Burdick | The Storyteller (Voice) |
| 1990 | The Love She Sought | Bishop Richard Baker |
| 1990 | Funny About Love | E. T. |
| 1990 | Johnny Ryan | Capt. Fitzgerald |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Grandpa Fred |
| 1990 | Dangerous Pursuit | Bill |
| 1990 | Loose Cannons | Von Metz |
| 1989 | The Heist | Dancer |
| 1989 | From the Dead of Night | Dr. Walter Hovde |
| 1989 | Home Fires Burning | Rosh Benefield |
| 1988 | Things Change | Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincenzo |
| 1988 | The Great Outdoors | Wally |
| 1988 | A Walk in the Woods | Andrey Botvinnik |
| 1987 | Broadcast News | Ernie Merriman |
| 1987 | Big Shots | Keegan |
| 1987 | Outrageous Fortune | Stanislav Korzenowski |
| 1987 | Washington Monuments | Narrator |
| 1985 | Into Thin Air | Jim Conway |
| 1984 | The Natural | The Judge |
| 1983 | The Keep | Father Mihail Fonescu |
| 1983 | Christine | Will Darnell |
| 1983 | The Lords of Discipline | Col. 'Bear' Berrineau |
| 1982 | Monsignor | Bishop Walkman |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Hiram Calder |
| 1981 | The Ordeal of Bill Carney | Judge Philip Erbsen |
| 1981 | Thief | Leo Alderman |
| 1978 | The Brink's Job | Lineup Gallery Cop |
| 1975 | Zalmen, or The Madness of God | The Chairman |
| 1974 | Lincoln: Trial by Fire | Secretary of War Stanton |
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