Robert Phalen

Born: 1937-05-10

Robert Phalen (born May 10, 1937) is an American actor who starred in films and on television. 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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Halloween

as Dr. Wynn
Released: 1978-10-24

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a...

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Starman

as Major Bell
Released: 1984-12-13

When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin...

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Three Days of the Condor

as Newberry
Released: 1975-08-01

A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until...

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Impulse

as Coroner
Released: 1990-04-06

Regularly working alone undercover with a vice squad boss she dislikes as much as he dislikes...

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Zoot Suit

as District Attorney
Released: 1981-10-02

Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed...

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Someone's Watching Me!

as Wayne
Released: 1978-11-29

A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an...

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Hellinger's Law

as Dave Fredericks
Released: 1981-03-10

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant...

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Nero Wolfe

as Yarmack
Released: 1979-12-19

Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants...

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The Killing of Randy Webster

as Foreman
Released: 1981-03-11

When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father...

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The Last Song

as Arnold Overstratten
Released: 1980-10-23

An aspiring singer unwittingly comes into possession of several tapes for which her engineer...

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Under the Influence

as uncredited
Released: 1986-09-28

Noah Talbot is a long-time alcoholic whose drinking begins to have a devastating effect not only...

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Enemies

as Grekov
Released: 1974-01-23

In a sun-dappled garden in provincial Russia in 1905, some factory owners and their wives...

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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

as uncredited
Released: 1977-09-30

The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have...

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A Killing Affair

as Sgt. Holt
Released: 1977-09-21

A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is...

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A Touch of the Poet

as Mickey Maloy
Released: 1974-01-02

Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his...

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L.A. Law

as Judge Lemuel Collins
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Hill Street Blues

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-15

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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Magnum, P.I.

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-12-11

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...

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Babylon 5

as Andrei Ivanov
First aired: 1994-01-26

Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth...

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Babylon 5

as Andrei Ivanova
First aired: 1994-01-26

Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth...

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Highway to Heaven

as Pete Briggs
First aired: 1984-09-19

A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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Hart to Hart

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-22

Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife,...

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The Facts of Life

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-08-24

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from...

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Eight Is Enough

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-03-15

Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15,...

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Taxi

as Tom Jeffries
First aired: 1978-09-12

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain...

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The White Shadow

as Doug Batty
First aired: 1978-11-27

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from...

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Lou Grant

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-20

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his...

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Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

as Art Biggs
First aired: 1976-09-21

Weekly series spun off from the miniseries.

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The Tony Randall Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-09-23

Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment...

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thirtysomething

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-29

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late...

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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...

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Great Performances

as Grekov
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Barney Miller

as Capt. Ronald Dupre USAF
First aired: 1975-01-23

Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police...

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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The Oldest Rookie

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-16

The Oldest Rookie is an American crime drama that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987 to...

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Remington Steele

as Ambrose Blinn
First aired: 1982-10-01

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...

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Baretta

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-17

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show...

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Knots Landing

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-12-27

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a...

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Roots

as Rufus Jackson
First aired: 1977-01-23

The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in...

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The Jeffersons

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-18

Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as...

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Centennial

as Rev. Holly
First aired: 1978-10-01

The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives...

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Voyagers!

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-03

Voyagers! is an American science fiction time travel-based television series that aired on NBC...

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Another World

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-05-04

Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964...

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