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Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

Highest Rated: 98% Broadcast News (1987)

Lowest Rated: 0% Loose Cannons (1990)

Birthday: Dec 13, 1930

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Likable stage veteran who became a busy character actor in film and TV of the 1980s and 1990s, Robert Prosky spent 23 seasons as a resident actor with the Arena Stage Theater in Washington, DC before making his film debut as an initially ingratiating gangster in Michael Mann's "Thief" (1981). He came to prominence as the endearing Sgt. Jablonski who replaced Michael Conrad's Sgt. Esterhaus ("Let's be careful out there!") at the opening of each episode of TV's "Hill Street Blues." Prosky also became a familiar TV face in a succession of TV movies, pilots, and guest spots.

Highest rated movies

98% Broadcast News
95% Dead Man Walking
85% Things Change
83% The Natural
80% Thief
77% Rudy 72% Christine
71% Gremlins 2: The New Batch

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LORDS OF DISCIPLINE, Robert Prosky, 1983, (c)Paramount CHRISTINE, Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Robert Prosky, 1983, (c)Columbia Pictures LORDS OF DISCIPLINE, L-R David keith, John Lavachielli, Robert Prosky, Rick Rossovich, Mitchell Lichtenstein, 1983 LORDS OF DISCIPLINE, David Keith, Robert Prosky, 1983 EYE SEE YOU (aka D-TOX), from left: Sylvester Stallone, Christopher Fulford, Robert Patrick, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Wright, Robert Prosky, 2002, ©DEJ Productions MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, Robert Prosky, 1994, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. D-TOX, Sylvester Stallone, Christopher Fulford, Robert Patrick, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Wright, Robert Prosky, 2002 DEAD MAN WALKING, Robert Prosky, Susan Sarandon, 1995 D-TOX, Jeffrey Wright, Sean Patrick Flanery, Courtney B. Vance, Sylvester Stallone, Robert Prosky, Angela Alvarado Rosa, Kris Kristofferson, Tim Henry, Christopher Fulford, Robert Patrick, Mif, 2002 RUDY, Sean Astin, Robert Prosky, 1993, (c)TriStar Pictures THE SKEPTIC, from left: Tim Daly, Robert Prosky, 2009. Ph: Chris Shields/©IFC Films LAST ACTION HERO, Robert Prosky, Austin O'Brien, 1993, (c)Columbia Pictures OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE, Robert Prosky, Shelley Long, Bette Midler, 1987 THE SCARLET LETTER, Robert Prosky, 1995, (c)Buena Vista Pictures BIG SHOTS, Robert Prosky, Ricky Busker, 1987, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THIEF, James Caan, Robert Prosky, 1981, (c) United Artists THE SKEPTIC, Robert Prosky, 2009. Ph: Chris Shields/©IFC Films HANKY PANKY, Robert Prosky, Gene Wilder, 1982, (c)Columbia Pictures THINGS CHANGE, Don Ameche, Robert Prosky, 1988, (c)Columbia Pictures THE SCARLET LETTER, Roy Dotrice, Robert Prosky, Lisa Joliffe-Andoh, 1995, (c)Buena Vista Pictures
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
8% 27% The Skeptic Father Wymond (Character) $6.2K 2009
No Score Yet 60% The Valley of Light Hoke (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 53% Suits on the Loose Bishop Hollister (Character) $79.4K 2006
17% 28% Eye See You McKenzie (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Swing Vote Chief Justice (Character) - 1999
16% 24% Dudley Do-Right Inspector Fenwick (Character) $9.8M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lake Herb (Character) - 1998
33% 42% Mad City Lou Potts (Character) $10.6M 1997
12% 39% The Chamber E. Garner Goodman (Character) $14.4M 1996
No Score Yet 80% The Road Home Father Tierney (Character) - 1996
95% 86% Dead Man Walking Hilton Barber (Character) $37.1M 1995
13% 41% The Scarlet Letter Horace Stonehall (Character) $10.4M 1995
60% 62% Miracle on 34th Street Judge Henry Harper (Character) $17.2M 1994
70% 77% Mrs. Doubtfire Jonathan Lundy (Character) $219.2M 1993
77% 90% Rudy Father Cavanaugh (Character) $20.7M 1993
42% 48% Last Action Hero Nick (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Double Edge Maggie's Father (Character) - 1992
50% 62% Far and Away Daniel Christie (Character) $58.2M 1992
No Score Yet 33% Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story Maishe (Character) - 1992
52% 58% Hoffa Billy Flynn (Character) $23.3M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hit Woman: The Double Edge Maggie's Father (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Age Isn't Everything Grandpa Irving (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Green Journey Bishop Richard Baker (Character) - 1990
0% 14% Funny About Love E.T (Character) $7.6M 1990
0% 27% Loose Cannons Von Metz (Character) $4.5M 1990
59% 50% Green Card Brontë's Lawyer (Character) $29.8M 1990
71% 59% Gremlins 2: The New Batch Grandpa Fred (Character) $40.5M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Christine Cromwell: In Vino Veritas Larry Cerreta (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dangerous Pursuit Bill (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 60% From the Dead of Night Doctor Walter Hovde (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 33% Home Fires Burning Rosh Benefield (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 49% The Heist Dancer (Character) - 1989
40% 71% The Great Outdoors Wally (Character) $37.3M 1988
85% 80% Things Change Joseph "Don Giuseppe" Vincent (Character) $2.3M 1988
60% 59% Big Shots Keegan (Character) $2.9M 1987
58% 60% Outrageous Fortune Stanislav Korzenowski (Character) $52.8M 1987
98% 79% Broadcast News Ernie Merriman (Character) $49.2M 1987
No Score Yet 50% Into Thin Air Jim Conway (Character) - 1985
83% 88% The Natural The Judge (Character) - 1984
72% 64% Christine Will Darnell (Character) - 1983
39% 43% The Keep Father Fonescu (Character) - 1983
38% 56% The Lords of Discipline Col. "Bear" Berrineau (Character) - 1983
0% 17% Monsignor Bishop Walkman (Character) - 1982
45% 31% Hanky Panky Hiram Calder (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 77% World War III Gen. Aleksey Rudenski (Character) - 1982
80% 81% Thief Leo (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ordeal of Bill Carney Judge Philip Erbsen (Character) - 1981

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 85% ER Wayne Rutley (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Practice Unknown (Guest Star) 1997 2000 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Once and Again Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danny Unknown (Character) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Veronica's Closet Unknown (Character) 1997-1998
88% No Score Yet Michael Hayes Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
95% 94% Frasier T.H. Houghton (Guest Star) 1996
87% 95% Cheers Navy Captain Franklin Howe (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Coach Coach 'Jake the Snake' Connelly (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lifestories Narrator 1990-1991
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Bishop Patrick Shea (Guest Star) 1987
97% 82% Hill Street Blues Stan Jablonski (Character) 1984-1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1986