Robert Phalen

Robert Phalen

Born

May 10, 1937

Died

December 6, 1995 (58 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

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).

Driving Lessons

Driving Lessons

Dr. Terence Wynn (archive footage)

6.0

2012

Babylon 5

Babylon 5

Andrei Ivanov · (1 episode)

8.0

1994

Babylon 5

Babylon 5

Andrei Ivanova · (1 episode)

8.0

1994

Impulse

Impulse

Coroner

5.6

1990

thirtysomething

thirtysomething

(1 episode)

6.3

1987

The Oldest Rookie

The Oldest Rookie

(1 episode)

5.5

1987

Under the Influence

Under the Influence

5.3

1986

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

Judge Lemuel Collins · (1 episode)

7.1

1986

Starman

Starman

Major Bell

6.9

1984

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

Pete Briggs · (1 episode)

7.3

1984

Voyagers!

Voyagers!

(1 episode)

7.5

1982

Remington Steele

Remington Steele

Ambrose Blinn · (1 episode)

7.1

1982

Hotel

Hotel

Dr. Blair · (1 episode)

6.8

1982

Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon

(1 episode)

6.7

1981

Zoot Suit

Zoot Suit

District Attorney

6.1

1981

The Killing of Randy Webster

The Killing of Randy Webster

Foreman

5.8

1981

Hellinger's Law

Hellinger's Law

Dave Fredericks

7.5

1981

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

(1 episode)

7.6

1981

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

Marv · (1 episode)

7.6

1981

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

Michaels · (1 episode)

7.3

1980

The Last Song

The Last Song

Arnold Overstratten

6.0

1980

Knots Landing

Knots Landing

Carlisle · (2 episodes)

6.9

1979

Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe

Yarmack

8.7

1979

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart

(2 episodes)

6.8

1979

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

(1 episode)

7.0

1979

Someone's Watching Me!

Someone's Watching Me!

Wayne

6.2

1978

The White Shadow

The White Shadow

Doug Batty · (1 episode)

7.1

1978

Halloween

Halloween

Dr. Wynn

7.6

1978

Centennial

Centennial

Rev. Holly · (2 episodes)

7.7

1978

Taxi

Taxi

Tom Jeffries · (1 episode)

7.3

1978

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

6.8

1977

A Killing Affair

A Killing Affair

Sgt. Holt

5.2

1977

Lou Grant

Lou Grant

(1 episode)

7.3

1977

Eight Is Enough

Eight Is Enough

(1 episode)

6.0

1977

Roots

Roots

Rufus Jackson · (1 episode)

7.4

1977

The Tony Randall Show

The Tony Randall Show

(1 episode)

6.3

1976

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Art Biggs · (1 episode)

8.6

1976

Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor

Newberry

7.3

1975

Barney Miller

Barney Miller

Capt. Ronald Dupre USAF · (1 episode)

7.3

1975

The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons

(1 episode)

7.3

1975

Baretta

Baretta

(1 episode)

6.3

1975

Enemies

Enemies

Grekov

0.0

1974

A Touch of the Poet

A Touch of the Poet

Mickey Maloy

0.0

1974

Great Performances

Great Performances

Grekov · (1 episode)

5.5

1971

Another World

Another World

(1547 episodes)

5.6

1964