Robert Prosky

Highest Rated: 98% Broadcast News (1987)

Lowest Rated: 0% Funny About Love (1990)

Birthday: Dec 13, 1930

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

A holder of an economics degree from Philadelphia's Temple University, Philly-born actor Robert Prosky kicked off his career by winning a televised talent contest. With his sharp-edged voice and mashed-potato features, Prosky rose to prominence as a character actor, spending 23 years with Washington, D.C.'s prestigious Arena Stage. In 1983, he was cast in the original Broadway production of Glengarry Glen Ross, winning a Tony award for his performance; he later received excellent notices for his performance as an aging Soviet bureaucrat in A Walk in the Woods. Prosky's first film role was as the backstabbing mob boss in 1981's Thief. Since that time, he has graced several films in a variety of roles -- few more likable than the wistful, washed-up horror show host in Gremlins 2 (1988), the TV station manager in Mrs. Doubtfire, and the enigmatic projectionist in Last Action Hero (1993). Among Robert Prosky's many TV assignments was the regular role of Sgt. Stan Jablonski, who in 1984 took over the morning roll call from the late Sgt. Phil Esterhaus (Michael Conrad) in Hill Street Blues.

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MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
8%	The Skeptic	Father Wymond	—	2009
No Score Yet	The Valley of Light	Hoke Moore	—	2007
No Score Yet	Suits on the Loose	Bishop Hollister	—	2006
No Score Yet	Into Thin Air	Jim Conway	—	2002
15%	D-Tox (Eye See You)	McKenzie	—	2002
16%	Dudley Do-Right	Inspector Fenwick	—	1999
37%	Mad City	Lou Potts	—	1997
12%	The Chamber	E. Garner Goodman	—	1996
No Score Yet	Brothers' Destiny	Father Tierney	—	1996
95%	Dead Man Walking	Hilton Barber	—	1995
13%	The Scarlet Letter	Horace	—	1995
59%	Miracle on 34th Street	Judge Harper	—	1994
71%	Mrs. Doubtfire	Mr. Lundy	—	1993
78%	Rudy	Father Cavanaugh	—	1993
36%	Last Action Hero	Nick	—	1993
No Score Yet	Double Edge	Maggie's Father	—	1993
54%	Hoffa	Billy Flynn	—	1992
No Score Yet	Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story	Rockman	—	1992
48%	Far and Away	Daniel Christie	—	1992
No Score Yet	Age Isn't Everything	Grandpa Irving	—	1991
56%	Green Card	Bronte's Lawyer	—	1990
0%	Funny About Love	E.T.	—	1990
No Score Yet	Johnny Ryan	Capt. Fitzgerald	—	1990
69%	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	Grandpa Fred	—	1990
0%	Loose Cannons	Curt Von Metz	—	1990
No Score Yet	Washington Monuments	Actor	—	1990
No Score Yet	The Heist	Dancer	—	1989
No Score Yet	From the Dead of Night	Doctor Walter Hovde	—	1989
No Score Yet	Dangerous Pursuit	Bill	—	1989
No Score Yet	Home Fires Burning	Rosh Benefield	—	1989
83%	Things Change	Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincent	—	1988
40%	The Great Outdoors	Wally, Lodge Manager	—	1988
No Score Yet	The Murder of Mary Phagan	Watson	—	1988
98%	Broadcast News	Ernie Merriman	—	1987
No Score Yet	Big Shots	Keegan	—	1987
50%	Outrageous Fortune	Stanislav Korzenowski	—	1987
No Score Yet	Radon: A Homeowner's Guide	Actor	—	1987
82%	The Natural	The Judge	—	1984
40%	The Keep	Father Fonescu	—	1983
69%	Christine	Will Darnell	—	1983
38%	The Lords of Discipline	Col. 'Bear' Berrineau	—	1983
0%	Monsignor	Bishop Walkman	—	1982
33%	Hanky Panky	Hiram Calder	—	1982
No Score Yet	World War III	Colonel General Aleksey Rudenski	—	1982
96%	Thief	Leo	—	1981
No Score Yet	Zalmen or the Madness of God	Actor	—	1975

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009		2007
50%	K Street 2003	Tommy's dad Tommy's Dad	2003
No Score Yet	The Practice 1997-2004	Father Patrick Martin Father Martin	2002 2000 1999
No Score Yet	Danny 2001	Lenny	2001
94%	Frasier 1993-2004	Guest	1996
No Score Yet	Cheers 1982-1993	Guest Mr. Howe	1992
No Score Yet	Coach 1989-1997	Connelly	1991
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Bishop Patrick Shea	1989 1987
No Score Yet	Hill Street Blues 1981-1987	Sgt. Stan Jablonski Stan Jablonski	1987 1986 1985 1984

QUOTES FROM Robert Prosky CHARACTERS

Colonel General Aleksey Rudenski

The Americans will not go to war over this..

E. Garner Goodman	How much do you know about the death penalty?
Adam Hall	I've read everything there is.
E. Garner Goodman	Then you know nothin'.

Will Darnell	(sees Christine drive into the garage, all burned up) - If I'm gonna have to come in and get ya...I'm gonna get ya.
Will Darnell	(sees Christine drive into the garage, all burned up) If I'm gonna have to come in and get ya, I'm gonna get ya.

Will Darnell	Look uh...I know you don't exactly have money falling out of you?re a*hole. If you did, you wouldn't be here...Maybe we can work out some kind of deal...Why don't you sweep up around the place... do a few lubes... put the toilet paper on the little spools, sht like that. Do that and you can raid my junk pile for whatever you want? Hell, I might even throw in a few bucks.
Will Darnell	Look uh, I know you don't exactly have money falling out of you?re a*hole. If you did, you wouldn't be here. Maybe we can work out some kind of deal. Why don't you sweep up around the place, do a few lubes, put the toilet paper on the little spools, sht like that. Do that and you can raid my junk pile for whatever you want? Hell, I might even throw in a few bucks.
Arnie Cunningham	(smiles) - Well, I'll have to think about it.
Arnie Cunningham	(smiles) Well, I'll have to think about it.
Will Darnell	(angry) - Well don't think about it too long, I'll throw you out on your fu**ing ass!
Will Darnell	(angry) Well don't think about it too long, I'll throw you out on your fu**ing ass!

Will Darnell

Ya know Pepper, ya can't polish a turd.

Will Darnell	(Arnie pulls the worn out, smoking old Christine into Darnell's Do It Yourself garage) - Kiddo, you sold him that piece of sht you ought a be fu*ing ashamed of yourself.
Will Darnell	(Arnie pulls the worn out, smoking old Christine into Darnell's Do It Yourself garage) Kiddo, you sold him that piece of sht you ought a be fu*ing ashamed of yourself.
Dennis Guilder	I didn't sell it to him. I tried to talk him out of it.
Will Darnell	You should of tried harder. - I knew a guy who had a car like that once. Fu**ing bastard killed himself in it. Son of a bitch was so mean...if you poured boiling water down his throat...he would have pissed ice cubes.
Will Darnell	You should of tried harder. I knew a guy who had a car like that once. Fu**ing bastard killed himself in it. Son of a bitch was so mean, if you poured boiling water down his throat he would have pissed ice cubes.

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