Robert Phalen

Robert Phalen

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).

  • Title: Robert Phalen
  • Popularity: 5.786
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1937-05-10
  • Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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Robert Phalen Movies

  • 1978
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    Halloween

    Halloween

    7.557 1978 HD

    Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Donald Pleasence

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  • 1984
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    Starman

    Starman

    6.907 1984 HD

    When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Jeff Bridges

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  • 1981
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    Zoot Suit

    Zoot Suit

    6.3 1981 HD

    Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Daniel Valdez

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  • 1974
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    A Touch of the Poet

    A Touch of the Poet

    1 1974 HD

    Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Donald Moffat

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  • 1978
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    Someone's Watching Me!

    Someone's Watching Me!

    6.192 1978 HD

    A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Lauren Hutton

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  • 1975
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    Three Days of the Condor

    Three Days of the Condor

    7.297 1975 HD

    A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Robert Redford

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  • 1977
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    A Killing Affair

    A Killing Affair

    5.2 1977 HD

    A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders....

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery

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  • 1980
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    The Last Song

    The Last Song

    6 1980 HD

    An aspiring singer unwittingly comes into possession of several tapes for which her engineer husband and his partner, in their electronic...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Lynda Carter

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  • 1977
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    The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

    The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

    6.8 1977 HD

    The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Ben Gazzara

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  • 1981
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    The Killing of Randy Webster

    The Killing of Randy Webster

    6 1981 HD

    When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Hal Holbrook

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  • 1990
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    Impulse

    Impulse

    5.544 1990 HD

    Regularly working alone undercover with a vice squad boss she dislikes as much as he dislikes her, Lottie Mason is living pretty much on the edge. An...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Theresa Russell

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  • 1974
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    Enemies

    Enemies

    1 1974 HD

    In a sun-dappled garden in provincial Russia in 1905, some factory owners and their wives discuss the unrest among the workers. Rather than submit to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Frances Sternhagen

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  • 1986
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    Under the Influence

    Under the Influence

    5.3 1986 HD

    Noah Talbot is a long-time alcoholic whose drinking begins to have a devastating effect not only on his personal life but on his family as well.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Andy Griffith

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  • 1979
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    Nero Wolfe

    Nero Wolfe

    8 1979 HD

    Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI,...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Thayer David

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  • 1981
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    Hellinger's Law

    Hellinger's Law

    7.5 1981 HD

    A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Telly Savalas

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  • 1993
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    Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

    6.8 1993 HD

    The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michele Lee

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  • 1998
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    Babylon 5

    Babylon 5

    8.064 1998 HD

    Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bruce Boxleitner

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  • 1984
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    Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

    6.835 1984 HD

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

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Robert Wagner

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  • 1987
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.552 1987 HD

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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Daniel J. Travanti

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  • 1999
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    Another World

    Another World

    5 1999 HD

    Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. Set in the fictional town of Bay...

    Genre: Soap

    Cast: David Hedison

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  • 1983
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    Voyagers!

    Voyagers!

    7.513 1983 HD

    Voyagers! is an American science fiction time travel-based television series that aired on NBC during the 1982–1983 season. The series stars...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Jon-Erik Hexum

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  • 1982
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    Lou Grant

    Lou Grant

    7.2 1982 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ed Asner

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  • 1987
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    Remington Steele

    Remington Steele

    7.043 1987 HD

    Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Stephanie Zimbalist

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  • 1994
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    L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

    7 1994 HD

    L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Corbin Bernsen

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  • 1988
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    Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

    7.293 1988 HD

    A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Tom Selleck

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  • 1991
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    thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

    6.3 1991 HD

    Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ken Olin

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  • 1988
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    The Facts of Life

    The Facts of Life

    7.08 1988 HD

    The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cloris Leachman

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  • 1985
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    The Jeffersons

    The Jeffersons

    7.278 1985 HD

    Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Isabel Sanford

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  • 1989
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    Simon & Simon

    Simon & Simon

    6.681 1989 HD

    Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jameson Parker

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  • 1978
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    Baretta

    Baretta

    6.2 1978 HD

    Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Robert Blake

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  • 1988
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    Hotel

    Hotel

    6.6 1988 HD

    Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: James Brolin

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  • 1981
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    Eight Is Enough

    Eight Is Enough

    6.1 1981 HD

    Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dick Van Patten

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  • 1981
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    The White Shadow

    The White Shadow

    6.808 1981 HD

    The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ken Howard

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  • 1978
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    The Tony Randall Show

    The Tony Randall Show

    5 1978 HD

    Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tony Randall

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  • 1988
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    The Oldest Rookie

    The Oldest Rookie

    5.5 1988 HD

    The Oldest Rookie is an American crime drama that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987 to January 13, 1988. The series stars Paul Sorvino as Officer...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Paul Sorvino

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  • 1998
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    Babylon 5

    Babylon 5

    8.064 1998 HD

    Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bruce Boxleitner

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  • 2024
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    4.933 2024 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bray Poor

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  • 1982
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    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.193 1982 HD

    Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hal Linden

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  • 1983
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    Taxi

    Taxi

    7.2 1983 HD

    Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Judd Hirsch

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  • 1970
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    1775

    1775

    1 1970 HD

    1775 was a 1992 pilot episode for a CBS situation comedy, similar in style to the BBC situation comedy Blackadder. Set in colonial Philadelphia...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ryan O'Neal

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  • 1977
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    Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

    Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

    8.8 1977 HD

    Weekly series spun off from the miniseries.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Peter Strauss

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  • 1979
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    Centennial

    Centennial

    7.7 1979 HD

    The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Robert Conrad

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  • 1989
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    Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

    7.334 1989 HD

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

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Michael Landon

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  • 1977
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    Roots

    Roots

    7.4 1977 HD

    The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Amos

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  • 1987
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.552 1987 HD

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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Daniel J. Travanti

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