Robert Phalen
Robert Anthony Phalen (May 10, 1937 – December 6, 1995) was an American actor.
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.324 |
| Birthday | 1937-05-10 |
| Place of Birth | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Also Known As |
1978
Halloween
7.56/6194
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddon...
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Halloween
1990
Impulse
5.615/40
A Los Angeles vice cop, caught between her undercover role as a sex worker and her personal relationships, is thrown into a web of murder and deceit.
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Impulse
1984
Starman
6.938/996
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.
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Starman
1981
Zoot Suit
6.413/23
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 an...
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Zoot Suit
1974
Enemies
0/0
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...
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Enemies
1974
A Touch of the Poet
10/1
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 B...
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A Touch of the Poet
1978
Someone's Watching Me!
6.217/159
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.
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Someone's Watching Me!
1986
Under the Influence
5.857/7
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.
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Under the Influence
1979
Nero Wolfe
8.25/4
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, only...
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Nero Wolfe
1981
Hellinger's Law
8.75/2
A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrat...
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Hellinger's Law
1975
Three Days of the Condor
7.275/1366
When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those r...
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Three Days of the Condor
1977
A Killing Affair
4.833/6
A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. Durin...
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A Killing Affair
1980
The Last Song
8/3
An aspiring singer unwittingly comes into possession of several tapes for which her engineer husband and his partner, in their electronic eavesdroppin...
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The Last Song
1981
The Killing of Randy Webster
6/6
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 unc...
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The Killing of Randy Webster
2012
Driving Lessons
6/1
In John Carpenter's 1978 classic HALLOWEEN, Michael Myers was suddenly able to drive a car after having sat in a sanitarium staring at the wall since...
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