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Robert Phalen

Robert Phalen

Born: 1937-05-10 • San Francisco, California, USA

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).

Filmography
Driving Lessons poster
Driving Lessons
2012 • Dr. Terence Wynn (archive footage)
Impulse poster
Impulse
1990 • Coroner
Under the Influence poster
Under the Influence
1986
Starman poster
Starman
1984 • Major Bell
Zoot Suit poster
Zoot Suit
1981 • District Attorney
The Killing of Randy Webster poster
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981 • Foreman
Hellinger's Law poster
Hellinger's Law
1981 • Dave Fredericks
The Last Song poster
The Last Song
1980 • Arnold Overstratten
Nero Wolfe poster
Nero Wolfe
1979 • Yarmack
Someone's Watching Me! poster
Someone's Watching Me!
1978 • Wayne
Halloween poster
Halloween
1978 • Dr. Wynn
A Killing Affair poster
A Killing Affair
1977 • Sgt. Holt
Three Days of the Condor poster
Three Days of the Condor
1975 • Newberry
A Touch of the Poet poster
A Touch of the Poet
1974 • Mickey Maloy
Enemies poster
Enemies
1974 • Grekov