Robert Phalen

Robert Phalen

Nascimento : 1937-05-10, San Francisco, California, USA

História

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).

Perfil

Robert Phalen
Robert Phalen

Filmes

Tentação Perigosa
Coroner
Em Los Angeles, a detetive Lottie Mason trabalha disfarçada como prostituta ou drogada nas ruas para prender traficantes. Após testemunhar a execução de um criminoso, Tony, com o qual se envolvera, Lottie descobre que ele escondeu um milhão de dólares roubados de outros traficantes. Enquanto a polícia procura a responsável pela ligação anônima que denunciou o homicídio, Lottie vive o dilema de ser descoberto o seu envolvimento com o criminoso Tony.
Starman - O Homem das Estrelas
Major Bell
Tendo colidido na Terra após sua nave espacial ser atingida por caças americanos, um viajante extraterrestre tem que assumir uma identidade humana para que não seja preso pelas autoridades. O alienígena escolhe ter a aparência de Scott, o marido de Jenny Hayden, que faleceu recentemente. Após o choque inicial, Jenny se amedronta diante de seu "convidado", mas gradualmente ele ganha sua confiança. O "homem das estrelas" veio para a Terra com uma mensagem de paz, em resposta à mensagem mandada pela sonda espacial Voyager One, em 1977. Ele pede que Jenny o ajude, levando-o até o deserto de Nevada, onde encontrará seus amigos que o levarão de volta ao seu planeta. Eles se unem contra o Conselho de Segurança Nacional, comandado por George Fox, que pretende deter e, se possível, exterminar "Scott". Paralelamente ele aprende a ser mais humano e assume cada vez mais as qualidades do marido de Jenny, enquanto ela se apaixona pelo alienígena, pois vê nele Scott.
Bailes Mexicanos
District Attorney
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 and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.
O Assassinato de Randy Webster
Foreman
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 uncovers the fact that the gun found with the boy's body was a "throwdown," a weapon planted by the cops.
Hellinger's Law
Dave Fredericks
A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.
The Last Song
Arnold Overstratten
An aspiring singer unwittingly comes into possession of several tapes for which her engineer husband and his partner, in their electronic eavesdropping business, were murdered, and discovers that she and her daughter are now being stalked by the killers.
Nero Wolfe
Yarmack
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 to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mystery. TV movie based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series.
Alguém Me Vigia
Wayne
Ao receber uma ligação de um perseguidor, Elizabeth, em desespero, se joga da janela do apartamento 4320 e comete suicídio. Algum tempo depois, Leigh Michaels, em fuga de Nova York devido a um amor não correspondido, compra o mesmo apartamento. Começa, pouco a pouco, uma perseguição psicológica que leva Leigh à beira da loucura.
Halloween - A Noite do Terror
Dr. Wynn
Na noite de Halloween de 1963, Michael Myers, de seis anos, assassina brutalmente sua irmã. Preso em uma instituição para doentes mentais sob os cuidados do dr. Sam Loomis, Michael cresce apenas para odiar. Em outubro de 1978, ele foge do hospital, seguido pelo dr. Loomis, que sabe que Michael vai matar novamente. O psicopata passa a perseguir a adolescente Laurie Strode e seus amigos, e prepara seu ataque mortal para a noite de Halloween.
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
A Killing Affair
Sgt. Holt
A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. During the course of the investigation the two begin to develop an attraction to each other, but the situation is complicated by the fact that he is married.
Três Dias do Condor
Newberry
O agente da C.I.A. Joseph Turner (Robert Redford), codinome Condor, e a equipe a qual faz parte apenas lê livros e imagina possíveis situações que podem ser usadas pela C.I.A. Um dia ele vai comprar comida, mas como chovia sai por uma "saída secreta" em vez de sair pela porta da frente. Ao retornar, vê que todos os seus colegas de trabalho tinham sido mortos. Apavorado, pois não é um agente de campo, liga para seu chefe, que diz que logo vão resgatá-lo. Porém na hora tentam matá-lo, mas Turner escapa ileso. Sem saber o que fazer, acaba seqüestrando Kathy Hale (Faye Dunaway), uma fotógrafa, e vai para o apartamento dela, pois precisa de um lugar que ninguém da C.I.A. conheça enquanto tenta entender por qual razão querem vê-lo morto.
Enemies
Grekov
This powerful drama about the social ferment that culminated in the 1917 Russian Revolution is set on an estate in provincial Russia in 1905. In a sun-dappled garden, some factory owners and their wives discuss the unrest among the workers. Rather than submit to a strike, they decide to close down the factory. When an owner is slain in a scuffle with a workman, the ensuing investigation uncovers the socialist fervor that is sweeping the countryside. The play goes beyond depicting class struggle by keenly examining the gulfs between youth and old age, vision and shortsightedness, and conservatism versus change.
A Touch of the Poet
Mickey Maloy
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 British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.