---
name: "Robert Phalen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-phalen"
fi1m_id: "robert-phalen"
imdb_id: "nm0679606"
tmdb_id: 15515
wikidata_id: "Q7348873"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 May 1937"
died: "6 December 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T04:35:13.746648+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert Phalen

## Identity

Robert Phalen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-phalen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-phalen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0679606
- **TMDB ID:** 15515
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7348873
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Phalen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7348873, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15515

Actor. Born 10 May 1937 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 6 December 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 May 1937, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 6 December 1995
- **Active:** 1975–1984
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 84 (3), 1980s 77 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Thriller 2, Horror 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $141m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Phalen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7348873, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15515

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Starman*](https://film.one/film/starman.md) (77)

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## Biography

Robert Phalen (10 May 1937 – 6 December 1995) was an American actor. Born in San Francisco, California, he attended George Washington High School, where he took part in the drama club and served as student body president. His early stage work included membership of San Francisco's Actor's Workshop in the early 1960s, with roles such as Mick in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker. He later performed on Broadway from 1965 in productions including Twelfth Night, The Crucible, Saint Joan, King Lear and A Streetcar Named Desire.

Phalen's screen career began in the mid-1970s. Film credits include Newberry in Three Days of the Condor (1975), Dr. Terence Wynn in Halloween (1978), and Major Bell in Starman (1984). He also appeared in Someone's Watching Me! (1978), Zoot Suit (1981), The Gladiator (1986) and Impulse (1990). On television he played Rufus Jackson in Roots (1977), Andrei Ivanov in Babylon 5 (1994), and guest roles in series including M*A*S*H, Magnum, P.I., Taxi and Remington Steele. He died in Los Angeles from complications of AIDS.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Starman* (1984), Fi1m 77, as Major Bell — [page](https://film.one/film/starman.md)
- *Halloween* (1978), Fi1m 88, as Dr.  Wynn — [page](https://film.one/film/halloween.md)
- *Roots* (1977), Fi1m 83, as Rufus Jackson — [page](https://film.one/tv/roots.md)
- *Three Days of the Condor* (1975), Fi1m 80, as Newberry — [page](https://film.one/film/three-days-of-the-condor.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Babylon 5* (1994), series, as Andrei Ivanov, Andrei Ivanova — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Impulse* (1990), as Coroner
- *thirtysomething* (1987), series, Actor
- *The Oldest Rookie* (1987), series, Actor
- *Under the Influence* (1986), Actor
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Lemuel Collins
- *Starman* (1984), as Major Bell — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/starman.md)
- *Highway to Heaven* (1984), series, as Pete Briggs
- *Voyagers!* (1982), series, Actor
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Ambrose Blinn
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Dr. Blair
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Drunk
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, Actor
- *Zoot Suit* (1981), as District Attorney
- *The Killing of Randy Webster* (1981), as Foreman
- *Hellinger's Law* (1981), as Dave Fredericks
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, as Marv — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Michaels
- *The Last Song* (1980), as Arnold Overstratten
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Carlisle
- *Nero Wolfe* (1979), as Yarmack
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Benny Petulsky
- *The Facts of Life* (1979), series, Actor
- *Someone's Watching Me!* (1978), as Wayne
- *The White Shadow* (1978), series, as Doug Batty
- *Halloween* (1978), as Dr.  Wynn — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/halloween.md)
- *Centennial* (1978), series, as Rev. Holly
- *Taxi* (1978), series, as Tom Jeffries — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/taxi.md)
- *A Killing Affair* (1977), as Sgt. Holt
- *Lou Grant* (1977), series, Actor
- *Eight Is Enough* (1977), series, Actor
- *Roots* (1977), series, as Rufus Jackson — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/roots.md)
- *The Tony Randall Show* (1976), series, Actor
- *Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II* (1976), series, as Art Biggs
- *Three Days of the Condor* (1975), as Newberry — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/three-days-of-the-condor.md)
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Capt. Ronald Dupre USAF
- *The Jeffersons* (1975), series, as Jim Baker
- *Baretta* (1975), series, Actor
- *A Touch of the Poet* (1974), as Mickey Maloy
- *Enemies* (1974), as Grekov
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Grekov
- *Another World* (1964), series, Actor

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