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name: "Robert Walden"
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born: "25 September 1943"
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# Robert Walden

Actor. Born 25 September 1943 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 September 1943, New York City, New York, USA

## Biography

Robert Walden (born Robert Wolkowitz) is an American actor. He was born on 25 September 1943 in New York City and trained at the City College of New York and the Actors Studio.

Walden is best known for playing journalist Joe Rossi on the series *Lou Grant* (1977–1982), for which he received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His other regular television roles include Joe Waters on *Brothers* (1984–1989) and Glenn Newman on *Happily Divorced* (2011–2013).

His film credits include Donald Segretti in *All the President's Men* (1976), Elliot Whitter in *Capricorn One* (1977), and roles in *The Hospital* (1971), *Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask* (1972) and *Blue Sunshine* (1976). He has also appeared in guest roles on series including *Columbo* (1973) as Billy Fine, *Starsky & Hutch* (1975) and *Murder, She Wrote* (1985).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, as Billy Fine — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), William Dorsey
- *All the President's Men* (1976), Donald Segretti — [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-presidents-men.md)
- *Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask* (1972), Sperm
- *The West Wing* (1999), Senator Rossiter — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Capricorn One* (1977), Elliot Whitter
- *Love & Death* (2023), Dr. Irving Stone
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Lt. Antonelli
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), Writer

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