Robert Anthony Phalen (May 10, 1937 – December 6, 1995) was an American actor who starred in films and on television.
[1] His early stage work includes his membership of 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.
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 made guest appearances on many television shows, including M*A*S*H, Baretta, Centennial, Hill Street Blues, The Facts of Life, and Babylon 5 (as the father of main character Susan Ivanova).
He died from complications of AIDS in Los Angeles, California on December 6, 1995, at the age of 58.