Robert Walden
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Robert Walden | |
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Born | Robert Wolkowitz September 25, 1943 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1970–present |
Relatives | Howard Deutch (nephew), Madelyn Deutch (grand-niece), Zoey Deutch (grand-niece) |
Robert Walden (born Robert Wolkowitz; September 25, 1943)[1] is an American television and motion picture actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Rossi on Lou Grant,[2]: 625 which earned him three nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series; for his role as Joe Waters on Brothers;[2] and as Glenn Newman on Happily Divorced. Walden is also well known for his roles in the films Blue Sunshine, The Hospital, All the President's Men, Audrey Rose, and Capricorn One.
Life and career
Walden was born in
Walden's film career began in 1970, in
In 2011, Walden made a return to series television in the TV Land sitcom Happily Divorced,[5] playing Glenn Newman, the father of the lead character played by series creator and writer Fran Drescher, with Rita Moreno co-starring as his wife. As on his previous series Brothers, Happily Divorced is also predominantly gay-themed, as the plot is based on Drescher's divorce from series co-creator Peter Marc Jacobson, who later revealed he was gay and remained friends with Drescher. The series was cancelled in 2013 after two seasons.
Other work
He was a member of the Doo Wop group Bobby & The Chord-A-Roys in 1960.[8]
Walden is a distinguished teacher of acting at
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1970 | Bloody Mama | Fred Barker | |
1970 | The Out-of-Towners | Looter | |
1970 | The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker | Winslow Smith | |
1971 | The Hospital | Dr. Brubaker | |
1972 | A Run for the Money | Murdock | |
1972 | Bobby Jo and the Big Apple Good Time Band | Augie | Unsold TV pilot[9] |
1972 | Rage | Dr. Tom Janeway | |
1973 | Maxie | Finn | |
1974 | Larry | Tom Corman | |
1974 | The Great Ice Rip-Off | Checker | TV movie |
1974 | Our Time | Frank | |
1975 | The Kansas City Massacre | Adam Richetti | TV movie |
1976 | All the President's Men | Donald Segretti | |
1977 | Audrey Rose | Brice Mack | |
1977 | Blue Sunshine | David Blume | |
1977 | Capricorn One | Elliot Whitter | |
1980 | Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | Robert Oppenheimer |
TV movie |
1994 | Radioland Murders | Tommy | |
1997 | In Dark Places | Diller | |
1998 | Heist | Police Detective | |
1998 | Kiss of a Stranger | Stephen Block | |
1999 | Desert Thunder | Gen. Tom Brockton | |
2001 | The Fluffer | Herman Lasky | |
2002 | Time of Fear | Sheriff Joe Calabro | |
2005 | Whiskey School |
Alex Cavanaugh | |
2007 | Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe | Dr. Kubelkoff | |
2010 | Trooper | VA Doctor | |
2020 | Surviving in L.A. | Walter |
Television series
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972–73 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Dr. Martin Cohen | 15 episodes |
1977 | Rhoda | Ernie Joyce | 1 episode |
1977–82 | Lou Grant | Joe Rossi | 114 episodes |
1984–89 | Brothers | Joe Waters | 115 episodes |
2011–13 | Happily Divorced | Glen Newman | 34 episodes |
References
- ISBN 978-1-4422-4273-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ Scott, Vernon (UPI). "Bachelorhood Right Role for 'Lou Grant's' Joe Rossi". The Pittsburgh Press. December 6, 1977. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "TView Mail". The Wilmington Morning News. January 7, 1979. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Robert Walden". TVGuide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Mordente, Tony (1977-01-23), Somebody Has to Say They're Sorry, Rhoda, Valerie Harper, Julie Kavner, Ron Silver, Robert Walden, retrieved 2024-04-04
- ^ "Robert Walden takes acting techniques he learned as 'Lou Grant' reporter Joe Rossi to SXSW workshop". Dallas News. 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ISBN 9781442242746. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Bobby Jo and the Big Apple Good Time Band (CBS unsold pilot)". TV Archives : Unsold Pilots. March 31, 1972.
External links
- Robert Walden at IMDb
- Robert Walden at the Internet Off-Broadway Database