- Robert Walden
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name = Robert Walden
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birthdate = Birth date and age|1943|9|25|mf=y
birthplace =New York, New York Robert Walden (born Robert Wolkowitz;
September 25 ,1943 ) is an Americantelevision andmotion picture actor.Walden was born in
New York, New York , the son of Hilda (née Winokur) and Max Wolkowitz. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/96/Robert-Walden.html Robert Walden Biography (1943-) ] ]Walden's career began in 1970, in "
Bloody Mama " forRoger Corman . After that and for the first several years he often played young doctors, notably in the cult classic Blue Sunshine. His breakthrough role was in the television series "Lou Grant", which won him 3Emmy Award nominations (in 1979, 1980 and 1981) for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Walden has played several historical characters, includingDonald Segretti in the 1976 film "All the President's Men", andJ. Robert Oppenheimer in the 1980 TV movie "". From 1984 - 1989 he starred in the groundbreakingShowtime sitcom "Brothers" as the middle of three brothers, the owner of a bar/restaurant who was a retired NFL placekicker. His youngest brother was gay and the series dealt with issues regarding homosexuality. Walden also made a cameo appearance as a sound engineer in the 1994 film "Radioland Murders ".Walden is a distinguished teacher of acting at the
The New School for Drama , division of theNew York City universityThe New School . In August, 2006 he appeared in the Herbert Bergoff Playwrights Foundation production of Arthur Miller's "'The American Clock '" under the direction ofAustin Pendleton .References
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