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Robert Walden(I)

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Robert Walden
This new series starring Fran Drescher can best be described as a “boy meets girl, they marry, he turns out to be gay, they divorce, he can’t afford to move out so they still live together" kind of story.
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Happily Divorced (2011–2013)
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Robert Walden plays Fran Drescher's father Glen in TV Land's original sitcom Happily Divorced (2011).

Walden's acting credits include hits in both television and film, such as the smash series Lou Grant (1977) (for which he received three Emmy® nominations), the show Brothers (1984) (two CableACE nominations) and the films All the President's Men (1976), Whiskey School (2005), The Out of Towners (1970), and Audrey Rose (1977). He has also guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), The West Wing (1999), and Judging Amy (1999). Walden's stage credits include off-Broadway productions of "House of Blue Leaves" (Cincinnati Playhouse), "The American Clock," "Prymate" (Florida State University) and "Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting" (Pasadena Playhouse) for which he won a Drama-Logue award for Best Actor.

Other acting appearances include "History of American Film" (Mark Taper Forum), "Dance of Death" (Arena Stage), "Last Days of Isaac" (A.C.T), "Other People's Money" (Old Globe) and "Jake's Women" (Stage West). He has also served as a writer for such hits as The Twilight Zone (1985), "Beauty and the Beast", Who's the Boss? (1984), and Brothers (1984). Directing credits include theater productions of "Dylan," "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" and "After Crystal Night."
BornSeptember 25, 1943
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  • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys

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Robert Walden in All the President's Men (1976)
Robert Walden in All the President's Men (1976)
Robert De Niro, Shelley Winters, Clint Kimbrough, Don Stroud, and Robert Walden in Bloody Mama (1970)
Robert Patrick and Robert Walden in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Robert Walden in Lou Grant (1977)
Robert Walden in Lou Grant (1977)
Robert Walden in Lou Grant (1977)
Robert Walden in Lou Grant (1977)
Edward Asner and Robert Walden in Lou Grant (1977)
Daryl Anderson and Robert Walden in Lou Grant (1977)
Linda Kelsey and Robert Walden in Lou Grant (1977)
Linda Kelsey and Robert Walden in Lou Grant (1977)

Known for

Brothers (1984)
Brothers
8.0
TV Series
  • Joe Waters
Woody Allen, Burt Reynolds, and Gene Wilder in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
6.7
  • Sperm
  • 1972
Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in All the President's Men (1976)
All the President's Men
7.9
  • Donald Segretti
  • 1976
Edward Asner in Lou Grant (1977)
Lou Grant
7.3
TV Series
  • Joe Rossi

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Actor

  • Surviving in L.A. (2020)
    Surviving in L.A.
  • Fran Drescher in Happily Divorced (2011)
    Happily Divorced
  • The Gardener
    • (voice)
  • Christopher Martini in Trooper (2010)
    Trooper
  • Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe (2007)
    Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
  • Cricket Head (2006)
    Cricket Head
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Whiskey School (2005)
    Whiskey School
  • Nick Mancuso in Time of Fear (2002)
    Time of Fear
  • Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, and Bradley Whitford in The West Wing (1999)
    The West Wing
  • Scott Gurney in The Fluffer (2001)
    The Fluffer
  • Judging Amy (1999)
    Judging Amy
  • Desert Thunder (1999)
    Desert Thunder
  • Mariel Hemingway, Corbin Bernsen, and Dyan Cannon in Kiss of a Stranger (1998)
    Kiss of a Stranger
  • Heist (1998)
    Heist

Director

  • Mitzi Kapture and Rob Estes in Silk Stalkings (1991)
    Silk Stalkings
  • Brothers (1984)
    Brothers

Writer

  • Brothers (1984)
    Brothers
  • The Twilight Zone (1985)
    The Twilight Zone
  • Alyssa Milano, Tony Danza, Katherine Helmond, Danny Pintauro, and Judith Light in Who's the Boss? (1984)
    Who's the Boss?

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Happily Divorced
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Happily Divorced
TROOPER - Official Trailer
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TROOPER - Official Trailer

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    • September 25, 1943
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • (Sibling)
  • Directed "A Cheap Date With Harvey Miller" comic monologue written and performed by Harvey Miller (Court Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA).
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    During the period when he was portraying star reporter Joe Rossi on Lou Grant, he actually called in several news stories to the New York Post, which were published under his byline.
    • Lou Grant
      (1977)
      $12,500 per 1 hour episode

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