at Arena Stage with over 100 stage credits to his name at that theatre alone. He played Shelly Levene in the 1984 Chicago and Broadway production of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross. He was also a board member of the Cape May Stage in Cape May, New Jersey. Prosky appeared in two films, Dead Man Walking and The Chamber, with actor Raymond J. Barry. He received or was nominated for two Tony awards, two Helen Hayes awards, an Emmy, the Drama Desk award, and the American Express Tribute To An American Actor. He continued to perform on stage and present lectures on his long career at universities, film festivals, for theater benefits, business groups and on cruises. Personal life In 1960, he married Ida Hove with whom he had three sons, Stefan, John and Andrew Prosky, the latter two being actors as well. Death Prosky died on December 8, 2008, five days before his 78th birthday while living in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. His son John said that the cause was complications of heart surgery at the Washington Hospital Center. The New York Times described him: "a craggy-faced, heavyset character actor who, after 23 years in regional theater, became a familiar face on Broadway, in movies and on television, notably as a gruff desk sergeant in the later years of Hill Street Blues." Playbill described him: "He was best suited to playing salt-of-the-earth characters, sometimes with a mischievous or slightly sinister edge." Filmography The Brink's Job (1978) - Cop in Police Lineup (uncredited) Thief (1981) - Leo World War III (1982) - General Rudenski Hanky Panky (1982) - Hiram Calder Monsignor (1982) - Bishop Walkman The Lords of Discipline (1983) - LTC Thomas "The Bear" Berrineau Christine (1983) - Will Darnell The Keep (1983) - Father Fonescu The Natural (1984) - The Judge (team owner) Outrageous Fortune (1987) - Stanislav Korzenowski Big Shots (1987) - Keegan Broadcast News (1987) - Ernie Merriman The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988, Miniseries) - Thomas Edward Watson The Great Outdoors (1988) - Wally Things Change (1988) - Joseph 'Don Giuseppe' Vincent The Heist (1989) - Dancer Loose Cannons (1990) - Von Metz Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) - Grandpa Fred Funny About Love (1990) - Emil Thomas "E.T." Bergman Green Card (1990) - Brontë's Lawyer Age Isn't Everything (1991) - Grandpa Irving Far and Away (1992) -