‘Hill Street Blues’ actor Robert Prosky dies at 77

WASHINGTON — Robert Prosky, a character actor with hundreds of credits on stage and screen including “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “Hill Street Blues,” has died in a Washington hospital. He was 77.

His oldest son, Stefan Prosky, said the actor died Monday night of complications from a heart procedure.

Prosky appeared in more than 200 plays on Broadway and with Arena Stage, a regional theater company in Washington. He appeared in 38 films and numerous television shows.

In the 1980s, Prosky spent three years on the NBC television series “Hill Street Blues” as a police sergeant. In “Mrs. Doubtfire,” he played the TV station owner who hired Robin Williams. His other film credits include “Dead Man Walking” and “The Natural.”