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Walter Brooke
Walter Brooke

Walter Brooke

ActingBorn October 13, 1914Died August 20, 1986 (age 71)New York City, New York, U.S.

Biography

Walter Brooke (October 23, 1914 – August 20, 1986) was an American actor. Brooke is best known for playing Mr. McGuire in The Graduate, where he said his famous line, "Plastics". He is also remembered for playing district attorney Frank Scanlon in the television series The Green Hornet. Brooke appeared on stage in the 1957 production of Hide and Seek at the Shubert Theatre in Washington, D.C. Brooke died from emphysema on August 20, 1986, aged 71. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Brooke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1985
Jagged Edge

as Duane Bendix

Movie
1983
Automan

as Theodore Behrens

TV
1983
The A-Team

as General Bullen

TV
1983
White Water Rebels

as Leonard Phelps

Movie
1982
St. Elsewhere

as Dr. Lunden

TV
1982TV
1982
Beyond Reason

as Dr. Grovenor

Movie
1981
Falcon Crest

as Carter St. John

TV
1981
Advice to the Lovelorn

as Walter Sheehan

Movie
1981
Scruples

as Dr. Rutgers

Movie
1981
Separate Ways

as Lawrence Stevens

Movie
1980
The Nude Bomb

as American Ambassador

Movie
1980
Make Me an Offer

as Glenn Harris

Movie
1979TV
1979
Beggarman, Thief

as American Intelligence Agent

Movie
1979
Beggarman, Thief

as American Intelligence Agent

TV
1979
Mirror, Mirror

as Dr. Samuel Shaw

Movie
1979TV
1979Movie
1979
In Search of Historic Jesus

as Joseph of Arimathea

Movie
1978Movie
1978TV
1978
Dallas

as Cole Young

TV
1977
The Pinballs

as Mr. Mason

Movie
1977
Big Hawaii

as Giles Webber

TV
1977
Lou Grant

as Reggie Washburn

TV
1977
Black Sunday

as Fowler

Movie
1977Movie
1976
Fury of the Dragon

as Frank P. Scanlon

Movie
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Dr. Max Gilliam

TV
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Councilman Becker

TV
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Judd Kenyon

TV
1976
Charlie's Angels

as Twilliger

TV
1976
Charlie's Angels

as Mr. Kellerman

TV
1976
Street Killing

as The Major

Movie
1976
The Big Bus

as Mr. Ames

Movie
1976
Time Travelers

as Dr. Stafford

Movie
1976
St. Ives

as Mickey

Movie
1975
Framed

as Sen. Tatum

Movie
1975TV
1975TV
1975TV
1975Movie
1974
The Rockford Files

as Clyde Russell

TV
1974
The Rockford Files

as Mr. Gertmanian

TV
1974
The Rockford Files

as NIA Agent Bill Simonds

TV
1974
The Rockford Files

as Dr. Bosca

TV
1974
Petrocelli

as Arthur Martin

TV
1974Movie
1974
Harrad Summer

as Sam Grove

Movie
1974Movie
1974Movie
1974
The Green Hornet

as Dist. Atty Scanlon

Movie
1974Movie
1974
The Cowboys

as Reager

TV
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man

as General Harland Tate

TV
1974TV
1974TV
1973Movie
1973
Kojak

as Judge Lavery

TV
1973
The Magician

as Orin Connover

TV
1972TV
1972TV
1972
M*A*S*H

as General Weiskopf

TV
1972
The Waltons

as Mr. Clarence Johnson

TV
1972
Banacek

as Walter Peterson

TV
1972
Emergency!

as James Barnes

TV
1972
The Astronaut

as Tom Everett

Movie
1971
McMillan & Wife

as D. A. Chapman

TV
1971
McMillan & Wife

as Martin Sandowski

TV
1971
A Tattered Web

as Lt. Preston

Movie
1971
Bearcats!

as Fairfield

TV
1971Movie
1971
The Mephisto Waltz

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1971
The Andromeda Strain

as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1971
Lawman

as Luther Harris

Movie
1970
San Francisco International

as Clifford Foster Evans

Movie
1970
Dan August

as Earl Jackson

TV
1970TV
1970
The Landlord

as William Enders

Movie
1970
Zig Zag

as Adam Mercer

Movie
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Captain Theodore Wilkinson

Movie
1969
Marooned

as Network Commentator

Movie
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dr. Roy Staples

TV
1969TV
1969Movie
1968TV
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Samuel Hammock

TV
1968
How Sweet It Is!

as Haskell Wax

Movie
1968
Yours, Mine and Ours

as Howard Beardsley

Movie
1968
Sergeant Ryker

as Col. Arthur Merriam

Movie
1967
The Graduate

as Mr. McGuire

Movie
1967TV
1967
Mannix

as Captain Wells

TV
1967
Mannix

as Mark Mitchell

TV
1967
Mannix

as Bill Kraike

TV
1967TV
1967
The High Chaparral

as Robert Morris

TV
1967TV
1967
Dragnet

as Capt. Carl Fuller

TV
1967
The Invaders

as Danvers

TV
1966
The Rat Patrol

as Capt. Vulcan

TV
1966
The Green Hornet

as Frank P. Scanlon

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Lucas Vale

TV
1965
The Wild Wild West

as Prosecutor

TV
1965
The Big Valley

as Dave Steigler

TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as The Examiner

TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as Richard Phillips

TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as Ralph Phillips

TV
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Col. Arthur Merriam

TV
1963TV
1963
Mr. Novak

as Jess Capper

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Jesse Platt

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Wilcox

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Moderator

TV
1963TV
1963TV
1962
McHale's Navy

as Capt. Harper

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Lt. Paul Kenner

TV
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")

Movie
1962
The Beachcomber

as Erickson

TV
1961TV
1961TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as William Fredericks

TV
1961
Bloodlust!

as Dean Gerrard

Movie
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Chad Cooper

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Dr. Raymond Gordon

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Tobias Wentworth Finch

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Atworth Perry

TV
1958TV
1958
The Party Crashers

as Mr. Webster

Movie
1957
Trackdown

as Doc Walters

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as District Attorney

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as Deputy D.A.

TV
1955
Cheyenne

as Edward DeVier

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Capt. Nichols

TV
1955
Conquest of Space

as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt

Movie
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Mr. Brown

TV
1949
C-Man

as Joe

Movie
1948
Studio One

as Jeff

TV
1948
Studio One

as Detective

TV
1942
Desperate Journey

as Sgt. Warwick

Movie
1942
In This Our Life

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Murder in the Big House

as Reporter (uncredited)

Movie
1942
The Male Animal

as Reporter (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Bullet Scars

as Trooper Walter Leary

Movie
1942
All Through the Night

as Reporter (uncredited)

Movie
1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 13, 1914
Day of DeathAugust 20, 1986
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, U.S.
Popularity0.7