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Walter Brooke

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Oct 13, 1914 (111 years old)

Place of Birth

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.

Known For

Acting
1985Jagged EdgeDuane Bendix
1983White Water RebelsLeonard Phelps
1983The A-TeamGeneral Bullen
1983AutomanTheodore Behrens
1982Beyond ReasonDr. Grovenor
1982Cagney & LaceyJudge
1982St. ElsewhereDr. Lunden
1982Cassie & Co.
1981ScruplesDr. Rutgers
1981Advice to the LovelornWalter Sheehan
1981Separate WaysLawrence Stevens
1981Falcon CrestCarter St. John
1981Simon & Simon
1981Nero Wolfe
1980Make Me an OfferGlenn Harris
1980The Nude BombAmerican Ambassador
1979North Dallas FortyDoctor
1979Visions of Christmas Past
1979In Search of Historic JesusJoseph of Arimathea
1979Mirror, MirrorDr. Samuel Shaw
1979Beggarman, ThiefAmerican Intelligence Agent
1979Mrs. Columbo
1979Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturyU.S. President
1979Knots LandingHenry
1979Hart to Hart
1979Beggarman, ThiefAmerican Intelligence Agent
1978The New Adventures of HeidiCousin Tobias
1978DallasCole Young
1978Vega$
1977Fun with Dick and JaneMr. Weeks
1977Black SundayFowler
1977The PinballsMr. Mason
1977The Incredible Hulk
1977Lou GrantReggie Washburn
1977Big HawaiiGiles Webber
1976Fury of the DragonFrank P. Scanlon
1976Time TravelersDr. Stafford
1976The Big BusMr. Ames
1976St. IvesMickey
1976Street KillingThe Major
1976Quincy, M.E.
1976Charlie's AngelsTwilliger
1976Quincy, M.E.Dr. Max Gilliam
1976Charlie's AngelsMr. Kellerman
1976Quincy, M.E.Councilman Becker
1976Quincy, M.E.Judd Kenyon
1975FramedSen. Tatum
1975Stowaway to the MoonWhitehead
1975The Other Side of the MountainDean
1975Starsky & Hutch
1975S.W.A.T.
1975Archer
1975Bronk
1974The Green HornetDist. Atty Scanlon
1974Nightmare at 43 HillcrestMichael Doran
1974Harrad SummerSam Grove
1974The Chadwick FamilyDr. Simon
1974Winter KillBen
1974The Stranger Who Looks Like MeMr. Denver
1974Little House on the PrairieSandler
1974Run, Joe, Run
1974The CowboysReager
1974The Rockford FilesClyde Russell
1974PetrocelliArthur Martin
1974The Six Million Dollar ManGeneral Harland Tate
1974The Six Million Dollar ManGeneral Wiley
1974The Six Million Dollar ManDr. Tellman
1974The Rockford FilesMr. Gertmanian
1974The Rockford FilesNIA Agent Bill Simonds
1974The Rockford FilesDr. Bosca
1973Executive ActionSmythe
1973KojakJudge Lavery
1973The MagicianOrin Connover
1972The AstronautTom Everett
1972M*A*S*HGeneral Weiskopf
1972The Rookies
1972The Streets of San Francisco
1972The WaltonsMr. Clarence Johnson
1972The Sixth Sense
1972BanacekWalter Peterson
1972Emergency!James Barnes
1972The Streets of San FranciscoJohn Wilcox
1972The Streets of San FranciscoGeorge Webster
1971The Return of Count YorgaBill Nelson
1971Sarge: The Badge or the CrossRector
1971The Mephisto WaltzParty Guest (uncredited)
1971LawmanLuther Harris
1971A Tattered WebLt. Preston
1971The Andromeda StrainAssistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
1971Alias Smith and Jones
1971The Man and the City
1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at LawMr. Patrick
1971McMillan & WifeD. A. Chapman
1971McMillan & WifeMartin Sandowski
1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at LawDr. Yates
1971Bearcats!Fairfield
1970The LandlordWilliam Enders
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Captain Theodore Wilkinson
1970Zig ZagAdam Mercer
1970San Francisco InternationalClifford Foster Evans
1970Arnie
1970Dan AugustEarl Jackson
1969Daddy's Gone A-HuntingJerry Wolfe
1969MaroonedNetwork Commentator
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Dr. Roy Staples
1969Room 222
1968How Sweet It Is!Haskell Wax
1968Sergeant RykerCol. Arthur Merriam
1968Yours, Mine and OursHoward Beardsley
1968Hawaii Five-OSamuel Hammock
1968The Outcasts
1968Lancer
1968The Outsider
1967The GraduateMr. McGuire
1967Mannix
1967Ironside
1967The High ChaparralCarney
1967Judd for the Defense
1967The High ChaparralRobert Morris
1967The InvadersDanvers
1967DragnetCapt. Carl Fuller
1967The Danny Thomas Hour
1967MannixCaptain Wells
1967MannixMark Mitchell
1967MannixBill Kraike
1966The Rat PatrolCapt. Vulcan
1966The Green HornetFrank P. Scanlon
1965The F.B.I.Lucas Vale
1965Run for Your LifeThe Examiner
1965The Big ValleyDave Steigler
1965Paradise Bay
1965Run for Your LifeRalph Phillips
1965Run for Your LifeRichard Phillips
1965The Wild Wild WestProsecutor
1964The Munsters
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaDan Case
1963The Great AdventureTaylor
1963Kraft Suspense TheatreCol. Arthur Merriam
1963The FugitiveJesse Platt
1963The FugitiveWilcox
1963The Greatest Show on Earth
1963The FugitiveModerator
1963Grindl
1963Mr. NovakJess Capper
1963Arrest and TrialDoc
1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmThe Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
1962The BeachcomberErickson
1962The VirginianLt. Paul Kenner
1962McHale's NavyCapt. Harper
1961Bloodlust!Dean Gerrard
1961Bus Stop
1961Ben Casey
1961Dr. KildareWilliam Fredericks
1959The Twilight ZoneChad Cooper
1959Hawaiian Eye
1959The Twilight ZoneDr. Raymond Gordon
1959New York Confidential
1959BonanzaTobias Wentworth Finch
1959BonanzaAtworth Perry
1958The Party CrashersMr. Webster
1958Bronco
1958The Donna Reed Show
1957Perry MasonDistrict Attorney
1957Perry MasonDeputy D.A.
1957TrackdownDoc Walters
1955Conquest of SpaceGen. Samuel T. Merritt
1955GunsmokeCapt. Nichols
1955CheyenneEdward DeVier
1953Letter to LorettaMr. Brown
1951Tales of Tomorrow
1950Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950Armstrong Circle TheatreBoland
1950Armstrong Circle Theatre
1949C-ManJoe
1948Studio OneJeff
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1948Studio OneDetective
1942The Male AnimalReporter (uncredited)
1942Desperate JourneySgt. Warwick
1942Bullet ScarsTrooper Walter Leary
1942All Through the NightReporter (uncredited)
1942Murder in the Big HouseReporter (uncredited)
1942In This Our LifeCab Driver (uncredited)
1941They Died with Their Boots OnCadet Rosser (uncredited)