Walter Brooke

Walter Brooke

1914-10-13 New York City, New York, U.S. Male 157 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-10-13

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Known Credits

157

Known For

Acting

Photos

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Make Me an Offer

1980

Glenn Harris

Beggarman, Thief

1979

American Intelligence Agent

The Graduate

1967

Mr. McGuire

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Captain Theodore Wilkinson

White Water Rebels

1983

Leonard Phelps

Desperate Journey

1942

Sgt. Warwick

Street Killing

1976

The Major

The Party Crashers

1958

Mr. Webster

St. Ives

1976

Mickey

Bullet Scars

1942

Trooper Walter Leary

The Big Bus

1976

Mr. Ames

Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

1974

Michael Doran

Black Sunday

1977

Fowler

Sergeant Ryker

1968

Col. Arthur Merriam

Lawman

1971

Luther Harris

The Andromeda Strain

1971

Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968

Howard Beardsley

The Male Animal

1942

Reporter (uncredited)

Marooned

1969

Network Commentator

Stowaway to the Moon

1975

Whitehead

Jagged Edge

1985

Duane Bendix

A Tattered Web

1971

Lt. Preston

Harrad Summer

1974

Sam Grove

The Pinballs

1977

Mr. Mason

San Francisco International

1970

Clifford Foster Evans

All Through the Night

1942

Reporter (uncredited)

The Nude Bomb

1980

American Ambassador

Scruples

1981

Dr. Rutgers

In Search of Historic Jesus

1979

Joseph of Arimathea

Conquest of Space

1955

Gen. Samuel T. Merritt

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962

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

The Mephisto Waltz

1971

Party Guest (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

Cadet Rosser (uncredited)

Framed

1975

Sen. Tatum

Time Travelers

1976

Dr. Stafford

Executive Action

1973

Smythe

In This Our Life

1942

Cab Driver (uncredited)

How Sweet It Is!

1968

Haskell Wax

The Landlord

1970

William Enders

The Green Hornet

1974

Dist. Atty Scanlon

Fury of the Dragon

1976

Frank P. Scanlon

The Astronaut

1972

Tom Everett

Murder in the Big House

1942

Reporter (uncredited)

Bloodlust!

1961

Dean Gerrard

Separate Ways

1981

Lawrence Stevens

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

1969

Jerry Wolfe

Zig Zag

1970

Adam Mercer

Mirror, Mirror

1979

Dr. Samuel Shaw

C-Man

1949

Joe

The Chadwick Family

1974

Dr. Simon

Advice to the Lovelorn

1981

Walter Sheehan

Beyond Reason

1982

Dr. Grovenor

Winter Kill

1974

Ben

TV Credits

Perry Mason

1957

District Attorney (1 episodes)

Bonanza

1959

Tobias Wentworth Finch (1 episodes)

The A-Team

1983

General Bullen (1 episodes)

Dallas

1978

Cole Young (1 episodes)

The Twilight Zone

1959

Chad Cooper (1 episodes)

Charlie's Angels

1976

Twilliger (1 episodes)

M*A*S*H

1972

General Weiskopf (1 episodes)

Falcon Crest

1981

Carter St. John (2 episodes)

The Virginian

1962

Lt. Paul Kenner (1 episodes)

The Fugitive

1963

Jesse Platt (1 episodes)

Ironside

1967

(1 episodes)

The Waltons

1972

Mr. Clarence Johnson (3 episodes)

Mannix

1967

(1 episodes)

Hart to Hart

1979

(1 episodes)

Emergency!

1972

James Barnes (1 episodes)

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

(1 episodes)

Quincy, M.E.

1976

(2 episodes)

Hawaii Five-O

1968

Samuel Hammock (1 episodes)

The Rockford Files

1974

Clyde Russell (1 episodes)

Knots Landing

1979

Henry (1 episodes)

The Wild Wild West

1965

Prosecutor (1 episodes)

Cheyenne

1955

Edward DeVier (1 episodes)

Dr. Kildare

1961

William Fredericks (1 episodes)

The Big Valley

1965

Dave Steigler (1 episodes)

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974

General Harland Tate (1 episodes)

Studio One

1948

Jeff (1 episodes)

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969

Dr. Roy Staples (1 episodes)

Gunsmoke

1955

Capt. Nichols (1 episodes)

St. Elsewhere

1982

Dr. Lunden (1 episodes)

The Munsters

1964

(1 episodes)

Simon & Simon

1981

(1 episodes)

The F.B.I.

1965

Lucas Vale (1 episodes)

Starsky & Hutch

1975

(1 episodes)

The High Chaparral

1967

Carney (1 episodes)

Ben Casey

1961

(1 episodes)

The Incredible Hulk

1977

(3 episodes)

The Invaders

1967

Danvers (1 episodes)

The Donna Reed Show

1958

(1 episodes)

Kojak

1973

Judge Lavery (1 episodes)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

U.S. President (1 episodes)

Lou Grant

1977

Reggie Washburn (1 episodes)

Hawaiian Eye

1959

(1 episodes)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964

Dan Case (1 episodes)

Vega$

1978

(1 episodes)

Banacek

1972

Walter Peterson (1 episodes)

The Rookies

1972

(1 episodes)

The Great Adventure

1963

Taylor (1 episodes)

Cagney & Lacey

1982

Judge (2 episodes)

Run for Your Life

1965

The Examiner (1 episodes)

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

Col. Arthur Merriam (2 episodes)

Room 222

1969

(1 episodes)

Lancer

1968

(1 episodes)

Trackdown

1957

Doc Walters (1 episodes)

Dragnet

1967

Capt. Carl Fuller (1 episodes)

McMillan & Wife

1971

D. A. Chapman (1 episodes)

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

(1 episodes)

Bronco

1958

(1 episodes)

Petrocelli

1974

Arthur Martin (1 episodes)

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971

Mr. Patrick (1 episodes)

McHale's Navy

1962

Capt. Harper (1 episodes)

Arrest and Trial

1963

Doc (1 episodes)

The Outcasts

1968

(1 episodes)

The Rat Patrol

1966

Capt. Vulcan (1 episodes)

Mr. Novak

1963

Jess Capper (2 episodes)

Bus Stop

1961

(1 episodes)

Dan August

1970

Earl Jackson (1 episodes)

The Outsider

1968

(1 episodes)

Paradise Bay

1965

(199 episodes)

Judd for the Defense

1967

(2 episodes)

Armstrong Circle Theatre

1950

Boland (1 episodes)

The Green Hornet

1966

Frank P. Scanlon (26 episodes)

Automan

1983

Theodore Behrens (1 episodes)

New York Confidential

1959

(1 episodes)

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

1950

(1 episodes)

The Danny Thomas Hour

1967

(1 episodes)

Bronk

1975

(1 episodes)

Nero Wolfe

1981

(1 episodes)

The Beachcomber

1962

Erickson (1 episodes)

Mrs. Columbo

1979

(1 episodes)

Arnie

1970

(1 episodes)

The Sixth Sense

1972

(1 episodes)

The Magician

1973

Orin Connover (1 episodes)

S.W.A.T.

1975

(1 episodes)

Grindl

1963

(1 episodes)

Run, Joe, Run

1974

(1 episodes)

Big Hawaii

1977

Giles Webber (1 episodes)

Letter to Loretta

1953

Mr. Brown (1 episodes)

Cassie & Co.

1982

(1 episodes)

Bearcats!

1971

Fairfield (1 episodes)

The Cowboys

1974

Reager (12 episodes)

The Man and the City

1971

(1 episodes)

Archer

1975

(1 episodes)

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