Walter Brooke
60 movies · 97 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 13, 1914
- Died
- Aug 20, 1986 (age 71)
- 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.
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Brooke died from emphysema on August 20, 1986, aged 71.
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Known for
Walter Brooke: movies and TV shows
Acting (157)
- 1985 Jagged Edge
as Duane Bendix
- 1983
- 1983
- 1983 White Water Rebels
as Leonard Phelps
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 Beyond Reason
as Dr. Grovenor
- 1981
- 1981
- 1981 Advice to the Lovelorn
as Walter Sheehan
- 1981
- 1981 Scruples
as Dr. Rutgers
- 1981 Separate Ways
as Lawrence Stevens
- 1980 The Nude Bomb
as American Ambassador
- 1980 Make Me an Offer
as Glenn Harris
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 Mirror, Mirror
as Dr. Samuel Shaw
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 North Dallas Forty
as Doctor
- 1979 In Search of Historic Jesus
as Joseph of Arimathea
- 1979
- 1978 The New Adventures of Heidi
as Cousin Tobias
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977 The Pinballs
as Mr. Mason
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977 Black Sunday
as Fowler
- 1977 Fun with Dick and Jane
as Mr. Weeks
- 1976 Fury of the Dragon
as Frank P. Scanlon
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976 Street Killing
as The Major
- 1976 The Big Bus
as Mr. Ames
- 1976 Time Travelers
as Dr. Stafford
- 1976 St. Ives
as Mickey
- 1975 The Other Side of the Mountain
as Dean
- 1975
- 1975 Framed
as Sen. Tatum
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975 Stowaway to the Moon
as Whitehead
- 1974 The Rockford Files · TV
as Clyde Russell / Mr. Gertmanian / NIA Agent Bill Simonds / Dr. Bosca · 5 episodes
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974 Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
as Michael Doran
- 1974 Harrad Summer
as Sam Grove
- 1974 The Chadwick Family
as Dr. Simon
- 1974 Winter Kill
as Ben
- 1974 The Green Hornet
as Dist. Atty Scanlon
- 1974 The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
as Mr. Denver
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973 Executive Action
as Smythe
- 1973
- 1973
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 The Astronaut
as Tom Everett
- 1971
- 1971 A Tattered Web
as Lt. Preston
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971 The Return of Count Yorga
as Bill Nelson
- 1971 The Mephisto Waltz
as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1971 The Andromeda Strain
as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
- 1971 Lawman
as Luther Harris
- 1971 Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Rector
- 1971
- 1970 San Francisco International
as Clifford Foster Evans
- 1970
- 1970
- 1970 The Landlord
as William Enders
- 1970 Zig Zag
as Adam Mercer
- 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
- 1969 Marooned
as Network Commentator
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Jerry Wolfe
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 How Sweet It Is!
as Haskell Wax
- 1968 Yours, Mine and Ours
as Howard Beardsley
- 1968 Sergeant Ryker
as Col. Arthur Merriam
- 1967 The Graduate
as Mr. McGuire
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Bloodlust!
as Dean Gerrard
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Party Crashers
as Mr. Webster
- 1957
- 1957
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Conquest of Space
as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
- 1953
- 1951
- 1950
- 1950
- 1949 C-Man
as Joe
- 1948
- 1948
- 1942 Desperate Journey
as Sgt. Warwick
- 1942 In This Our Life
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1942 Murder in the Big House
as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1942 The Male Animal
as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1942 Bullet Scars
as Trooper Walter Leary
- 1942 All Through the Night
as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1941 They Died with Their Boots On
as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)