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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 13, 1914
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, U.S.
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Walter Brooke
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Beyond Reason | Dr. Grovenor |
| 1985 | Jagged Edge | Duane Bendix |
| 1983 | White Water Rebels | Leonard Phelps |
| 1981 | Scruples | Dr. Rutgers |
| 1981 | Advice to the Lovelorn | Walter Sheehan |
| 1981 | Separate Ways | Lawrence Stevens |
| 1980 | Make Me an Offer | Glenn Harris |
| 1980 | The Nude Bomb | American Ambassador |
| 1979 | North Dallas Forty | Doctor |
| 1979 | Visions of Christmas Past | |
| 1979 | In Search of Historic Jesus | Joseph of Arimathea |
| 1979 | Mirror, Mirror | Dr. Samuel Shaw |
| 1979 | Beggarman, Thief | American Intelligence Agent |
| 1978 | The New Adventures of Heidi | Cousin Tobias |
| 1977 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Mr. Weeks |
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Fowler |
| 1977 | The Pinballs | Mr. Mason |
| 1976 | Fury of the Dragon | Frank P. Scanlon |
| 1976 | Time Travelers | Dr. Stafford |
| 1976 | The Big Bus | Mr. Ames |
| 1976 | St. Ives | Mickey |
| 1976 | Street Killing | The Major |
| 1975 | Framed | Sen. Tatum |
| 1975 | Stowaway to the Moon | Whitehead |
| 1975 | The Other Side of the Mountain | Dean |
| 1974 | The Green Hornet | Dist. Atty Scanlon |
| 1974 | Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest | |
| 1974 | Harrad Summer | Sam Grove |
| 1974 | The Chadwick Family | Dr. Simon |
| 1974 | Winter Kill | Ben |
| 1974 | The Stranger Who Looks Like Me | Mr. Denver |
| 1973 | Executive Action | Smythe |
| 1972 | The Astronaut | Tom Everett |
| 1971 | The Return of Count Yorga | Bill Nelson |
| 1971 | Sarge: The Badge or the Cross | Rector |
| 1971 | The Mephisto Waltz | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Lawman | Luther Harris |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web | Lt. Preston |
| 1971 | The Andromeda Strain | Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1970 | The Landlord | William Enders |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Captain Theodore Wilkinson |
| 1970 | Zig Zag | Adam Mercer |
| 1970 | San Francisco International | Clifford Foster Evans |
| 1969 | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | Jerry Wolfe |
| 1969 | Marooned | Network Commentator |
| 1968 | How Sweet It Is! | Haskell Wax |
| 1968 | Sergeant Ryker | Col. Arthur Merriam |
| 1968 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Howard Beardsley |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Mr. McGuire |
| 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves") |
| 1961 | Bloodlust! | Dean Gerrard |
| 1958 | The Party Crashers | Mr. Webster |
| 1955 | Conquest of Space | Gen. Samuel T. Merritt |
| 1949 | C-Man | Joe |
| 1942 | The Male Animal | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Desperate Journey | Sgt. Warwick |
| 1942 | Bullet Scars | Trooper Walter Leary |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Murder in the Big House | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | In This Our Life | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Cadet Rosser (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The A-Team | General Bullen |
| 1983 | Automan | Theodore Behrens |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Judge |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Lunden |
| 1982 | Cassie & Co. | |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Carter St. John |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe | |
| 1979 | Mrs. Columbo | |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | U.S. President |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Henry |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1978 | Dallas | Cole Young |
| 1978 | Vega$ | |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Reggie Washburn |
| 1977 | Big Hawaii | Giles Webber |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Twilliger |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Dr. Max Gilliam |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Mr. Kellerman |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. | |
| 1975 | Archer | |
| 1975 | Bronk | |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | |
| 1974 | Run, Joe, Run | |
| 1974 | The Cowboys | Reager |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Clyde Russell |
| 1974 | Petrocelli | Arthur Martin |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | General Harland Tate |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | General Wiley |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Tellman |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Mr. Gertmanian |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | NIA Agent Bill Simonds |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Dr. Bosca |
| 1973 | Kojak | Judge Lavery |
| 1973 | The Magician | Orin Connover |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | General Weiskopf |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | |
| 1972 | The Waltons | Mr. Clarence Johnson |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | |
| 1972 | Banacek | Walter Peterson |
| 1972 | Emergency! | James Barnes |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | John Wilcox |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | George Webster |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
| 1971 | The Man and the City | |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | D. A. Chapman |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Mr. Patrick |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Martin Sandowski |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Dr. Yates |
| 1971 | Bearcats! | Fairfield |
| 1970 | Arnie | |
| 1970 | Dan August | Earl Jackson |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Roy Staples |
| 1969 | Room 222 | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Samuel Hammock |
| 1968 | The Outcasts | |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1968 | The Outsider | |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Carney |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Robert Morris |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Danvers |
| 1967 | Dragnet | Capt. Carl Fuller |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas Hour | |
| 1967 | Mannix | Captain Wells |
| 1967 | Mannix | Mark Mitchell |
| 1966 | The Rat Patrol | Capt. Vulcan |
| 1966 | The Green Hornet | Frank P. Scanlon |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Lucas Vale |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | The Examiner |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Dave Steigler |
| 1965 | Paradise Bay | |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Richard Phillips |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Ralph Phillips |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Prosecutor |
| 1964 | The Munsters | |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Dan Case |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Taylor |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Col. Arthur Merriam |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Jesse Platt |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Wilcox |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Moderator |
| 1963 | Grindl | |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Jess Capper |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Doc |
| 1962 | The Beachcomber | Erickson |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Lt. Paul Kenner |
| 1962 | McHale's Navy | Capt. Harper |
| 1961 | Bus Stop | |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | William Fredericks |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Chad Cooper |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Dr. Raymond Gordon |
| 1959 | New York Confidential | |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Tobias Wentworth Finch |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Atworth Perry |
| 1958 | Bronco | |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | |
| 1957 | Trackdown | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | District Attorney |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Deputy D.A. |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Capt. Nichols |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Edward DeVier |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Mr. Brown |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | |
| 1950 | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Jeff |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Detective |