Walter Brooke

Walter Brooke

Actor Oct 13 (died age 71) New York City, New York, U.S. 1941–1985 (44 year career)

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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 …

Known For

The Graduate

The Graduate

Mr. McGuire

The Andromeda Strain

The Andromeda Strain

Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Captain Theodore Wilkinson

Jagged Edge

Jagged Edge

Duane Bendix

Yours, Mine and Ours

Yours, Mine and Ours

Howard Beardsley

Black Sunday

Black Sunday

Fowler

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet

Frank P. Scanlon

They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On

Cadet Rosser (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (158)

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Movies (61)

Jagged Edge

Jagged Edge

as Duane Bendix

White Water Rebels

White Water Rebels

as Leonard Phelps

Beyond Reason

Beyond Reason

as Dr. Grovenor

Scruples

Scruples

as Dr. Rutgers

Separate Ways

Separate Ways

as Lawrence Stevens

Advice to the Lovelorn

Advice to the Lovelorn

as Walter Sheehan

The Nude Bomb

The Nude Bomb

as American Ambassador

Make Me an Offer

Make Me an Offer

as Glenn Harris

Beggarman, Thief

Beggarman, Thief

as American Intelligence Agent

North Dallas Forty

North Dallas Forty

as Doctor

In Search of Historic Jesus

In Search of Historic Jesus

as Joseph of Arimathea

Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror

as Dr. Samuel Shaw

Visions of Christmas Past

Visions of Christmas Past

The New Adventures of Heidi

The New Adventures of Heidi

as Cousin Tobias

Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

as Mr. Weeks

Black Sunday

Black Sunday

as Fowler

The Pinballs

The Pinballs

as Mr. Mason

Time Travelers

Time Travelers

as Dr. Stafford

St. Ives

St. Ives

as Mickey

Fury of the Dragon

Fury of the Dragon

as Frank P. Scanlon

The Big Bus

The Big Bus

as Mr. Ames

Street Killing

Street Killing

as The Major

Stowaway to the Moon

Stowaway to the Moon

as Whitehead

Framed

Framed

as Sen. Tatum

The Other Side of the Mountain

The Other Side of the Mountain

as Dean

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet

as Dist. Atty Scanlon

The Chadwick Family

The Chadwick Family

as Dr. Simon

Harrad Summer

Harrad Summer

as Sam Grove

Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

as Michael Doran

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

as Mr. Denver

Winter Kill

Winter Kill

as Ben

Executive Action

Executive Action

as Smythe

The Astronaut

The Astronaut

as Tom Everett

A Tattered Web

A Tattered Web

as Lt. Preston

The Andromeda Strain

The Andromeda Strain

as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)

Lawman

Lawman

as Luther Harris

The Mephisto Waltz

The Mephisto Waltz

as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Return of Count Yorga

The Return of Count Yorga

as Bill Nelson

Sarge: The Badge or the Cross

Sarge: The Badge or the Cross

as Rector

San Francisco International

San Francisco International

as Clifford Foster Evans

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Captain Theodore Wilkinson

Zig Zag

Zig Zag

as Adam Mercer

The Landlord

The Landlord

as William Enders

Marooned

Marooned

as Network Commentator

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

as Jerry Wolfe

Yours, Mine and Ours

Yours, Mine and Ours

as Howard Beardsley

Sergeant Ryker

Sergeant Ryker

as Col. Arthur Merriam

How Sweet It Is!

How Sweet It Is!

as Haskell Wax

The Graduate

The Graduate

as Mr. McGuire

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

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

Bloodlust!

Bloodlust!

as Dean Gerrard

The Party Crashers

The Party Crashers

as Mr. Webster

Conquest of Space

Conquest of Space

as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt

C-Man

C-Man

as Joe

In This Our Life

In This Our Life

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

All Through the Night

All Through the Night

as Reporter (uncredited)

Desperate Journey

Desperate Journey

as Sgt. Warwick

Bullet Scars

as Trooper Walter Leary

The Male Animal

The Male Animal

as Reporter (uncredited)

Murder in the Big House

Murder in the Big House

as Reporter (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On

as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)

Television (97)

The A-Team

The A-Team

as General Bullen

Automan

Automan

as Theodore Behrens

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

as Dr. Lunden

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

as Judge

Cassie & Co.

Cassie & Co.

Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

as Carter St. John

Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe

Knots Landing

Knots Landing

as Henry

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as U.S. President

Mrs. Columbo

Mrs. Columbo

Beggarman, Thief

Beggarman, Thief

as American Intelligence Agent

Dallas

Dallas

as Cole Young

Vega$

Vega$

Lou Grant

Lou Grant

as Reggie Washburn

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

Big Hawaii

Big Hawaii

as Giles Webber

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

as Twilliger

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

as Dr. Max Gilliam

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

Bronk

Bronk

Archer

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

as General Harland Tate

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

as Clyde Russell

Petrocelli

Petrocelli

as Arthur Martin

Run, Joe, Run

Run, Joe, Run

The Cowboys

as Reager

Kojak

Kojak

as Judge Lavery

The Magician

The Magician

as Orin Connover

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

as General Weiskopf

Emergency!

Emergency!

as James Barnes

The Waltons

The Waltons

as Mr. Clarence Johnson

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco

The Rookies

The Rookies

Banacek

Banacek

as Walter Peterson

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

McMillan & Wife

McMillan & Wife

as D. A. Chapman

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Dr. Yates

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

Bearcats!

Bearcats!

as Fairfield

The Man and the City

Dan August

Dan August

as Earl Jackson

Arnie

Arnie

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dr. Roy Staples

Room 222

Room 222

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

as Samuel Hammock

Lancer

Lancer

The Outsider

The Outsider

The Outcasts

The Outcasts

Ironside

Ironside

Mannix

Mannix

as Captain Wells

The Invaders

The Invaders

as Danvers

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral

as Carney

Dragnet

Dragnet

as Capt. Carl Fuller

The Danny Thomas Hour

The Danny Thomas Hour

Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet

as Frank P. Scanlon

The Rat Patrol

The Rat Patrol

as Capt. Vulcan

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

as Lucas Vale

The Big Valley

The Big Valley

as Dave Steigler

The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West

as Prosecutor

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

as The Examiner

Paradise Bay

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Dan Case

The Munsters

The Munsters

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

as Moderator

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial

as Doc

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Col. Arthur Merriam

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure

as Taylor

The Greatest Show on Earth

Mr. Novak

Mr. Novak

as Jess Capper

Grindl

The Virginian

The Virginian

as Lt. Paul Kenner

McHale's Navy

McHale's Navy

as Capt. Harper

The Beachcomber

as Erickson

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

as William Fredericks

Ben Casey

Ben Casey

Bus Stop

Bus Stop

Bonanza

Bonanza

as Tobias Wentworth Finch

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as Chad Cooper

Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye

New York Confidential

New York Confidential

Bronco

Bronco

The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

as District Attorney

Trackdown

Trackdown

as Doc Walters

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

as Edward DeVier

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as Capt. Nichols

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

as Mr. Brown

Tales of Tomorrow

Tales of Tomorrow

Armstrong Circle Theatre

Armstrong Circle Theatre

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

Studio One

as Jeff