Walter Brooke

Walter Brooke

  • Birthday: 1914-10-13
  • Deathday: 1986-08-20
  • 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.

Filmography

Conquest of Space

1955

As Gen. Samuel T. Merritt

The Return of Count Yorga

1971

As Bill Nelson

Executive Action

1973

As Smythe

The Graduate

1967

As Mr. McGuire

Framed

1975

As Sen. Tatum

C-Man

1949

As Joe

The Landlord

1970

As William Enders

Zig Zag

1970

As Adam Mercer

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

1969

As Jerry Wolfe

The Big Bus

1976

As Mr. Ames

The Astronaut

1972

As Tom Everett

The Party Crashers

1958

As Mr. Webster

Bullet Scars

1942

As Trooper Walter Leary

How Sweet It Is!

1968

As Haskell Wax

Stowaway to the Moon

1975

As Whitehead

Bloodlust!

1961

As Dean Gerrard

Fun with Dick and Jane

1977

As Mr. Weeks

In Search of Historic Jesus

1979

As Joseph of Arimathea

Time Travelers

1976

As Dr. Stafford

Advice to the Lovelorn

1981

As Walter Sheehan

Marooned

1969

As Network Commentator

Beyond Reason

1977

As Dr. Grovenor

Sergeant Ryker

1968

As Col. Arthur Merriam

Separate Ways

1981

As Lawrence Stevens

Jagged Edge

1985

As Duane Bendix

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

As Cadet Rosser (uncredited)

The Mephisto Waltz

1971

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Harrad Summer

1974

As Sam Grove

Beggarman, Thief

1979

As American Intelligence Agent

The New Adventures of Heidi

1978

As Cousin Tobias

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968

As Howard Beardsley

The Chadwick Family

1974

As Dr. Simon

Lawman

1971

As Luther Harris

Winter Kill

1974

As Ben

A Tattered Web

1971

As Lt. Preston

The Andromeda Strain

1971

As Assistant to Cabinet Secretary

Black Sunday

1977

As Fowler

In This Our Life

1942

As Cab Driver (uncredited)

The Pinballs

1977

As Mr. Mason

St. Ives

1976

As Mickey

North Dallas Forty

1979

As Doctor

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962

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

Scruples

1981

As Dr. Rutgers

San Francisco International

1970

As Clifford Foster Evans

Make Me an Offer

1980

As Glenn Harris

Mirror, Mirror

1979

As Dr. Samuel Shaw

The Male Animal

1942

As Reporter (uncredited)

The Green Hornet

1974

As Dist. Atty Scanlon

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

As Captain Theodore Wilkinson

Desperate Journey

1942

As Sgt. Warwick

Fury of the Dragon

1976

As Frank P. Scanlon

All Through the Night

1942

As Reporter (uncredited)

The Nude Bomb

1980

As American Ambassador

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