Walter Brooke
October 13, 1914 (110 years old) in New York City, New York, U.S.
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1985 · Jagged Edge as Duane Bendix
- 1983 · Automan as Theodore Behrens
- 1983 · The A-Team as General Bullen
- 1983 · White Water Rebels as Leonard Phelps
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Carter St. John
- 1981 · Advice to the Lovelorn as Walter Sheehan
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · Scruples as Dr. Rutgers
- 1981 · Separate Ways as Lawrence Stevens
- 1981 · Nero Wolfe as
- 1980 · The Nude Bomb as American Ambassador
- 1980 · Make Me an Offer as Glenn Harris
- 1979 · Visions of Christmas Past as
- 1979 · Knots Landing as Henry
- 1979 · Beggarman, Thief as American Intelligence Agent
- 1979 · Mirror, Mirror as Dr. Samuel Shaw
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1979 · Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as U.S. President
- 1979 · North Dallas Forty as Doctor
- 1979 · In Search of Historic Jesus as Joseph of Arimathea
- 1979 · Mrs. Columbo as
- 1978 · The New Adventures of Heidi as Cousin Tobias
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · Dallas as Cole Young
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as
- 1977 · The Pinballs as Mr. Mason
- 1977 · Big Hawaii as
- 1977 · Black Sunday as Fowler
- 1977 · Fun with Dick and Jane as Mr. Weeks
- 1977 · Beyond Reason as Dr. Grovenor
- 1976 · Fury of the Dragon as Frank P. Scanlon
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Max Gilliam
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Twilliger
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Mr. Kellerman
- 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 · Starsky & Hutch as
- 1975 · Framed as Sen. Tatum
- 1975 · Bronk as
- 1975 · S.W.A.T. as
- 1975 · Archer as
- 1975 · Stowaway to the Moon as Whitehead
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Clyde Russell
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Mr. Gertmanian
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as NIA Agent Bill Simonds
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Dr. Bosca
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1974 · Petrocelli as Arthur Martin
- 1974 · Run, Joe, Run as
- 1974 · Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest as
- 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 · The Cowboys as Reager
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as General Harland Tate
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as General Wiley
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Tellman
- 1973 · Executive Action as Smythe
- 1973 · Kojak as Judge Lavery
- 1973 · The Magician as Orin Connover
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as John Wilcox
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as General Weiskopf
- 1972 · The Waltons as Mr. Clarence Johnson
- 1972 · Banacek as Walter Peterson
- 1972 · The Rookies as
- 1972 · Emergency! as James Barnes
- 1972 · The Sixth Sense as
- 1972 · The Astronaut as Tom Everett
- 1971 · McMillan and Wife as D. A. Chapman
- 1971 · McMillan and Wife as Martin Sandowski
- 1971 · A Tattered Web as Lt. Preston
- 1971 · Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Mr. Patrick
- 1971 · Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Dr. Yates
- 1971 · The Man and the City as
- 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 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · San Francisco International as Clifford Foster Evans
- 1970 · Arnie as
- 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 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Roy Staples
- 1969 · Room 222 as
- 1969 · Daddy's Gone A-Hunting as Jerry Wolfe
- 1968 · Lancer as
- 1968 · The Outcasts as
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Samuel Hammock
- 1968 · The Outsider as
- 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 · Mannix as
- 1967 · The Danny Thomas Hour as
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Carney
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Robert Morris
- 1967 · Judd for the Defense as
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1967 · Dragnet as Capt. Carl Fuller
- 1967 · The Invaders as Danvers
- 1966 · The Rat Patrol as Capt. Vulcan
- 1966 · The Green Hornet as Frank P. Scanlon
- 1965 · Paradise Bay as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Lucas Vale
- 1965 · The Wild Wild West as Prosecutor
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Dave Steigler
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as The Examiner
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Richard Phillips
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Ralph Phillips
- 1964 · The Munsters as
- 1964 · Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Dan Case
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Col. Arthur Merriam
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Taylor
- 1963 · Mr. Novak as Jess Capper
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Jesse Platt
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Wilcox
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Moderator
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as
- 1963 · Grindl as
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as Doc
- 1962 · McHale's Navy as Capt. Harper
- 1962 · The Virginian as Lt. Paul Kenner
- 1962 · The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
- 1962 · The Beachcomber as Erickson
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · Bus Stop as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as William Fredericks
- 1961 · Bloodlust! as Dean Gerrard
- 1959 · Hawaiian Eye as
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Chad Cooper
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Dr. Raymond Gordon
- 1959 · Bonanza as Tobias Wentworth Finch
- 1959 · Bonanza as Atworth Perry
- 1959 · New York Confidential as
- 1958 · The Donna Reed Show as
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1958 · The Party Crashers as Mr. Webster
- 1957 · Trackdown as
- 1957 · Perry Mason as District Attorney
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Deputy D.A.
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Edward DeVier
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Capt. Nichols
- 1955 · Conquest of Space as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Mr. Brown
- 1951 · Tales of Tomorrow as
- 1950 · Pulitzer Prize Playhouse as
- 1949 · C-Man as Joe
- 1948 · Studio One as Jeff
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 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)