Walter Brooke
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.
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- Born:
- Oct 13, 1914 In New York City, New York, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 148
- First Appeared:
- In the movie They Died with Their Boots On 1941-11-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Jagged Edge 1985-10-04
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Jagged Edge | Duane Bendix | 1985-10-04 |
| Series | The A-Team | General Bullen | 1983-01-23 |
| Series | Automan | Theodore Behrens | 1983-12-15 |
| Series | Cagney & Lacey | Unknown | 1982-03-25 |
| Series | St. Elsewhere | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
| Series | Nero Wolfe | Unknown | 1981-01-16 |
| Movie | Separate Ways | Lawrence Stevens | 1981-05-01 |
| Movie | Scruples | Dr. Rutgers | 1981-05-22 |
| Movie | Advice to the Lovelorn | Walter Sheehan | 1981-11-30 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
| Movie | Make Me an Offer | Glenn Harris | 1980-01-11 |
| Movie | The Nude Bomb | American Ambassador | 1980-05-09 |
| Movie | North Dallas Forty | Doctor | 1979-08-03 |
| Movie | In Search of Historic Jesus | Joseph of Arimathea | 1979-08-01 |
| Series | Mrs. Columbo | Unknown | 1979-02-26 |
| Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | U.S. President | 1979-09-20 |
| Movie | Mirror, Mirror | Dr. Samuel Shaw | 1979-10-10 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Series | Knots Landing | Henry | 1979-12-27 |
| Movie | Beggarman, Thief | American Intelligence Agent | 1979-11-26 |
| Movie | Visions of Christmas Past | Unknown | 1979-12-28 |
| Series | Dallas | Cole Young | 1978-04-02 |
| Movie | The New Adventures of Heidi | Cousin Tobias | 1978-12-13 |
| Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
| Movie | Fun with Dick and Jane | Mr. Weeks | 1977-03-18 |
| Movie | Black Sunday | Fowler | 1977-04-01 |
| Movie | Beyond Reason | Dr. Grovenor | 1977-01-01 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
| Series | Big Hawaii | Unknown | 1977-09-21 |
| Movie | The Pinballs | Mr. Mason | 1977-10-26 |
| Movie | St. Ives | Mickey | 1976-02-24 |
| Movie | The Big Bus | Mr. Ames | 1976-06-23 |
| Movie | Time Travelers | Dr. Stafford | 1976-03-19 |
| Series | Charlie's Angels | Mr. Kellerman | 1976-09-22 |
| Series | Quincy, M.E. | Dr. Max Gilliam | 1976-10-03 |
| Movie | Fury of the Dragon | Frank P. Scanlon | 1976-10-14 |
| Series | Archer | Unknown | 1975-01-30 |
| Movie | Stowaway to the Moon | Whitehead | 1975-01-10 |
| Series | Bronk | Unknown | 1975-04-17 |
| Series | S.W.A.T. | Unknown | 1975-02-24 |
| Movie | The Other Side of the Mountain | Dean | 1975-11-14 |
| Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
| Movie | Framed | Sen. Tatum | 1975-08-01 |
| Movie | Winter Kill | Ben | 1974-04-15 |
| Movie | The Stranger Who Looks Like Me | Mr. Denver | 1974-03-06 |
| Series | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Tellman | 1974-01-18 |
| Movie | The Chadwick Family | Dr. Simon | 1974-04-17 |
| Series | The Cowboys | Reager | 1974-02-06 |
| Movie | The Green Hornet | Dist. Atty Scanlon | 1974-03-21 |
| Series | The Rockford Files | Clyde Russell | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | Harrad Summer | Sam Grove | 1974-08-01 |
| Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Series | Petrocelli | Arthur Martin | 1974-09-11 |
| Movie | Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest | 1974-08-20 | |
| Series | Run, Joe, Run | Unknown | 1974-09-07 |
| Series | The Magician | Orin Connover | 1973-10-02 |
| Movie | Executive Action | Smythe | 1973-11-07 |
| Series | Kojak | Judge Lavery | 1973-10-24 |
| Series | Emergency! | James Barnes | 1972-01-22 |
| Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
| Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Movie | The Astronaut | Tom Everett | 1972-01-08 |
| Series | M*A*S*H | General Weiskopf | 1972-09-17 |
| Series | Banacek | Walter Peterson | 1972-09-13 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | John Wilcox | 1972-09-23 |
| Series | The Waltons | Mr. Clarence Johnson | 1972-09-14 |
| Movie | The Mephisto Waltz | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1971-04-09 |
| Movie | Lawman | Luther Harris | 1971-03-11 |
| Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
| Movie | Sarge: The Badge or the Cross | Rector | 1971-02-22 |
| Movie | The Andromeda Strain | Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited) | 1971-03-12 |
| Movie | The Return of Count Yorga | Bill Nelson | 1971-08-18 |
| Series | McMillan and Wife | Martin Sandowski | 1971-09-29 |
| Movie | A Tattered Web | Lt. Preston | 1971-09-24 |
| Series | The Man and the City | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
| Series | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Dr. Yates | 1971-09-16 |
| Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Captain Theodore Wilkinson | 1970-01-26 |
| Movie | The Landlord | William Enders | 1970-05-20 |
| Movie | Zig Zag | Adam Mercer | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | San Francisco International | Clifford Foster Evans | 1970-09-29 |
| Series | Arnie | Unknown | 1970-09-19 |
| Movie | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | Jerry Wolfe | 1969-05-13 |
| Series | Room 222 | Unknown | 1969-09-11 |
| Series | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Roy Staples | 1969-09-23 |
| Movie | Marooned | Network Commentator | 1969-12-11 |
| Movie | How Sweet It Is! | Haskell Wax | 1968-08-21 |
| Movie | Sergeant Ryker | Col. Arthur Merriam | 1968-02-01 |
| Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
| Movie | Yours, Mine and Ours | Howard Beardsley | 1968-04-24 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Samuel Hammock | 1968-09-20 |
| Series | The Outcasts | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
| Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Series | Dragnet | Capt. Carl Fuller | 1967-01-12 |
| Series | The Invaders | Danvers | 1967-01-10 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Series | The High Chaparral | Robert Morris | 1967-09-10 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | The Graduate | Mr. McGuire | 1967-12-21 |
| Series | The Green Hornet | Frank P. Scanlon | 1966-09-09 |
| Series | The Rat Patrol | Capt. Vulcan | 1966-09-12 |
| Series | Paradise Bay | 1965-09-27 | |
| Series | The Big Valley | Dave Steigler | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Ralph Phillips | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Lucas Vale | 1965-09-19 |
| Series | The Wild Wild West | Prosecutor | 1965-09-17 |
| Series | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Dan Case | 1964-09-14 |
| Series | The Munsters | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | Arrest and Trial | Doc | 1963-09-15 |
| Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | Grindl | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Col. Arthur Merriam | 1963-10-10 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Wilcox | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Taylor | 1963-09-27 |
| Series | Mr. Novak | Jess Capper | 1963-09-24 |
| Series | The Beachcomber | Erickson | 1962-02-20 |
| Series | The Virginian | Lt. Paul Kenner | 1962-09-19 |
| Movie | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves") | 1962-08-07 |
| Movie | Bloodlust! | Dean Gerrard | 1961-09-13 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | William Fredericks | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Series | Bus Stop | Unknown | 1961-10-01 |
| Series | New York Confidential | Unknown | 1959-01-01 |
| Series | Bonanza | Atworth Perry | 1959-09-12 |
| Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Chad Cooper | 1959-10-02 |
| Movie | The Party Crashers | Mr. Webster | 1958-09-01 |
| Series | The Donna Reed Show | Unknown | 1958-09-24 |
| Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Deputy D.A. | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Trackdown | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
| Movie | Conquest of Space | Gen. Samuel T. Merritt | 1955-04-20 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Capt. Nichols | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | Cheyenne | Edward DeVier | 1955-09-20 |
| Series | Letter to Loretta | Mr. Brown | 1953-09-20 |
| Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
| Series | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Unknown | 1950-10-06 |
| Movie | C-Man | Joe | 1949-05-27 |
| Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
| Series | Studio One | Jeff | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | Bullet Scars | Trooper Walter Leary | 1942-03-07 |
| Movie | All Through the Night | Reporter (uncredited) | 1942-01-10 |
| Movie | Desperate Journey | Sgt. Warwick | 1942-09-26 |
| Movie | The Male Animal | Reporter (uncredited) | 1942-03-12 |
| Movie | Murder in the Big House | Reporter (uncredited) | 1942-04-11 |
| Movie | In This Our Life | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
| Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | Cadet Rosser (uncredited) | 1941-11-20 |