Acting
Walter Brooke
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Born
13 October 1914
Died
20 August 1986 (aged 71)
Birthplace
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
Filmography
Jagged Edge
as Duane Bendix
White Water Rebels
as Leonard Phelps
Beyond Reason
as Dr. Grovenor
Scruples
as Dr. Rutgers
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Walter Sheehan
Separate Ways
as Lawrence Stevens
Make Me an Offer
as Glenn Harris
The Nude Bomb
as American Ambassador
North Dallas Forty
as Doctor
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Joseph of Arimathea
Mirror, Mirror
as Dr. Samuel Shaw
The New Adventures of Heidi
as Cousin Tobias
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Mr. Weeks
Black Sunday
as Fowler
The Pinballs
as Mr. Mason
Fury of the Dragon
as Frank P. Scanlon
Time Travelers
as Dr. Stafford
The Big Bus
as Mr. Ames
St. Ives
as Mickey
Street Killing
as The Major
Framed
as Sen. Tatum
Stowaway to the Moon
as Whitehead
The Green Hornet
as Dist. Atty Scanlon
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
as Michael Doran
Harrad Summer
as Sam Grove
The Chadwick Family
as Dr. Simon
Winter Kill
as Ben
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
as Mr. Denver
Executive Action
as Smythe
The Astronaut
as Tom Everett
The Return of Count Yorga
as Bill Nelson
The Mephisto Waltz
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lawman
as Luther Harris
A Tattered Web
as Lt. Preston
The Andromeda Strain
as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
The Landlord
as William Enders
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
Zig Zag
as Adam Mercer
San Francisco International
as Clifford Foster Evans
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Jerry Wolfe
Marooned
as Network Commentator
How Sweet It Is!
as Haskell Wax
Sergeant Ryker
as Col. Arthur Merriam
Yours, Mine and Ours
as Howard Beardsley
The Graduate
as Mr. McGuire
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Bloodlust!
as Dean Gerrard
The Party Crashers
as Mr. Webster
Conquest of Space
as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
C-Man
as Joe
The Male Animal
as Reporter (uncredited)
Desperate Journey
as Sgt. Warwick
Bullet Scars
as Trooper Walter Leary
All Through the Night
as Reporter (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
as Reporter (uncredited)
In This Our Life
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)