Foster Brooks
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1912
- Died
- December 20, 2001 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Biography
Foster Brooks was one of eight sons and the son of a lawman. Getting his start in radio, Brooks was a newscaster and disc jockey in Louisville and Buffalo before making the move to television Brooks moved to L.A. in the 50s and began acting in television as well on stage as a stand-up comedian. He well known for his appearances on the Dean Martin Show and his character acting. Brooks died in California in 2001 at the age of 89.
Known For
Filmography
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Movie · as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
Cosby
TV · 1 ep
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Movie · as Doc (Townsman)
What a Dummy
TV · as Jackie Clark · 1 ep
The Munsters Today
TV · as Igor · 1 ep
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Movie · as Stoneheart / Fossil Lord (voice)
CBS Storybreak
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
Small Wonder
TV · as Roland Cardwell · 1 ep
Oddballs
Movie · as Hardy Bassett
Cannonball Run II
Movie · as Fisherman #1
Challenge of the GoBots
TV · 5 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Simon Thane · 1 ep
Mike Hammer
TV · as Manny, The Great Mandrell
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Movie · as Self
Smorgasbord
Movie · as The Pilot
Madame's Place
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Today's F.B.I.
TV · as Rainey · 1 ep
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
TV · 1 ep
The Villain
Movie · as Bank Clerk
$weepstake$
TV · as Edgar · 1 ep
A Concert: Behind Prison Walls
Movie · as Self
Mork & Mindy
TV · as Miles Sternhagen · 3 eps
Fantasy Island
TV · as Frank 'Spider' Randall · 1 ep
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
Movie
Joys
Movie · as Self
Super Seal
Movie
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Carriage Driver · 1 ep
Switch
TV · as Dale Abee · 2 eps
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Drunk Gambler · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Police Woman
TV · as Darryl Everson · 1 ep
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The New Bill Cosby Show
TV · 1 ep
The Late Liz
Movie · as Howard Borman
The Partners
TV · as Willy Cooper · 1 ep
Here's Lucy
TV · as David Benton Miller · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Man, Citizen, Mr. Allen, Harry Sachs, George Selfridge · 1 ep
The Mod Squad
TV · as Will Jackson · 1 ep
It Takes a Thief
TV · as Drunk, Judge · 1 ep
The High Chaparral
TV · as Drunk · 1 ep
Mr. Terrific
TV · as 1st Man · 1 ep
The Flying Nun
TV · as Passenger · 1 ep
The Monkees
TV · as Conventioneer · 1 ep
Laredo
TV · 1 ep
I Dream of Jeannie
TV · as Englishman · 1 ep
Green Acres
TV · as Major, Drunk, Farmer #1, Charlie Williams · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Stranger · 1 ep
Bewitched
TV · as Robert Andrews · 1 ep
The Munsters
TV · as The Admiral · 1 ep
The Jetsons
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 12 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · as Fiddlin Sam Dingle, Man · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Host, Self - Guest · 6 eps
Bonanza
TV · as Judge Rogers · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Ed, Sporting Gentleman · 1 ep
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps