Walter Brooke
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 13, 1914
- Died
- August 20, 1986 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Jagged Edge
Movie · as Duane Bendix
White Water Rebels
Movie · as Leonard Phelps
The A-Team
TV · as General Bullen · 1 ep
Automan
TV · as Theodore Behrens · 1 ep
Beyond Reason
Movie · as Dr. Grovenor
Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Judge · 2 eps
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Dr. Lunden · 1 ep
Cassie & Co.
TV · 1 ep
Scruples
Movie · as Dr. Rutgers
Advice to the Lovelorn
Movie · as Walter Sheehan
Separate Ways
Movie · as Lawrence Stevens
Falcon Crest
TV · as Carter St. John · 2 eps
Simon & Simon
TV · 1 ep
Nero Wolfe
TV · as George Briggs · 1 ep
Make Me an Offer
Movie · as Glenn Harris
The Nude Bomb
Movie · as American Ambassador
North Dallas Forty
Movie · as Doctor
Visions of Christmas Past
Movie
In Search of Historic Jesus
Movie · as Joseph of Arimathea
Mirror, Mirror
Movie · as Dr. Samuel Shaw
Mrs. Columbo
TV · 1 ep
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV · as U.S. President · 1 ep
Knots Landing
TV · as Henry · 1 ep
Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep
Beggarman, Thief
TV · as American Intelligence Agent · 2 eps
The New Adventures of Heidi
Movie · as Cousin Tobias
Dallas
TV · as Cole Young · 1 ep
Vega$
TV · 1 ep
Fun with Dick and Jane
Movie · as Mr. Weeks
Black Sunday
Movie · as Fowler
The Pinballs
Movie · as Mr. Mason
The Incredible Hulk
TV · 3 eps
Lou Grant
TV · as Reggie Washburn · 1 ep
Big Hawaii
TV · as Giles Webber · 1 ep
Fury of the Dragon
Movie · as Frank P. Scanlon
Time Travelers
Movie · as Dr. Stafford
The Big Bus
Movie · as Mr. Ames
St. Ives
Movie · as Mickey
Street Killing
Movie · as The Major
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Dr. Max Gilliam, Councilman Becker, Judd Kenyon · 2 eps
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Twilliger, Mr. Kellerman · 1 ep
Framed
Movie · as Sen. Tatum
Stowaway to the Moon
Movie · as Whitehead
The Other Side of the Mountain
Movie · as Dean
Starsky & Hutch
TV · 1 ep
S.W.A.T.
TV · 1 ep
Archer
TV · 1 ep
Bronk
TV · 1 ep
The Green Hornet
Movie · as Dist. Atty Scanlon
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Movie · as Michael Doran
Harrad Summer
Movie · as Sam Grove
The Chadwick Family
Movie · as Dr. Simon
Winter Kill
Movie · as Ben
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Movie · as Mr. Denver
Little House on the Prairie
TV · as Sandler · 2 eps
Run, Joe, Run
TV · 1 ep
The Cowboys
TV · as Reager · 12 eps
The Rockford Files
TV · as Clyde Russell, Mr. Gertmanian, NIA Agent Bill Simonds, Dr. Bosca · 1 ep
Petrocelli
TV · as Arthur Martin · 1 ep
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as General Harland Tate, General Wiley, Dr. Tellman · 1 ep
Executive Action
Movie · as Smythe
Kojak
TV · as Judge Lavery · 1 ep
The Magician
TV · as Orin Connover · 1 ep
The Astronaut
Movie · as Tom Everett
M*A*S*H
TV · as General Weiskopf · 1 ep
The Rookies
TV · 1 ep
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as John Wilcox, George Webster · 1 ep
The Waltons
TV · as Mr. Clarence Johnson · 3 eps
The Sixth Sense
TV · 1 ep
Banacek
TV · as Walter Peterson · 1 ep
Emergency!
TV · as James Barnes · 1 ep
The Return of Count Yorga
Movie · as Bill Nelson
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Movie · as Rector
The Mephisto Waltz
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lawman
Movie · as Luther Harris
A Tattered Web
Movie · as Lt. Preston
The Andromeda Strain
Movie · as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep
The Man and the City
TV · 1 ep
McMillan & Wife
TV · as D. A. Chapman, Martin Sandowski · 1 ep
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV · as Mr. Patrick, Dr. Yates · 1 ep
Bearcats!
TV · as Fairfield · 1 ep
The Landlord
Movie · as William Enders
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
Zig Zag
Movie · as Adam Mercer
San Francisco International
Movie · as Clifford Foster Evans
Arnie
TV · 1 ep
Dan August
TV · as Earl Jackson · 1 ep
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Movie · as Jerry Wolfe
Marooned
Movie · as Network Commentator
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Samuel Hammock · 1 ep
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Dr. Roy Staples · 1 ep
Room 222
TV · 1 ep
How Sweet It Is!
Movie · as Haskell Wax
Sergeant Ryker
Movie · as Col. Arthur Merriam
Yours, Mine and Ours
Movie · as Howard Beardsley
The Outcasts
TV · 1 ep
Lancer
TV · 1 ep
The Outsider
TV · 1 ep
The Graduate
Movie · as Mr. McGuire
Mannix
TV · as Captain Wells, Mark Mitchell, Bill Kraike · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · 1 ep
The High Chaparral
TV · as Carney, Robert Morris · 1 ep
Judd, for the Defense
TV · 2 eps
The Invaders
TV · as Danvers · 1 ep
Dragnet
TV · as Capt. Carl Fuller · 1 ep
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV · 1 ep
The Rat Patrol
TV · as Capt. Vulcan · 1 ep
The Green Hornet
TV · as Frank P. Scanlon · 26 eps
The F.B.I.
TV · as Lucas Vale · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as The Examiner, Richard Phillips, Ralph Phillips · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Dave Steigler · 1 ep
Paradise Bay
TV · 199 eps
The Wild Wild West
TV · as Prosecutor · 1 ep
The Munsters
TV · 1 ep
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV · as Dan Case · 1 ep
The Great Adventure
TV · as Taylor · 1 ep
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Col. Arthur Merriam · 2 eps
The Fugitive
TV · as Jesse Platt, Wilcox, Moderator · 1 ep
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV · 1 ep
Grindl
TV · 1 ep
Mr. Novak
TV · as Jess Capper · 2 eps
Arrest and Trial
TV · as Doc · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Movie · as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
The Beachcomber
TV · as Erickson · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Lt. Paul Kenner · 1 ep
McHale's Navy
TV · as Capt. Harper · 1 ep
Bloodlust!
Movie · as Dean Gerrard
Bus Stop
TV · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as William Fredericks · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Chad Cooper, Dr. Raymond Gordon · 1 ep
Hawaiian Eye
TV · as Curtis Harrison
New York Confidential
TV · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Tobias Wentworth Finch, Atworth Perry · 1 ep
The Party Crashers
Movie · as Mr. Webster
Bronco
TV · 1 ep
The Donna Reed Show
TV · as Daniel · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as District Attorney, Deputy D.A. · 1 ep
Trackdown
TV · as Doc Walters · 1 ep
Conquest of Space
Movie · as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
Gunsmoke
TV · as Capt. Nichols · 1 ep
Cheyenne
TV · as Edward DeVier · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Mr. Brown · 1 ep
Tales of Tomorrow
TV · 1 ep
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV · as Boland · 1 ep
C-Man
Movie · as Joe
Studio One
TV · as Jeff, Detective · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 2 eps
The Male Animal
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
Desperate Journey
Movie · as Sgt. Warwick
Bullet Scars
Movie · as Trooper Walter Leary
All Through the Night
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
In This Our Life
Movie · as Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Gay Sisters
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie · as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)