About

Known credits:
65
Birthday:
1914-10-13
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, U.S.
Website:
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Walter Brooke

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
1985 Jagged Edge Actor Duane Bendix 60
Fair
1983 White Water Rebels Actor Leonard Phelps N/A
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1981 Advice to the Lovelorn Actor Walter Sheehan 59
Average
1981 Scruples Actor Dr. Rutgers N/A
N/A
1981 Separate Ways Actor Lawrence Stevens 58
Average
1980 The Nude Bomb Actor American Ambassador 58
Average
1980 Make Me an Offer Actor Glenn Harris 58
Average
1979 Visions of Christmas Past Actor N/A
N/A
1979 Beggarman, Thief Actor American Intelligence Agent 58
Average
1979 Mirror, Mirror Actor Dr. Samuel Shaw 58
Average
1979 North Dallas Forty Actor Doctor 59
Average
1979 In Search of Historic Jesus Actor Joseph of Arimathea 58
Average
1978 The New Adventures of Heidi Actor Cousin Tobias 58
Average
1977 The Pinballs Actor Mr. Mason N/A
N/A
1977 Black Sunday Actor Fowler 60
Fair
1977 Fun with Dick and Jane Actor Mr. Weeks 59
Average
1977 Beyond Reason Actor Dr. Grovenor N/A
N/A
1976 Fury of the Dragon Actor Frank P. Scanlon 58
Average
1976 Street Killing Actor The Major N/A
N/A
1976 The Big Bus Actor Mr. Ames 57
Average
1976 Time Travelers Actor Dr. Stafford 59
Average
1976 St. Ives Actor Mickey 58
Average
1975 The Other Side of the Mountain Actor Dean 59
Average
1975 Framed Actor Sen. Tatum 59
Average
1975 Stowaway to the Moon Actor Whitehead 59
Average
1974 Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest Actor N/A
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1974 Harrad Summer Actor Sam Grove N/A
N/A
1974 The Chadwick Family Actor Dr. Simon N/A
N/A
1974 Winter Kill Actor Ben 59
Average
1974 The Green Hornet Actor Dist. Atty Scanlon 59
Average
1974 The Stranger Who Looks Like Me Actor Mr. Denver 58
Average
1974 The Cowboys Actor Reager 69
Fair
1973 Executive Action Actor Smythe 59
Average
1972 The Astronaut Actor Tom Everett 58
Average
1971 A Tattered Web Actor Lt. Preston 59
Average
1971 The Return of Count Yorga Actor Bill Nelson 58
Average
1971 The Mephisto Waltz Actor Party Guest (uncredited) 59
Average
1971 The Andromeda Strain Actor Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited) 65
Fair
1971 Lawman Actor Luther Harris 60
Fair
1971 Sarge: The Badge or the Cross Actor Rector N/A
N/A
1970 San Francisco International Actor Clifford Foster Evans 58
Average
1970 The Landlord Actor William Enders 58
Average
1970 Zig Zag Actor Adam Mercer 59
Average
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Actor Captain Theodore Wilkinson 65
Fair
1969 Marooned Actor Network Commentator 58
Average
1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting Actor Jerry Wolfe 58
Average
1968 How Sweet It Is! Actor Haskell Wax 59
Average
1968 Yours, Mine and Ours Actor Howard Beardsley 60
Fair
1968 Sergeant Ryker Actor Col. Arthur Merriam 59
Average
1967 The Graduate Actor Mr. McGuire 73
Good
1966 The Green Hornet Actor Frank P. Scanlon 70
Good
1965 Paradise Bay Actor N/A
N/A
1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Actor The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves") 58
Average
1961 Bloodlust! Actor Dean Gerrard 58
Average
1958 The Party Crashers Actor Mr. Webster 58
Average
1955 Conquest of Space Actor Gen. Samuel T. Merritt 58
Average
1954 Inner Sanctum: Dead Level Actor Johnny Brice N/A
N/A
1949 C-Man Actor Joe 58
Average
1942 Desperate Journey Actor Sgt. Warwick 59
Average
1942 In This Our Life Actor Cab Driver (uncredited) 59
Average
1942 Murder in the Big House Actor Reporter (uncredited) 59
Average
1942 The Male Animal Actor Reporter (uncredited) 58
Average
1942 Bullet Scars Actor Trooper Walter Leary 59
Average
1942 All Through the Night Actor Reporter (uncredited) 60
Fair
1941 They Died with Their Boots On Actor Cadet Rosser (uncredited) 60
Fair