Walter Brooke
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 13, 1914
- Died
- August 20, 1986
- 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.
Filmography
Jagged Edge 1985
as Duane Bendix
White Water Rebels 1983
as Leonard Phelps
Beyond Reason 1982
as Dr. Grovenor
Advice to the Lovelorn 1981
as Walter Sheehan
Scruples 1981
as Dr. Rutgers
Separate Ways 1981
as Lawrence Stevens
The Nude Bomb 1980
as American Ambassador
Make Me an Offer 1980
as Glenn Harris
Visions of Christmas Past 1979
Actor
Mirror, Mirror 1979
as Dr. Samuel Shaw
North Dallas Forty 1979
as Doctor
In Search of Historic Jesus 1979
as Joseph of Arimathea
The New Adventures of Heidi 1978
as Cousin Tobias
The Pinballs 1977
as Mr. Mason
Black Sunday 1977
as Fowler
Fun with Dick and Jane 1977
as Mr. Weeks
Fury of the Dragon 1976
as Frank P. Scanlon
Street Killing 1976
as The Major
The Big Bus 1976
as Mr. Ames
Time Travelers 1976
as Dr. Stafford
St. Ives 1976
as Mickey
The Other Side of the Mountain 1975
as Dean
Framed 1975
as Sen. Tatum
Stowaway to the Moon 1975
as Whitehead
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest 1974
as Michael Doran
Harrad Summer 1974
as Sam Grove
The Chadwick Family 1974
as Dr. Simon
Winter Kill 1974
as Ben
The Green Hornet 1974
as Dist. Atty Scanlon
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me 1974
as Mr. Denver
Executive Action 1973
as Smythe
The Astronaut 1972
as Tom Everett
A Tattered Web 1971
as Lt. Preston
The Return of Count Yorga 1971
as Bill Nelson
The Mephisto Waltz 1971
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Andromeda Strain 1971
as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
Lawman 1971
as Luther Harris
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross 1971
as Rector
San Francisco International 1970
as Clifford Foster Evans
The Landlord 1970
as William Enders
Zig Zag 1970
as Adam Mercer
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970
as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
Marooned 1969
as Network Commentator
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting 1969
as Jerry Wolfe
How Sweet It Is! 1968
as Haskell Wax
Yours, Mine and Ours 1968
as Howard Beardsley
Sergeant Ryker 1968
as Col. Arthur Merriam
The Graduate 1967
as Mr. McGuire
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962
as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Bloodlust! 1961
as Dean Gerrard
The Party Crashers 1958
as Mr. Webster
Conquest of Space 1955
as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
C-Man 1949
as Joe
Desperate Journey 1942
as Sgt. Warwick
The Gay Sisters 1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
In This Our Life 1942
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House 1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Male Animal 1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
Bullet Scars 1942
as Trooper Walter Leary
All Through the Night 1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On 1941
as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.