Walter Brooke
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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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Jagged Edge
1985
as Duane Bendix
White Water Rebels
1983
as Leonard Phelps
The A-Team
1983
as General Bullen
Automan
1983
as Theodore Behrens
Beyond Reason
1982
as Dr. Grovenor
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Judge
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Dr. Lunden
Cassie & Co.
1982
Scruples
1981
as Dr. Rutgers
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Walter Sheehan
Separate Ways
1981
as Lawrence Stevens
Falcon Crest
1981
as Carter St. John
Simon & Simon
1981
Nero Wolfe
1981
as George Briggs
Make Me an Offer
1980
as Glenn Harris
The Nude Bomb
1980
as American Ambassador
North Dallas Forty
1979
as Doctor
Visions of Christmas Past
1979
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979
as Joseph of Arimathea
Mirror, Mirror
1979
as Dr. Samuel Shaw
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as U.S. President
Knots Landing
1979
as Henry
Hart to Hart
1979
Beggarman, Thief
1979
as American Intelligence Agent
The New Adventures of Heidi
1978
as Cousin Tobias
Dallas
1978
as Cole Young
Vega$
1978
Fun with Dick and Jane
1977
as Mr. Weeks
Black Sunday
1977
as Fowler
The Pinballs
1977
as Mr. Mason
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Lou Grant
1977
as Reggie Washburn
Big Hawaii
1977
as Giles Webber
Fury of the Dragon
1976
as Frank P. Scanlon
Time Travelers
1976
as Dr. Stafford
The Big Bus
1976
as Mr. Ames
St. Ives
1976
as Mickey
Street Killing
1976
as The Major
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Twilliger
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Dr. Max Gilliam
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Mr. Kellerman
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Councilman Becker
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Judd Kenyon
Framed
1975
as Sen. Tatum
Stowaway to the Moon
1975
as Whitehead
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975
as Dean
Starsky & Hutch
1975
S.W.A.T.
1975
Archer
1975
Bronk
1975
The Green Hornet
1974
as Dist. Atty Scanlon
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 Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974
as Mr. Denver
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Sandler
Run, Joe, Run
1974
The Cowboys
1974
as Reager
The Rockford Files
1974
as Clyde Russell
Petrocelli
1974
as Arthur Martin
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as General Harland Tate
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as General Wiley
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Dr. Tellman
The Rockford Files
1974
as Mr. Gertmanian
The Rockford Files
1974
as NIA Agent Bill Simonds
The Rockford Files
1974
as Dr. Bosca
Executive Action
1973
as Smythe
Kojak
1973
as Judge Lavery
The Magician
1973
as Orin Connover
The Astronaut
1972
as Tom Everett
M*A*S*H
1972
as General Weiskopf
The Rookies
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Waltons
1972
as Mr. Clarence Johnson
The Sixth Sense
1972
Banacek
1972
as Walter Peterson
Emergency!
1972
as James Barnes
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as John Wilcox
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as George Webster
The Return of Count Yorga
1971
as Bill Nelson
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
1971
as Rector
The Mephisto Waltz
1971
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lawman
1971
as Luther Harris
A Tattered Web
1971
as Lt. Preston
The Andromeda Strain
1971
as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Man and the City
1971
McMillan & Wife
1971
as D. A. Chapman
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Mr. Patrick
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Martin Sandowski
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Dr. Yates
Bearcats!
1971
as Fairfield
The Landlord
1970
as William Enders
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
Zig Zag
1970
as Adam Mercer
San Francisco International
1970
as Clifford Foster Evans
Arnie
1970
Dan August
1970
as Earl Jackson
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969
as Jerry Wolfe
Marooned
1969
as Network Commentator
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Samuel Hammock
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Dr. Roy Staples
Room 222
1969
How Sweet It Is!
1968
as Haskell Wax
Sergeant Ryker
1968
as Col. Arthur Merriam
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as Howard Beardsley
The Outcasts
1968
Lancer
1968
The Outsider
1968
The Graduate
1967
as Mr. McGuire
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
The High Chaparral
1967
as Carney
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The High Chaparral
1967
as Robert Morris
The Invaders
1967
as Danvers
Dragnet
1967
as Capt. Carl Fuller
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Mannix
1967
as Captain Wells
Mannix
1967
as Mark Mitchell
Mannix
1967
as Bill Kraike
The Rat Patrol
1966
as Capt. Vulcan
The Green Hornet
1966
as Frank P. Scanlon
The F.B.I.
1965
as Lucas Vale
Run for Your Life
1965
as The Examiner
The Big Valley
1965
as Dave Steigler
Paradise Bay
1965
Run for Your Life
1965
as Richard Phillips
Run for Your Life
1965
as Ralph Phillips
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Prosecutor
The Munsters
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Dan Case
The Great Adventure
1963
as Taylor
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Col. Arthur Merriam
The Fugitive
1963
as Jesse Platt
The Fugitive
1963
as Wilcox
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
The Fugitive
1963
as Moderator
Grindl
1963
Mr. Novak
1963
as Jess Capper
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Doc
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
The Beachcomber
1962
as Erickson
The Virginian
1962
as Lt. Paul Kenner
McHale's Navy
1962
as Capt. Harper
Bloodlust!
1961
as Dean Gerrard
Bus Stop
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as William Fredericks
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Chad Cooper
Hawaiian Eye
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Dr. Raymond Gordon
New York Confidential
1959
Bonanza
1959
as Tobias Wentworth Finch
Bonanza
1959
as Atworth Perry
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Curtis Harrison
The Party Crashers
1958
as Mr. Webster
Bronco
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Daniel
Perry Mason
1957
as District Attorney
Perry Mason
1957
as Deputy D.A.
Trackdown
1957
as Doc Walters
Conquest of Space
1955
as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
Gunsmoke
1955
as Capt. Nichols
Cheyenne
1955
as Edward DeVier
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mr. Brown
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
as Boland
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
C-Man
1949
as Joe
Studio One
1948
as Jeff
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948
as Detective
The Male Animal
1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
Desperate Journey
1942
as Sgt. Warwick
Bullet Scars
1942
as Trooper Walter Leary
All Through the Night
1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
In This Our Life
1942
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)