Walter Brooke

Birthday: 1914-10-13
Deathday: 1986-08-20
Birthplace: New York City, New York, U.S.
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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Credits

Year Title Character
1985-10-04 Jagged Edge Duane Bendix
1983-01-08 White Water Rebels Leonard Phelps
1981-11-30 Advice to the Lovelorn Walter Sheehan
1981-05-22 Scruples Dr. Rutgers
1981-05-01 Separate Ways Lawrence Stevens
1980-05-09 The Nude Bomb American Ambassador
1980-01-11 Make Me an Offer Glenn Harris
1979-12-28 Visions of Christmas Past
1979-11-26 Beggarman, Thief American Intelligence Agent
1979-10-10 Mirror, Mirror Dr. Samuel Shaw
1979-08-03 North Dallas Forty Doctor
1979-08-01 In Search of Historic Jesus Joseph of Arimathea
1978-12-13 The New Adventures of Heidi Cousin Tobias
1977-10-26 The Pinballs Mr. Mason
1977-04-01 Black Sunday Fowler
1977-03-18 Fun with Dick and Jane Mr. Weeks
1977-01-01 Beyond Reason Dr. Grovenor
1976-10-14 Fury of the Dragon Frank P. Scanlon
1976-09-12 Street Killing The Major
1976-06-23 The Big Bus Mr. Ames
1976-03-19 Time Travelers Dr. Stafford
1976-02-24 St. Ives Mickey
1975-11-14 The Other Side of the Mountain Dean
1975-08-01 Framed Sen. Tatum
1975-01-10 Stowaway to the Moon Whitehead
1974-08-20 Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974-08-01 Harrad Summer Sam Grove
1974-04-17 The Chadwick Family Dr. Simon
1974-04-15 Winter Kill Ben
1974-03-21 The Green Hornet Dist. Atty Scanlon
1974-03-06 The Stranger Who Looks Like Me Mr. Denver
1973-11-07 Executive Action Smythe
1972-01-08 The Astronaut Tom Everett
1971-09-24 A Tattered Web Lt. Preston
1971-08-18 The Return of Count Yorga Bill Nelson
1971-04-09 The Mephisto Waltz Party Guest (uncredited)
1971-03-12 The Andromeda Strain Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
1971-03-11 Lawman Luther Harris
1971-02-22 Sarge: The Badge or the Cross Rector
1970-09-29 San Francisco International Clifford Foster Evans
1970-05-20 The Landlord William Enders
1970-05-01 Zig Zag Adam Mercer
1970-01-26 Tora! Tora! Tora! Captain Theodore Wilkinson
1969-12-11 Marooned Network Commentator
1969-05-13 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting Jerry Wolfe
1968-08-21 How Sweet It Is! Haskell Wax
1968-04-24 Yours, Mine and Ours Howard Beardsley
1968-02-01 Sergeant Ryker Col. Arthur Merriam
1967-12-21 The Graduate Mr. McGuire
1962-08-07 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
1961-09-13 Bloodlust! Dean Gerrard
1958-09-01 The Party Crashers Mr. Webster
1955-04-20 Conquest of Space Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
1949-05-27 C-Man Joe
1942-09-26 Desperate Journey Sgt. Warwick
1942-05-08 In This Our Life Cab Driver (uncredited)
1942-04-11 Murder in the Big House Reporter (uncredited)
1942-03-12 The Male Animal Reporter (uncredited)
1942-03-07 Bullet Scars Trooper Walter Leary
1942-01-10 All Through the Night Reporter (uncredited)
1941-11-20 They Died with Their Boots On Cadet Rosser (uncredited)