Walter Brooke
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
Reporter (uncredited)
The Male Animal
Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
Conquest of Space
Bill Nelson
The Return of Count Yorga
Smythe
Executive Action
Mr. McGuire
The Graduate
Sen. Tatum
Framed
Joe
C-Man
William Enders
The Landlord
Dist. Atty Scanlon
The Green Hornet
Captain Theodore Wilkinson
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Adam Mercer
Zig Zag
Jerry Wolfe
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Doctor
North Dallas Forty
The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Tom Everett
The Astronaut
Mr. Webster
The Party Crashers
Sgt. Warwick
Desperate Journey
Trooper Walter Leary
Bullet Scars
Haskell Wax
How Sweet It Is!
Whitehead
Stowaway to the Moon
Visions of Christmas Past
Rector
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Dean Gerrard
Bloodlust!
Frank P. Scanlon
Fury of the Dragon
Mr. Weeks
Fun with Dick and Jane
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Reporter (uncredited)
All Through the Night
Dr. Rutgers
Scruples
Joseph of Arimathea
In Search of Historic Jesus
Clifford Foster Evans
San Francisco International
Dr. Stafford
Time Travelers
Glenn Harris
Make Me an Offer
Walter Sheehan
Advice to the Lovelorn
Dr. Samuel Shaw
Mirror, Mirror
Mr. Ames
The Big Bus
American Ambassador
The Nude Bomb
Network Commentator
Marooned
Reporter (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
Dr. Grovenor
Beyond Reason
Col. Arthur Merriam
Sergeant Ryker
Lawrence Stevens
Separate Ways
Duane Bendix
Jagged Edge
Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Mephisto Waltz
Sam Grove
Harrad Summer
American Intelligence Agent
Beggarman, Thief
Cousin Tobias
The New Adventures of Heidi
Howard Beardsley
Yours, Mine and Ours
Dr. Simon
The Chadwick Family
Luther Harris
Lawman
Ben
Winter Kill
Lt. Preston
A Tattered Web
Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
The Andromeda Strain
Fowler
Black Sunday
Cab Driver (uncredited)
In This Our Life
Dean
The Other Side of the Mountain
Mr. Mason
The Pinballs
Mr. Denver
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Mickey
St. Ives
Leonard Phelps
White Water Rebels
The Major
Street Killing
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
61
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-10-13
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.
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