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Walter Brooke

Known For: Acting
Born: October 13, 1914
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: August 20, 1986

Walter Brooke

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 · Duane Bendix

Automan

1983 · Theodore Behrens

The A-Team

1983 · General Bullen

White Water Rebels

1983 · Leonard Phelps

St. Elsewhere

1982 · Dr. Lunden

Cagney & Lacey

1982 · Judge

Cassie & Co.

1982

Beyond Reason

1982 · Dr. Grovenor

Nero Wolfe

1981

Falcon Crest

1981 · Carter St. John

Advice to the Lovelorn

1981 · Walter Sheehan

Simon & Simon

1981

Scruples

1981 · Dr. Rutgers

Separate Ways

1981 · Lawrence Stevens

The Nude Bomb

1980 · American Ambassador

Make Me an Offer

1980 · Glenn Harris

Visions of Christmas Past

1979

Knots Landing

1979 · Henry

Beggarman, Thief

1979 · American Intelligence Agent

Beggarman, Thief

1979 · American Intelligence Agent

Mirror, Mirror

1979 · Dr. Samuel Shaw

Hart to Hart

1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979 · U.S. President

North Dallas Forty

1979 · Doctor

In Search of Historic Jesus

1979 · Joseph of Arimathea

Mrs. Columbo

1979

The New Adventures of Heidi

1978 · Cousin Tobias

Vega$

1978

Dallas

1978 · Cole Young

The Incredible Hulk

1977

The Pinballs

1977 · Mr. Mason

Big Hawaii

1977 · Giles Webber

Lou Grant

1977 · Reggie Washburn

Black Sunday

1977 · Fowler

Fun with Dick and Jane

1977 · Mr. Weeks

Fury of the Dragon

1976 · Frank P. Scanlon

Quincy, M.E.

1976 · , Dr. Max Gilliam, Councilman Becker, Judd Kenyon

Charlie's Angels

1976 · Twilliger, Mr. Kellerman

Street Killing

1976 · The Major

The Big Bus

1976 · Mr. Ames

Time Travelers

1976 · Dr. Stafford

St. Ives

1976 · Mickey

The Other Side of the Mountain

1975 · Dean

Starsky & Hutch

1975

Framed

1975 · Sen. Tatum

Bronk

1975

S.W.A.T.

1975

Archer

1975

Stowaway to the Moon

1975 · Whitehead

The Rockford Files

1974 · Clyde Russell, Mr. Gertmanian, NIA Agent Bill Simonds, Dr. Bosca

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Sandler

Petrocelli

1974 · Arthur Martin

Run, Joe, Run

1974

Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

1974 · Michael Doran

Harrad Summer

1974 · Sam Grove

The Chadwick Family

1974 · Dr. Simon

Winter Kill

1974 · Ben

The Green Hornet

1974 · Dist. Atty Scanlon

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

1974 · Mr. Denver

The Cowboys

1974 · Reager

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974 · General Harland Tate, General Wiley, Dr. Tellman

Executive Action

1973 · Smythe

Kojak

1973 · Judge Lavery

The Magician

1973 · Orin Connover

The Streets of San Francisco

1972 · , John Wilcox, George Webster

M*A*S*H

1972 · General Weiskopf

The Waltons

1972 · Mr. Clarence Johnson

Banacek

1972 · Walter Peterson

The Rookies

1972

Emergency!

1972 · James Barnes

The Sixth Sense

1972

The Astronaut

1972 · Tom Everett

McMillan & Wife

1971 · D. A. Chapman, Martin Sandowski

A Tattered Web

1971 · Lt. Preston

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971 · Mr. Patrick, Dr. Yates

Bearcats!

1971 · Fairfield

The Man and the City

The Man and the City

1971

The Return of Count Yorga

1971 · Bill Nelson

The Mephisto Waltz

1971 · Party Guest (uncredited)

The Andromeda Strain

1971 · Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)

Lawman

1971 · Luther Harris

Sarge: The Badge or the Cross

1971 · Rector

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

San Francisco International

1970 · Clifford Foster Evans

Dan August

1970 · Earl Jackson

Arnie

1970

The Landlord

1970 · William Enders

Zig Zag

1970 · Adam Mercer

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 · Captain Theodore Wilkinson

Marooned

1969 · Network Commentator

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969 · Dr. Roy Staples

Room 222

1969

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

1969 · Jerry Wolfe

Lancer

1968

The Outcasts

1968

Hawaii Five-O

1968 · Samuel Hammock

The Outsider

1968

How Sweet It Is!

1968 · Haskell Wax

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968 · Howard Beardsley

Sergeant Ryker

1968 · Col. Arthur Merriam

The Graduate

1967 · Mr. McGuire

Mannix

1967 · , Captain Wells, Mark Mitchell, Bill Kraike

The Danny Thomas Hour

1967

The High Chaparral

1967 · Carney, Robert Morris

Judd, for the Defense

1967

Ironside

1967

Dragnet

1967 · Capt. Carl Fuller

The Invaders

1967 · Danvers

The Rat Patrol

1966 · Capt. Vulcan

The Green Hornet

1966 · Frank P. Scanlon

Paradise Bay

1965

The F.B.I.

1965 · Lucas Vale

The Wild Wild West

1965 · Prosecutor

The Big Valley

1965 · Dave Steigler

Run for Your Life

1965 · The Examiner, Richard Phillips, Ralph Phillips

The Munsters

1964

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964 · Dan Case

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963 · Col. Arthur Merriam

The Great Adventure

1963 · Taylor

Mr. Novak

1963 · Jess Capper

The Fugitive

1963 · Jesse Platt, Wilcox, Moderator

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

Grindl

1963

Arrest and Trial

1963 · Doc

McHale's Navy

1962 · Capt. Harper

The Virginian

1962 · Lt. Paul Kenner

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962 · The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")

The Beachcomber

The Beachcomber

1962 · Erickson

Ben Casey

1961

Bus Stop

1961

Dr. Kildare

1961 · William Fredericks

Bloodlust!

1961 · Dean Gerrard

Hawaiian Eye

1959

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Chad Cooper, Dr. Raymond Gordon

Bonanza

1959 · Tobias Wentworth Finch, Atworth Perry

New York Confidential

1959

The Donna Reed Show

1958

Bronco

1958

The Party Crashers

1958 · Mr. Webster

Trackdown

1957 · Doc Walters

Perry Mason

1957 · District Attorney, Deputy D.A.

Cheyenne

1955 · Edward DeVier

Gunsmoke

1955 · Capt. Nichols

Conquest of Space

1955 · Gen. Samuel T. Merritt

Letter to Loretta

1953 · Mr. Brown

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

1950

Armstrong Circle Theatre

1950 · Boland

C-Man

1949 · Joe

Studio One

1948 · Jeff, Detective

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

Desperate Journey

1942 · Sgt. Warwick

In This Our Life

1942 · Cab Driver (uncredited)

Murder in the Big House

1942 · Reporter (uncredited)

The Male Animal

1942 · Reporter (uncredited)

Bullet Scars

1942 · Trooper Walter Leary

All Through the Night

1942 · Reporter (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 · Cadet Rosser (uncredited)

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