Walter Brooke
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-10-13
Day of Death
1986-08-20 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.
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.
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Known For
Acting
(1985)
Beyond Reason
as Dr. Grovenor
(1985)
Jagged Edge
as Duane Bendix
(1983)
White Water Rebels
as Leonard Phelps
(1981)
Separate Ways
as Lawrence Stevens
(1981)
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Walter Sheehan
(1981)
Scruples
as Dr. Rutgers
(1980)
Make Me an Offer
as Glenn Harris
(1980)
The Nude Bomb
as American Ambassador
(1979)
North Dallas Forty
as Doctor
(1979)
Beggarman, Thief
as American Intelligence Agent
(1979)
(1979)
Mirror, Mirror
as Dr. Samuel Shaw
(1979)
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Joseph of Arimathea
(1978)
The New Adventures of Heidi
as Cousin Tobias
(1977)
Black Sunday
as Fowler
(1977)
The Pinballs
as Mr. Mason
(1977)
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Mr. Weeks
(1976)
The Big Bus
as Mr. Ames
(1976)
St. Ives
as Mickey
(1976)
Street Killing
as The Major
(1976)
Time Travelers
as Dr. Stafford
(1976)
Fury of the Dragon
as Frank P. Scanlon
(1975)
Framed
as Sen. Tatum
(1975)
Stowaway to the Moon
as Whitehead
(1975)
(1974)
The Chadwick Family
as Dr. Simon
(1974)
Harrad Summer
as Sam Grove
(1974)
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
as Mr. Denver
(1974)
Winter Kill
as Ben
(1974)
(1974)
The Green Hornet
as Dist. Atty Scanlon
(1973)
Executive Action
as Smythe
(1972)
The Astronaut
as Tom Everett
(1971)
The Andromeda Strain
as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
(1971)
The Mephisto Waltz
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1971)
Lawman
as Luther Harris
(1971)
The Return of Count Yorga
as Bill Nelson
(1971)
A Tattered Web
as Lt. Preston
(1971)
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Rector
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
(1970)
The Landlord
as William Enders
(1970)
San Francisco International
as Clifford Foster Evans
(1970)
Zig Zag
as Adam Mercer
(1969)
Marooned
as Network Commentator
(1969)
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Jerry Wolfe
(1968)
Yours, Mine and Ours
as Howard Beardsley
(1968)
Sergeant Ryker
as Col. Arthur Merriam
(1968)
How Sweet It Is!
as Haskell Wax
(1967)
The Graduate
as Mr. McGuire
(1962)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
(1961)
Bloodlust!
as Dean Gerrard
(1958)
The Party Crashers
as Mr. Webster
(1955)
Conquest of Space
as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
(1949)
C-Man
as Joe
(1942)
The Male Animal
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1942)
Desperate Journey
as Sgt. Warwick
(1942)
Murder in the Big House
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1942)
Bullet Scars
as Trooper Walter Leary
(1942)
All Through the Night
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1942)
In This Our Life
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)