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)
Jagged Edge
as Duane Bendix
(1985)
Beyond Reason
as Dr. Grovenor
(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)
The Nude Bomb
as American Ambassador
(1980)
Make Me an Offer
as Glenn Harris
(1979)
North Dallas Forty
as Doctor
(1979)
Beggarman, Thief
as American Intelligence Agent
(1979)
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Joseph of Arimathea
(1979)
(1979)
Mirror, Mirror
as Dr. Samuel Shaw
(1978)
The New Adventures of Heidi
as Cousin Tobias
(1977)
Black Sunday
as Fowler
(1977)
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Mr. Weeks
(1977)
The Pinballs
as Mr. Mason
(1976)
The Big Bus
as Mr. Ames
(1976)
St. Ives
as Mickey
(1976)
Fury of the Dragon
as Frank P. Scanlon
(1976)
Time Travelers
as Dr. Stafford
(1976)
Street Killing
as The Major
(1975)
(1975)
Framed
as Sen. Tatum
(1975)
Stowaway to the Moon
as Whitehead
(1974)
The Green Hornet
as Dist. Atty Scanlon
(1974)
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
as Mr. Denver
(1974)
The Chadwick Family
as Dr. Simon
(1974)
Harrad Summer
as Sam Grove
(1974)
Winter Kill
as Ben
(1974)
(1973)
Executive Action
as Smythe
(1972)
The Astronaut
as Tom Everett
(1971)
The Andromeda Strain
as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
(1971)
Lawman
as Luther Harris
(1971)
A Tattered Web
as Lt. Preston
(1971)
The Mephisto Waltz
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1971)
The Return of Count Yorga
as Bill Nelson
(1971)
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Rector
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
(1970)
The Landlord
as William Enders
(1970)
Zig Zag
as Adam Mercer
(1970)
San Francisco International
as Clifford Foster Evans
(1969)
Marooned
as Network Commentator
(1969)
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Jerry Wolfe
(1968)
Yours, Mine and Ours
as Howard Beardsley
(1968)
How Sweet It Is!
as Haskell Wax
(1968)
Sergeant Ryker
as Col. Arthur Merriam
(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)
All Through the Night
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1942)
In This Our Life
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1942)
The Male Animal
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1942)
Desperate Journey
as Sgt. Warwick
(1942)
Bullet Scars
as Trooper Walter Leary
(1942)
Murder in the Big House
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)