Portrait of Walter Brooke

Walter Brooke

Acting

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.

Born: October 13, 1914

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Filmography

1985
Jagged Edge

as Duane Bendix

1985
Beyond Reason

as Dr. Grovenor

1983
Automan

as Theodore Behrens

1983
The A-Team

as General Bullen

1983
White Water Rebels

as Leonard Phelps

1982
St. Elsewhere

as Dr. Lunden

1982
1981
Falcon Crest

as Carter St. John

1981
Advice to the Lovelorn

as Walter Sheehan

1981
Scruples

as Dr. Rutgers

1981
Separate Ways

as Lawrence Stevens

1980
The Nude Bomb

as American Ambassador

1980
Make Me an Offer

as Glenn Harris

1979
1979
Beggarman, Thief

as American Intelligence Agent

1979
Mirror, Mirror

as Dr. Samuel Shaw

1979
1979
1979
In Search of Historic Jesus

as Joseph of Arimathea

1978
1978
1978
Dallas

as Cole Young

1977
The Pinballs

as Mr. Mason

1977
Big Hawaii

as Giles Webber

1977
Lou Grant

as Reggie Washburn

1977
Black Sunday

as Fowler

1977
1976
Fury of the Dragon

as Frank P. Scanlon

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Dr. Max Gilliam

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Councilman Becker

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Judd Kenyon

1976
Charlie's Angels

as Twilliger

1976
Charlie's Angels

as Mr. Kellerman

1976
Street Killing

as The Major

1976
The Big Bus

as Mr. Ames

1976
Time Travelers

as Dr. Stafford

1976
St. Ives

as Mickey

1975
Framed

as Sen. Tatum

1975
1975
1974
The Rockford Files

as Clyde Russell

1974
The Rockford Files

as Mr. Gertmanian

1974
The Rockford Files

as NIA Agent Bill Simonds

1974
The Rockford Files

as Dr. Bosca

1974
Petrocelli

as Arthur Martin

1974
1974
Harrad Summer

as Sam Grove

1974
1974
1974
The Green Hornet

as Dist. Atty Scanlon

1974
The Six Million Dollar Man

as General Harland Tate

1974
1974
1973
1973
Kojak

as Judge Lavery

1973
The Magician

as Orin Connover

1972
1972
M*A*S*H

as General Weiskopf

1972
The Waltons

as Mr. Clarence Johnson

1972
Banacek

as Walter Peterson

1972
Emergency!

as James Barnes

1972
The Astronaut

as Tom Everett

1971
McMillan & Wife

as D. A. Chapman

1971
McMillan & Wife

as Martin Sandowski

1971
A Tattered Web

as Lt. Preston

1971
Bearcats!

as Fairfield

1971
1971
The Mephisto Waltz

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1971
The Andromeda Strain

as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)

1971
Lawman

as Luther Harris

1970
San Francisco International

as Clifford Foster Evans

1970
Dan August

as Earl Jackson

1970
1970
The Landlord

as William Enders

1970
Zig Zag

as Adam Mercer

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Captain Theodore Wilkinson

1969
Marooned

as Network Commentator

1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dr. Roy Staples

1969
1968
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Samuel Hammock

1968
How Sweet It Is!

as Haskell Wax

1968
Yours, Mine and Ours

as Howard Beardsley

1968
Sergeant Ryker

as Col. Arthur Merriam

1967
The Graduate

as Mr. McGuire

1967
1967
Mannix

as Captain Wells

1967
Mannix

as Mark Mitchell

1967
Mannix

as Bill Kraike

1967
1967
The High Chaparral

as Robert Morris

1967
Dragnet

as Capt. Carl Fuller

1967
The Invaders

as Danvers

1966
The Rat Patrol

as Capt. Vulcan

1966
The Green Hornet

as Frank P. Scanlon

1965
The F.B.I.

as Lucas Vale

1965
The Wild Wild West

as Prosecutor

1965
The Big Valley

as Dave Steigler

1965
Run for Your Life

as The Examiner

1965
Run for Your Life

as Ralph Phillips

1965
Run for Your Life

as Richard Phillips

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Col. Arthur Merriam

1963
1963
Mr. Novak

as Jess Capper

1963
The Fugitive

as Jesse Platt

1963
The Fugitive

as Wilcox

1963
The Fugitive

as Moderator

1962
McHale's Navy

as Capt. Harper

1962
The Virginian

as Lt. Paul Kenner

1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")

1961
Dr. Kildare

as William Fredericks

1961
Bloodlust!

as Dean Gerrard

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Chad Cooper

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Dr. Raymond Gordon

1959
Bonanza

as Tobias Wentworth Finch

1959
Bonanza

as Atworth Perry

1958
1958
The Party Crashers

as Mr. Webster

1957
Perry Mason

as District Attorney

1957
Perry Mason

as Deputy D.A.

1955
Cheyenne

as Edward DeVier

1955
Gunsmoke

as Capt. Nichols

1955
Conquest of Space

as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Mr. Brown

1949
C-Man

as Joe

1948
Studio One

as Jeff

1948
Studio One

as Detective

1942
Desperate Journey

as Sgt. Warwick

1942
In This Our Life

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1942
Murder in the Big House

as Reporter (uncredited)

1942
The Male Animal

as Reporter (uncredited)

1942
Bullet Scars

as Trooper Walter Leary

1942
All Through the Night

as Reporter (uncredited)

1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)