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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
178
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-10-13 (110 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.
Acting
1985
Jagged Edge as Duane Bendix1985
Beyond Reason as Dr. Grovenor1983
The A-Team as General Bullen1983
Automan as Theodore Behrens1983
White Water Rebels as Leonard Phelps1982
St. Elsewhere as Dr. Lunden1982
Cagney & Lacey as Judge1982
Cassie & Co. as Not available1981
Simon & Simon as Not available1981
Falcon Crest as Carter St. John1981
Nero Wolfe as Not available1981
Separate Ways as Lawrence Stevens1981
Scruples as Dr. Rutgers1981
Advice to the Lovelorn as Walter Sheehan1980
The Nude Bomb as American Ambassador1980
Make Me an Offer as Glenn Harris1979
Knots Landing as Henry1979
Hart to Hart as Not available1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as U.S. President1979
Mrs. Columbo as Not available1979
North Dallas Forty as Doctor1979
In Search of Historic Jesus as Joseph of Arimathea1979
Beggarman, Thief as American Intelligence Agent1979
Visions of Christmas Past as Not available1979
Mirror, Mirror as Dr. Samuel Shaw1978
Dallas as Cole Young1978
Vega$ as Not available1978
The New Adventures of Heidi as Cousin Tobias1977
The Incredible Hulk as Not available1977
Lou Grant as Reggie Washburn1977
Big Hawaii as Giles Webber1977
Black Sunday as Fowler1977
Fun with Dick and Jane as Mr. Weeks1977
The Pinballs as Mr. Mason1976
Quincy, M.E. as Not available1976
Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Max Gilliam1976
Charlie's Angels as Twilliger1976
Charlie's Angels as Mr. Kellerman1976
The Big Bus as Mr. Ames1976
St. Ives as Mickey1976
Time Travelers as Dr. Stafford1976
Fury of the Dragon as Frank P. Scanlon1976
Street Killing as The Major1975
Starsky & Hutch as Not available1975
Bronk as Not available1975
Archer as Not available1975
S.W.A.T. as Not available1975
The Other Side of the Mountain as Dean1975
Framed as Sen. Tatum1975
Stowaway to the Moon as Whitehead1974
The Rockford Files as Clyde Russell1974
The Rockford Files as Mr. Gertmanian1974
The Rockford Files as NIA Agent Bill Simonds1974
The Rockford Files as Dr. Bosca1974
The Six Million Dollar Man as General Harland Tate1974
The Six Million Dollar Man as General Wiley1974
The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Tellman1974
Little House on the Prairie as Not available1974
Petrocelli as Arthur Martin1974
Run, Joe, Run as Not available1974
The Cowboys as Reager1974
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me as Mr. Denver1974
Winter Kill as Ben1974
The Green Hornet as Dist. Atty Scanlon1974
The Chadwick Family as Dr. Simon1974
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest as Not available1974
Harrad Summer as Sam Grove1973
Kojak as Judge Lavery1973
The Magician as Orin Connover1973
Executive Action as Smythe1972
M*A*S*H as General Weiskopf1972
The Waltons as Mr. Clarence Johnson1972
Emergency! as James Barnes1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Not available1972
The Streets of San Francisco as John Wilcox1972
The Streets of San Francisco as George Webster1972
The Rookies as Not available1972
The Sixth Sense as Not available1972
Banacek as Walter Peterson1972
The Astronaut as Tom Everett1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Mr. Patrick1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Dr. Yates1971
McMillan & Wife as D. A. Chapman1971
McMillan & Wife as Martin Sandowski1971
Alias Smith and Jones as Not available1971
The Man and the City as Not available1971
Bearcats! as Fairfield1971
The Andromeda Strain as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)1971
Lawman as Luther Harris1971
A Tattered Web as Lt. Preston1971
The Mephisto Waltz as Party Guest (uncredited)1971
The Return of Count Yorga as Bill Nelson1971
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross as Rector1970
Arnie as Not available1970
Dan August as Earl Jackson1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! as Captain Theodore Wilkinson1970
The Landlord as William Enders1970
Zig Zag as Adam Mercer1970
San Francisco International as Clifford Foster Evans1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Roy Staples1969
Room 222 as Not available1969
Marooned as Network Commentator1969
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting as Jerry Wolfe1968
Hawaii Five-O as Samuel Hammock1968
Lancer as Not available1968
The Outcasts as Not available1968
The Outsider as Not available1968
Yours, Mine and Ours as Howard Beardsley1968
How Sweet It Is! as Haskell Wax1968
Sergeant Ryker as Col. Arthur Merriam1967
Mannix as Not available1967
Mannix as Captain Wells1967
Mannix as Mark Mitchell1967
Ironside as Not available1967
Dragnet as Capt. Carl Fuller1967
The High Chaparral as Carney1967
The High Chaparral as Robert Morris1967
The Invaders as Danvers1967
Judd for the Defense as Not available1967
The Danny Thomas Hour as Not available1967
The Graduate as Mr. McGuire1966
The Rat Patrol as Capt. Vulcan1966
The Green Hornet as Frank P. Scanlon1965
The Wild Wild West as Prosecutor1965
The Big Valley as Dave Steigler1965
The F.B.I. as Lucas Vale1965
Run for Your Life as The Examiner1965
Run for Your Life as Richard Phillips1965
Run for Your Life as Ralph Phillips1965
Paradise Bay as Not available1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Dan Case1964
The Munsters as Not available1963
The Fugitive as Jesse Platt1963
The Fugitive as Wilcox1963
The Fugitive as Moderator1963
Arrest and Trial as Doc1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Col. Arthur Merriam1963
The Greatest Show on Earth as Not available1963
The Great Adventure as Taylor1963
Mr. Novak as Jess Capper1963
Grindl as Not available1962
The Virginian as Lt. Paul Kenner1962
McHale's Navy as Capt. Harper1962
The Beachcomber as Erickson1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")1961
Dr. Kildare as William Fredericks1961
Ben Casey as Not available1961
Bus Stop as Not available1961
Bloodlust! as Dean Gerrard1959
Bonanza as Tobias Wentworth Finch1959
Bonanza as Atworth Perry1959
The Twilight Zone as Chad Cooper1959
The Twilight Zone as Dr. Raymond Gordon1959
Hawaiian Eye as Not available1959
New York Confidential as Not available1958
The Donna Reed Show as Not available1958
Bronco as Not available1958
The Party Crashers as Mr. Webster1957
Perry Mason as District Attorney1957
Perry Mason as Deputy D.A.1957
Trackdown as Not available1955
Cheyenne as Edward DeVier1955
Gunsmoke as Capt. Nichols1955
Conquest of Space as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt1953
Letter to Loretta as Mr. Brown1951
Tales of Tomorrow as Not available1950
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse as Not available1949
C-Man as Joe1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Not available1948
Studio One as Jeff1948
Studio One as Detective1942
In This Our Life as Cab Driver (uncredited)1942
All Through the Night as Reporter (uncredited)1942
Murder in the Big House as Reporter (uncredited)1942
The Male Animal as Reporter (uncredited)1942
Bullet Scars as Trooper Walter Leary1942
Desperate Journey as Sgt. Warwick1941
They Died with Their Boots On as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)