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