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Home/People/Walter Brooke
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Born
Oct 13, 1914Died: Aug 20, 1986
Lived 71 years
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

61
Movies
122
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

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.
Jagged Edge poster

Jagged Edge

as Duane Bendix
1985
White Water Rebels poster

White Water Rebels

as Leonard Phelps
1983
Beyond Reason poster

Beyond Reason

as Dr. Grovenor
1982
Advice to the Lovelorn poster

Advice to the Lovelorn

as Walter Sheehan
1981
Scruples poster

Scruples

as Dr. Rutgers
1981
Separate Ways poster

Separate Ways

as Lawrence Stevens
1981
The Nude Bomb poster

The Nude Bomb

as American Ambassador
1980
Make Me an Offer poster

Make Me an Offer

as Glenn Harris
1980
Visions of Christmas Past poster

Visions of Christmas Past

Cast
1979
Beggarman, Thief poster

Beggarman, Thief

as American Intelligence Agent
1979
Mirror, Mirror poster

Mirror, Mirror

as Dr. Samuel Shaw
1979
North Dallas Forty poster

North Dallas Forty

as Doctor
1979
In Search of Historic Jesus poster

In Search of Historic Jesus

as Joseph of Arimathea
1979
The New Adventures of Heidi poster

The New Adventures of Heidi

as Cousin Tobias
1978
The Pinballs poster

The Pinballs

as Mr. Mason
1977
Black Sunday poster

Black Sunday

as Fowler
1977
Fun with Dick and Jane poster

Fun with Dick and Jane

as Mr. Weeks
1977
Fury of the Dragon poster

Fury of the Dragon

as Frank P. Scanlon
1976
Street Killing poster

Street Killing

as The Major
1976
The Big Bus poster

The Big Bus

as Mr. Ames
1976