Walter Brooke
Acting1914New York City, New York, U.S.
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 History
1985
Jagged Edge
as Duane Bendix
1984
Falcon Crest
TVas Carter St. John• 2 eps
Automan
TVas Theodore Behrens• 1 eps
1983
White Water Rebels
as Leonard Phelps
St. Elsewhere
TVas Dr. Lunden• 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
TVas Judge• 2 eps
The A-Team
TVas General Bullen• 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
TVas Dr. Max Gilliam / Councilman Becker / Judd Kenyon• 1 eps
1982
1981
Separate Ways
as Lawrence Stevens
Scruples
as Dr. Rutgers
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Walter Sheehan
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TVas U.S. President• 1 eps
1980
The Nude Bomb
as American Ambassador
Make Me an Offer
as Glenn Harris
Lou Grant
TVas Reggie Washburn• 1 eps
1979
Beggarman, Thief
as American Intelligence Agent
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Joseph of Arimathea
Mirror, Mirror
as Dr. Samuel Shaw
North Dallas Forty
as Doctor
The Rockford Files
TVas Dr. Bosca• 2 eps
Dallas
TVas Cole Young• 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
TVas Mr. Kellerman / Twilliger• 1 eps
M*A*S*H
TVas General Weiskopf• 1 eps
1978
The New Adventures of Heidi
as Cousin Tobias
1977
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Mr. Weeks
The Pinballs
as Mr. Mason
Black Sunday
as Fowler
The Six Million Dollar Man
TVas Dr. Tellman / General Harland Tate / General Wiley• 1 eps
Big Hawaii
TVas Giles Webber
1976
Street Killing
as The Major
St. Ives
as Mickey
The Big Bus
as Mr. Ames
Fury of the Dragon
as Frank P. Scanlon
Time Travelers
as Dr. Stafford
The Streets of San Francisco
TVas George Webster• 1 eps
The Waltons
TVas Mr. Clarence Johnson• 3 eps
1975
Stowaway to the Moon
as Whitehead
Framed
as Sen. Tatum
McMillan & Wife
TVas Martin Sandowski• 1 eps
Kojak
TVas Judge Lavery• 1 eps
1974
Harrad Summer
as Sam Grove
The Green Hornet
as Dist. Atty Scanlon
Winter Kill
as Ben
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
as Mr. Denver
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
as Michael Doran
The Chadwick Family
as Dr. Simon
Banacek
TVas Walter Peterson• 1 eps
Mannix
TVas Bill Kraike• 1 eps
Emergency!
TVas James Barnes• 1 eps
Petrocelli
TVas Arthur Martin• 1 eps
The Cowboys
TVas Reager
1973
1972
The Astronaut
as Tom Everett
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TVas Dr. Yates• 1 eps
1971
A Tattered Web
as Lt. Preston
The Andromeda Strain
as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Rector
The Mephisto Waltz
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lawman
as Luther Harris
The Return of Count Yorga
as Bill Nelson
The F.B.I.
TVas Lucas Vale• 1 eps
Bearcats!
TVas Fairfield
1970
San Francisco International
as Clifford Foster Evans
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
The Landlord
as William Enders
Zig Zag
as Adam Mercer
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TVas Dr. Roy Staples• 1 eps
Bonanza
TVas Atworth Perry / Tobias Wentworth Finch• 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Samuel Hammock• 1 eps
Dan August
TVas Earl Jackson
1969
Marooned
as Network Commentator
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Jerry Wolfe
The High Chaparral
TVas Robert Morris• 1 eps
Dragnet
TVas Capt. Carl Fuller• 1 eps
1968
Yours, Mine and Ours
as Howard Beardsley
Sergeant Ryker
as Col. Arthur Merriam
How Sweet It Is!
as Haskell Wax
The Big Valley
TVas Dave Steigler• 1 eps
Run for Your Life
TVas Richard Phillips• 1 eps
1967
The Graduate
as Mr. McGuire
The Invaders
TVas Danvers• 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
TVas Prosecutor• 1 eps
The Rat Patrol
TVas Capt. Vulcan• 1 eps
1966
The Green Hornet
TVas Frank P. Scanlon• 26 eps
1965
1964
The Fugitive
TVas Moderator• 2 eps
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TVas Dan Case• 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
TVas William Fredericks• 1 eps
1963
Arrest and Trial
TVas Doc• 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Col. Arthur Merriam• 2 eps
The Great Adventure
TVas Taylor• 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
TVas Dr. Raymond Gordon / Chad Cooper• 1 eps
McHale's Navy
TVas Capt. Harper• 1 eps
The Virginian
TVas Lt. Paul Kenner• 1 eps
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
The Beachcomber
TVas Erickson
1961
1959
1958
The Party Crashers
as Mr. Webster
1955
Conquest of Space
as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
1954
Studio One
TVas Detective• 1 eps
1953
Letter to Loretta
TVas Mr. Brown
1950
1949
C-Man
as Joe
1942
The Male Animal
as Reporter (uncredited)
Bullet Scars
as Trooper Walter Leary
All Through the Night
as Reporter (uncredited)
Desperate Journey
as Sgt. Warwick
In This Our Life
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
as Reporter (uncredited)
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)