Walter Brooke

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
October 13, 1914 (71 years old)
Died
August 20, 1986
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Thriller
Career Span
1941 – 1985

Walter Brooke

4 wins
57 nominations
4 Oscars
61 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Oct 13, 1914
From
New York City, New York, U.S.
Known For
Acting
Career
1941 – 1985

Award Recognition

4
Wins
57
Nominations
4
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1985

Jagged Edge as Duane Bendix Award
Beyond Reason as Dr. Grovenor

1983

White Water Rebels as Leonard Phelps

1981

Separate Ways as Lawrence Stevens
Advice to the Lovelorn as Walter Sheehan
Scruples as Dr. Rutgers

1980

The Nude Bomb as American Ambassador Award
Make Me an Offer as Glenn Harris

1979

Beggarman, Thief as American Intelligence Agent
North Dallas Forty as Doctor
Mirror, Mirror as Dr. Samuel Shaw
Visions of Christmas Past
In Search of Historic Jesus as Joseph of Arimathea

1978

The New Adventures of Heidi as Cousin Tobias

1977

Fun with Dick and Jane as Mr. Weeks Award
Black Sunday as Fowler Award
The Pinballs as Mr. Mason

1976

The Big Bus as Mr. Ames Award
St. Ives as Mickey Award
Fury of the Dragon as Frank P. Scanlon
Time Travelers as Dr. Stafford
Street Killing as The Major

1975

Framed as Sen. Tatum Award
The Other Side of the Mountain as Dean Award
Stowaway to the Moon as Whitehead

1974

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me as Mr. Denver
Winter Kill as Ben
Harrad Summer as Sam Grove
The Green Hornet as Dist. Atty Scanlon
The Chadwick Family as Dr. Simon
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

1973

Executive Action as Smythe

1972

The Astronaut as Tom Everett

1971

The Andromeda Strain as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited) Award
Lawman as Luther Harris Award
A Tattered Web as Lt. Preston Award
The Mephisto Waltz as Party Guest (uncredited) Award
The Return of Count Yorga as Bill Nelson
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross as Rector

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora! as Captain Theodore Wilkinson Award
The Landlord as William Enders
San Francisco International as Clifford Foster Evans
Zig Zag as Adam Mercer

1969

Marooned as Network Commentator Award
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting as Jerry Wolfe

1968

Yours, Mine and Ours as Howard Beardsley Award
How Sweet It Is! as Haskell Wax
Sergeant Ryker as Col. Arthur Merriam

1967

The Graduate as Mr. McGuire Award

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves") Award

1961

Bloodlust! as Dean Gerrard

1958

The Party Crashers as Mr. Webster

1955

Conquest of Space as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt

1949

C-Man as Joe

1942

All Through the Night as Reporter (uncredited) Award
In This Our Life as Cab Driver (uncredited) Award
Murder in the Big House as Reporter (uncredited)
The Male Animal as Reporter (uncredited)
Bullet Scars as Trooper Walter Leary
Desperate Journey as Sgt. Warwick

1941

They Died with Their Boots On as Cadet Rosser (uncredited) Award

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The Graduate
Yours, Mine and Ours
The Andromeda Strain
The Big Bus
Tora! Tora! Tora!
They Died with Their Boots On
Fun with Dick and Jane
Black Sunday
The Nude Bomb

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