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Walter Brooke
🎭 Acting

Walter Brooke

October 13, 1914 (age 71)
August 20, 1986
New York City, New York, U.S.
Male
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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…

Movies

61 credits
The Graduate
★ 7.6
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The Graduate
1967 as Mr. McGuire
Tora! Tora! Tora!
★ 7.2
+
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
The Andromeda Strain
★ 7.1
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The Andromeda Strain
1971 as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary…
Jagged Edge
★ 6.3
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Jagged Edge
1985 as Duane Bendix
Yours, Mine and Ours
★ 6.9
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Yours, Mine and Ours
1968 as Howard Beardsley
Lawman
★ 6.5
+
Lawman
1971 as Luther Harris
St. Ives
★ 5.7
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St. Ives
1976 as Mickey
They Died with Their Boots On
★ 6.7
+
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 as Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
The Big Bus
★ 5.3
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The Big Bus
1976 as Mr. Ames
Black Sunday
★ 6.7
+
Black Sunday
1977 as Fowler
The Nude Bomb Movie
★ 5.3
18+
Sensitive content
Action, Comedy
1980 Action, Comedy
Marooned
★ 6.0
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Marooned
1969 as Network Commentator
Fun with Dick and Jane
★ 6.6
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Fun with Dick and Jane
1977 as Mr. Weeks
Executive Action
★ 6.5
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Executive Action
1973 as Smythe
The Green Hornet
★ 6.7
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The Green Hornet
1974 as Dist. Atty Scanlon
Zig Zag
★ 7.7
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Zig Zag
1970 as Adam Mercer
Bullet Scars
★ 6.5
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Bullet Scars
1942 as Trooper Walter Leary
All Through the Night
★ 6.7
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All Through the Night
1942 as Reporter (uncredited)
C-Man
★ 5.3
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C-Man
1949 as Joe
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
★ 5.9
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 as The Mayor (segment "The…
Desperate Journey
★ 6.1
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Desperate Journey
1942 as Sgt. Warwick
The Landlord
★ 5.9
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The Landlord
1970 as William Enders
The Mephisto Waltz Movie
★ 6.0
Horror
1971 Horror
In This Our Life
★ 6.9
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In This Our Life
1942 as Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Other Side of the Mountain
★ 6.3
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The Other Side of the Mountain
1975 as Dean
A Tattered Web
★ 5.4
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A Tattered Web
1971 as Lt. Preston
Separate Ways
★ 4.7
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Separate Ways
1981 as Lawrence Stevens
North Dallas Forty
★ 6.7
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North Dallas Forty
1979 as Doctor
Sergeant Ryker
★ 6.3
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Sergeant Ryker
1968 as Col. Arthur Merriam
Conquest of Space
★ 5.6
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Conquest of Space
1955 as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt

TV Shows

123 credits
The Fugitive TV
★ 7.3
18+
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Action & Adventure, Drama
1963 Action & Adventure, Drama
The Fugitive TV
★ 7.3
18+
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Action & Adventure, Drama
1963 Action & Adventure, Drama
The Fugitive TV
★ 7.3
18+
Sensitive content
Action & Adventure, Drama
1963 Action & Adventure, Drama
Perry Mason TV
★ 7.7
PRO
Crime, Drama
1957 Crime, Drama
Perry Mason TV
★ 7.7
PRO
Crime, Drama
1957 Crime, Drama
The A-Team TV
★ 7.5
18+
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Action & Adventure, Comedy
1983 Action & Adventure, Comedy
Bonanza TV
★ 7.5
PRO
18+
Sensitive content
Action & Adventure, Drama
1959 Action & Adventure, Drama
Bonanza TV
★ 7.5
PRO
18+
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Action & Adventure, Drama
1959 Action & Adventure, Drama
Dallas TV
★ 6.8
Drama, Family
1978 Drama, Family
Falcon Crest TV
★ 5.7
PRO
Drama, Soap
1981 Drama, Soap
Ironside TV
★ 6.9
PRO
Crime, Drama
1967 Crime, Drama
Knots Landing TV
★ 6.8
PRO
Drama, Soap
1979 Drama, Soap
Mannix TV
★ 6.7
18+
Sensitive content
Action & Adventure, Crime
1967 Action & Adventure, Crime
Mannix TV
★ 6.7
18+
Sensitive content
Action & Adventure, Crime
1967 Action & Adventure, Crime
Mannix TV
★ 6.7
18+
Sensitive content
Action & Adventure, Crime
1967 Action & Adventure, Crime
Mannix TV
★ 6.7
18+
Sensitive content
Action & Adventure, Crime
1967 Action & Adventure, Crime
M*A*S*H TV
★ 7.9
Comedy, Drama
1972 Comedy, Drama
Hawaii Five-O TV
★ 7.2
18+
Sensitive content
Action & Adventure, Drama
1968 Action & Adventure, Drama
Little House on the Prairie TV
★ 7.9
PRO
Drama, Family
1974 Drama, Family
Charlie’s Angels TV
★ 6.7
PRO
18+
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Action & Adventure
1976 Action & Adventure
Charlie’s Angels TV
★ 6.7
PRO
18+
Sensitive content
Action & Adventure
1976 Action & Adventure
Quincy, M.E. TV
★ 7.5
Crime, Drama
1976 Crime, Drama
Quincy, M.E. TV
★ 7.5
Crime, Drama
1976 Crime, Drama
Quincy, M.E. TV
★ 7.5
Crime, Drama
1976 Crime, Drama
Quincy, M.E. TV
★ 7.5
Crime, Drama
1976 Crime, Drama
The Waltons TV
★ 7.2
PRO
Drama
1972 Drama
The Virginian TV
★ 6.5
Drama, Western
1962 Drama, Western
The Twilight Zone TV
★ 8.5
Drama, Mystery
1959 Drama, Mystery
The Twilight Zone TV
★ 8.5
Drama, Mystery
1959 Drama, Mystery
The Six Million Dollar Man TV
★ 7.3
PRO
18+
Sensitive content
Action & Adventure, Drama
1974 Action & Adventure, Drama
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