Walter Brooke
Born in New York City, New York, U.S. — Oct 13 1914• Died Aug 20 1986
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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 the Wikipedia article Walter Brooke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contrib…
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Knots Landing
Henry
The Fugitive
Jesse Platt
Perry Mason
District Attorney
The A-Team
General Bullen
Bonanza
Tobias Wentworth Finch
Dallas
Cole Young
M*A*S*H
General Weiskopf
Falcon Crest
Carter St. John
The Waltons
Mr. Clarence Johnson
Ironside
Mannix
Charlie's Angels
Twilliger
Quincy, M.E.
Emergency!
James Barnes
The Twilight Zone
Chad Cooper
St. Elsewhere
Dr. Lunden
Hawaii Five-O
Samuel Hammock
The Rockford Files
Clyde Russell
Little House on the Prairie
Sandler
The Virginian
Lt. Paul Kenner
The Six Million Dollar Man
General Harland Tate
Starsky & Hutch
Hart to Hart
Studio One
Jeff
Dr. Kildare
William Fredericks
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. Roy Staples
The Philco Television Playhouse
The F.B.I.
Lucas Vale
The High Chaparral
Carney
Hawaiian Eye
The Incredible Hulk
Ben Casey
Simon & Simon
The Wild Wild West
Prosecutor
Cheyenne
Edward DeVier
The Donna Reed Show
Cagney & Lacey
Judge
The Big Valley
Dave Steigler
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Col. Arthur Merriam
The Rookies
The Invaders
Danvers
Kojak
Judge Lavery
Dragnet
Capt. Carl Fuller
Lou Grant
Reggie Washburn
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Dan Case
Vega$
The Munsters
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
U.S. President
Trackdown
Doc Walters
Run for Your Life
The Examiner
McMillan & Wife
D. A. Chapman
Gunsmoke
Capt. Nichols
The Streets of San Francisco
Bronco
Alias Smith and Jones
Judd for the Defense
Lancer
Mr. Novak
Jess Capper
Room 222
Banacek
Walter Peterson
Tales of Tomorrow
Arrest and Trial
Doc
Petrocelli
Arthur Martin
McHale's Navy
Capt. Harper
The Great Adventure
Taylor
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Mr. Patrick
The Magician
Orin Connover
Bronk
The Rat Patrol
Capt. Vulcan
Automan
Theodore Behrens
The Green Hornet
Frank P. Scanlon
Bus Stop
Cassie & Co.
The Sixth Sense
The Outsider
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Boland
Dan August
Earl Jackson
The Greatest Show on Earth
S.W.A.T.
Letter to Loretta
Mr. Brown
The Graduate
Mr. McGuire
The Danny Thomas Hour
Nero Wolfe
Mrs. Columbo
The Outcasts
Arnie
The Beachcomber
Erickson
Run, Joe, Run
Bearcats!
Fairfield
Big Hawaii
Giles Webber
The Andromeda Strain
Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
Grindl
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Captain Theodore Wilkinson
New York Confidential
Paradise Bay
Archer
Fun with Dick and Jane
Mr. Weeks
The Man and the City
Lawman
Luther Harris
They Died with Their Boots On
Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
Yours, Mine and Ours
Howard Beardsley
The Cowboys
Reager
The Male Animal
Reporter (uncredited)
Marooned
Network Commentator
Black Sunday
Fowler
In This Our Life
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Jagged Edge
Duane Bendix
How Sweet It Is!
Haskell Wax
The Nude Bomb
American Ambassador
The Green Hornet
Dist. Atty Scanlon
The Landlord
William Enders
All Through the Night
Reporter (uncredited)
Advice to the Lovelorn
Walter Sheehan
The Mephisto Waltz
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sergeant Ryker
Col. Arthur Merriam
St. Ives
Mickey
The Return of Count Yorga
Bill Nelson
The Big Bus
Mr. Ames
Time Travelers
Dr. Stafford
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
A Tattered Web
Lt. Preston
Beggarman, Thief
American Intelligence Agent
The Astronaut
Tom Everett
Winter Kill
Ben
The Other Side of the Mountain
Dean
Street Killing
The Major
Beyond Reason
Dr. Grovenor
Scruples
Dr. Rutgers
Murder in the Big House
Reporter (uncredited)
Stowaway to the Moon
Whitehead
Desperate Journey
Sgt. Warwick
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Jerry Wolfe
Zig Zag
Adam Mercer
San Francisco International
Clifford Foster Evans
Bloodlust!
Dean Gerrard
Framed
Sen. Tatum
Executive Action
Smythe
Bullet Scars
Trooper Walter Leary
Beggarman, Thief
American Intelligence Agent
Fury of the Dragon
Frank P. Scanlon
The Chadwick Family
Dr. Simon
C-Man
Joe
The New Adventures of Heidi
Cousin Tobias
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Mr. Denver
Separate Ways
Lawrence Stevens
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Michael Doran
Make Me an Offer
Glenn Harris
Harrad Summer
Sam Grove
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Rector
Conquest of Space
Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
The Pinballs
Mr. Mason
North Dallas Forty
Doctor
Mirror, Mirror
Dr. Samuel Shaw
White Water Rebels
Leonard Phelps
Visions of Christmas Past
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
In Search of Historic Jesus
Joseph of Arimathea
The Party Crashers
Mr. Webster