Walter Brooke

Oct 13, 1914 - Aug 20, 1986 (71 years old) in New York City, New York, U.S.

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

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Perry Mason

District Attorney

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Bonanza

Tobias Wentworth Finch

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Emergency!

James Barnes

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Dallas

Cole Young

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Little House on the Prairie

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The Virginian

Lt. Paul Kenner

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Hawaii Five-O

Samuel Hammock

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The A-Team

General Bullen

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Charlie's Angels

Twilliger

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The Fugitive

Jesse Platt

Credits

Jagged Edge 1985

Duane Bendix

★ 6.3
Beyond Reason 1985

Dr. Grovenor

★ NR
Automan 1983

Theodore Behrens

★ 7.8
The A-Team 1983

General Bullen

★ 7.5
White Water Rebels 1983

Leonard Phelps

★ NR
St. Elsewhere 1982

Dr. Lunden

★ 5.6
Cagney & Lacey 1982

Judge

★ 7
Cassie & Co. 1982

★ 4.5
Nero Wolfe 1981

★ 7.4
Falcon Crest 1981

Carter St. John

★ 5.5
Advice to the Lovelorn 1981

Walter Sheehan

★ 5
Simon & Simon 1981

★ 6.7
Scruples 1981

Dr. Rutgers

★ NR
Separate Ways 1981

Lawrence Stevens

★ 4.5
The Nude Bomb 1980

American Ambassador

★ 5.4
Make Me an Offer 1980

Glenn Harris

★ 4.5
Visions of Christmas Past 1979

★ NR
Knots Landing 1979

Henry

★ 6.7
Beggarman, Thief 1979

American Intelligence Agent

★ 6
Mirror, Mirror 1979

Dr. Samuel Shaw

★ NR
Hart to Hart 1979

★ 6.8
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 1979

U.S. President

★ 7
North Dallas Forty 1979

Doctor

★ 6.7
In Search of Historic Jesus 1979

Joseph of Arimathea

★ 4.3
Mrs. Columbo 1979

★ 6.1
The New Adventures of Heidi 1978

Cousin Tobias

★ 4
Vega$ 1978

★ 7
Dallas 1978

Cole Young

★ 6.8
The Incredible Hulk 1977

★ 7.2
The Pinballs 1977

Mr. Mason

★ NR
Big Hawaii 1977

Giles Webber

★ 5
Lou Grant 1977

Reggie Washburn

★ 7.3
Black Sunday 1977

Fowler

★ 6.7
Fun with Dick and Jane 1977

Mr. Weeks

★ 6.5
Fury of the Dragon 1976

Frank P. Scanlon

★ 5.2
Quincy, M.E. 1976

★ 7.5
Charlie's Angels 1976

Twilliger

★ 6.7
Street Killing 1976

The Major

★ NR
The Big Bus 1976

Mr. Ames

★ 5.2
Time Travelers 1976

Dr. Stafford

★ 6.2
St. Ives 1976

Mickey

★ 5.7
The Other Side of the Mountain 1975

Dean

★ 6.3
Starsky & Hutch 1975

★ 7.2
Framed 1975

Sen. Tatum

★ 6.6
Bronk 1975

★ 6.2
S.W.A.T. 1975

★ 7
Archer 1975

★ 7.5
Stowaway to the Moon 1975

Whitehead

★ 5.8
The Rockford Files 1974

Clyde Russell

★ 7.6
Little House on the Prairie 1974

★ 7.9
Petrocelli 1974

Arthur Martin

★ 7.1
Run, Joe, Run 1974

★ 6.3
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest 1974

★ NR
Harrad Summer 1974

Sam Grove

★ NR
The Chadwick Family 1974

Dr. Simon

★ 6
Winter Kill 1974

Ben

★ 7.3
The Green Hornet 1974

Dist. Atty Scanlon

★ 6.8
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me 1974

Mr. Denver

★ 6
The Cowboys 1974

Reager

★ 5
The Six Million Dollar Man 1974

General Harland Tate

★ 7.3
Executive Action 1973

Smythe

★ 6.4
Kojak 1973

Judge Lavery

★ 7
The Magician 1973

Orin Connover

★ 6.7
The Streets of San Francisco 1972

★ 6.9
M*A*S*H 1972

General Weiskopf

★ 7.9
The Waltons 1972

Mr. Clarence Johnson

★ 7.1
Banacek 1972

Walter Peterson

★ 8.6
The Rookies 1972

★ 6.8
Emergency! 1972

James Barnes

★ 7.8
The Sixth Sense 1972

★ 5.9
The Astronaut 1972

Tom Everett

★ 5.7
McMillan & Wife 1971

D. A. Chapman

★ 6.9
A Tattered Web 1971

Lt. Preston

★ 5.6
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law 1971

Mr. Patrick

★ 6.3
Bearcats! 1971

Fairfield

★ 6.2
The Man and the City 1971

★ 5
The Return of Count Yorga 1971

Bill Nelson

★ 5.4
The Mephisto Waltz 1971

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 6
The Andromeda Strain 1971

Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Lawman 1971

Luther Harris

★ 6.5
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross 1971

Rector

★ NR
Alias Smith and Jones 1971

★ 6.9
San Francisco International 1970

Clifford Foster Evans

★ 3.7
Dan August 1970

Earl Jackson

★ 6.8
Arnie 1970

★ 3
The Landlord 1970

William Enders

★ 5.9
Zig Zag 1970

Adam Mercer

★ 7.5
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970

Captain Theodore Wilkinson

★ 7.1
Marooned 1969

Network Commentator

★ 5.9
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969

Dr. Roy Staples

★ 6.5
Room 222 1969

★ 6
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting 1969

Jerry Wolfe

★ 5
Lancer 1968

★ 4.7
The Outcasts 1968

★ 5.3
Hawaii Five-O 1968

Samuel Hammock

★ 7.1
The Outsider 1968

★ 5.2
How Sweet It Is! 1968

Haskell Wax

★ 7.4
Yours, Mine and Ours 1968

Howard Beardsley

★ 6.8
Sergeant Ryker 1968

Col. Arthur Merriam

★ 6
The Graduate 1967

Mr. McGuire

★ 7.6
Mannix 1967

★ 6.7
The Danny Thomas Hour 1967

★ 5
The High Chaparral 1967

Carney

★ 6.5
Judd for the Defense 1967

★ 7.5
Ironside 1967

★ 6.8
Dragnet 1967

Capt. Carl Fuller

★ 6.8
The Invaders 1967

Danvers

★ 6.8
The Rat Patrol 1966

Capt. Vulcan

★ 7.2
Paradise Bay 1965

★ NR
The F.B.I. 1965

Lucas Vale

★ 5.5
The Wild Wild West 1965

Prosecutor

★ 7.5
The Big Valley 1965

Dave Steigler

★ 6.1
Run for Your Life 1965

The Examiner

★ 7.2
The Munsters 1964

★ 7.9
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1964

Dan Case

★ 7.7
Kraft Suspense Theatre 1963

Col. Arthur Merriam

★ 5.3
The Great Adventure 1963

Taylor

★ NR
Mr. Novak 1963

Jess Capper

★ 6.5
The Fugitive 1963

Jesse Platt

★ 7.2
The Greatest Show on Earth 1963

★ 5
Grindl 1963

★ 5.5
Arrest and Trial 1963

Doc

★ 7.7
McHale's Navy 1962

Capt. Harper

★ 6.6
The Virginian 1962

Lt. Paul Kenner

★ 6.3
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962

The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")

★ 5.8
The Beachcomber 1962

Erickson

★ NR
Ben Casey 1961

★ 5.6
Bus Stop 1961

★ NR
Dr. Kildare 1961

William Fredericks

★ 5.5
Bloodlust! 1961

Dean Gerrard

★ 4.3
Hawaiian Eye 1959

★ 5.2
The Twilight Zone 1959

Chad Cooper

★ 8.5
Bonanza 1959

Tobias Wentworth Finch

★ 7.5
New York Confidential 1959

★ NR
The Donna Reed Show 1958

★ 6.2
Bronco 1958

★ 5.2
The Party Crashers 1958

Mr. Webster

★ 4.7
Trackdown 1957

★ 6.4
Perry Mason 1957

District Attorney

★ 7.7
Cheyenne 1955

Edward DeVier

★ 5.8
Gunsmoke 1955

Capt. Nichols

★ 6.6
Conquest of Space 1955

Gen. Samuel T. Merritt

★ 5.5
Letter to Loretta 1953

Mr. Brown

★ 6.5
Tales of Tomorrow 1951

★ 6
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse 1950

★ NR
C-Man 1949

Joe

★ 5.1
Studio One 1948

Jeff

★ 5
The Philco Television Playhouse 1948

★ 6.3
Desperate Journey 1942

Sgt. Warwick

★ 5.9
In This Our Life 1942

Cab Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Murder in the Big House 1942

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Male Animal 1942

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 4.1
Bullet Scars 1942

Trooper Walter Leary

★ 6.2
All Through the Night 1942

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.9
They Died with Their Boots On 1941

Cadet Rosser (uncredited)

★ 6.6