Walter Brooke
Acting
Born October 13, 1914 · New York City, New York, U.S.
Died August 20, 1986
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 contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Jagged Edge
1985 · Duane Bendix
Separate Ways
1981 · Lawrence Stevens
The Nude Bomb
1980 · American Ambassador
North Dallas Forty
1979 · Doctor
Fun with Dick and Jane
1977 · Mr. Weeks
Black Sunday
1977 · Fowler
Fury of the Dragon
1976 · Frank P. Scanlon
Time Travelers
1976 · Dr. Stafford
The Big Bus
1976 · Mr. Ames
St. Ives
1976 · Mickey
Framed
1975 · Sen. Tatum
Stowaway to the Moon
1975 · Whitehead
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975 · Dean
The Green Hornet
1974 · Dist. Atty Scanlon
Executive Action
1973 · Smythe
The Return of Count Yorga
1971 · Bill Nelson
The Mephisto Waltz
1971 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Lawman
1971 · Luther Harris
The Andromeda Strain
1971 · Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
The Landlord
1970 · William Enders
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Captain Theodore Wilkinson
San Francisco International
1970 · Clifford Foster Evans
Marooned
1969 · Network Commentator
How Sweet It Is!
1968 · Haskell Wax
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968 · Howard Beardsley
The Graduate
1967 · Mr. McGuire
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 · The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Bloodlust!
1961 · Dean Gerrard
Conquest of Space
1955 · Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
C-Man
1949 · Joe
The Male Animal
1942 · Reporter (uncredited)
Desperate Journey
1942 · Sgt. Warwick
Bullet Scars
1942 · Trooper Walter Leary
All Through the Night
1942 · Reporter (uncredited)
In This Our Life
1942 · Cab Driver (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Cadet Rosser (uncredited)