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Walter Brooke

Acting · Born October 13, 1914 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Brooke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Walter Brooke movies and shows

  • Hawaii Five-O1969
  • Dallas1978
  • Bonanza1959
  • Perry Mason1957
  • M*A*S*H1972
  • Falcon Crest1981
  • Ironside1967
  • Little House on the Prairie1974
  • Knots Landing1979
  • Mannix1967
  • The Fugitive1963
  • The Waltons1972
  • Charlie's Angels1976
  • The Twilight Zone1959
  • The A-Team1983
  • The Rockford Files1974
  • Quincy, M.E.1976
  • Emergency!1972
  • St. Elsewhere1982
  • The Virginian1962
  • The Six Million Dollar Man1974
  • Studio One1948
  • Cheyenne1955
  • The Donna Reed Show1958