Walter Brooke
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 13, 1914, New York City, New York, U.S.
- Died
- August 20, 1986
- Movies
- 60
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1985 | Jagged Edge | Duane Bendix |
| 1983 | White Water Rebels | Leonard Phelps |
| 1982 | Beyond Reason | Dr. Grovenor |
| 1981 | Advice to the Lovelorn | Walter Sheehan |
| 1981 | Scruples | Dr. Rutgers |
| 1981 | Separate Ways | Lawrence Stevens |
| 1980 | The Nude Bomb | American Ambassador |
| 1980 | Make Me an Offer | Glenn Harris |
| 1979 | Visions of Christmas Past | |
| 1979 | Mirror, Mirror | Dr. Samuel Shaw |
| 1979 | North Dallas Forty | Doctor |
| 1979 | In Search of Historic Jesus | Joseph of Arimathea |
| 1978 | The New Adventures of Heidi | Cousin Tobias |
| 1977 | The Pinballs | Mr. Mason |
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Fowler |
| 1977 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Mr. Weeks |
| 1976 | Fury of the Dragon | Frank P. Scanlon |
| 1976 | Street Killing | The Major |
| 1976 | The Big Bus | Mr. Ames |
| 1976 | Time Travelers | Dr. Stafford |
| 1976 | St. Ives | Mickey |
| 1975 | The Other Side of the Mountain | Dean |
| 1975 | Framed | Sen. Tatum |
| 1975 | Stowaway to the Moon | Whitehead |
| 1974 | Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest | Michael Doran |
| 1974 | Harrad Summer | Sam Grove |
| 1974 | The Chadwick Family | Dr. Simon |
| 1974 | Winter Kill | Ben |
| 1974 | The Green Hornet | Dist. Atty Scanlon |
| 1974 | The Stranger Who Looks Like Me | Mr. Denver |
| 1973 | Executive Action | Smythe |
| 1972 | The Astronaut | Tom Everett |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web | Lt. Preston |
| 1971 | The Return of Count Yorga | Bill Nelson |
| 1971 | The Mephisto Waltz | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1971 | The Andromeda Strain | Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Lawman | Luther Harris |
| 1971 | Sarge: The Badge or the Cross | Rector |
| 1970 | San Francisco International | Clifford Foster Evans |
| 1970 | The Landlord | William Enders |
| 1970 | Zig Zag | Adam Mercer |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Captain Theodore Wilkinson |
| 1969 | Marooned | Network Commentator |
| 1969 | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | Jerry Wolfe |
| 1968 | How Sweet It Is! | Haskell Wax |
| 1968 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Howard Beardsley |
| 1968 | Sergeant Ryker | Col. Arthur Merriam |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Mr. McGuire |
| 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves") |
| 1961 | Bloodlust! | Dean Gerrard |
| 1958 | The Party Crashers | Mr. Webster |
| 1955 | Conquest of Space | Gen. Samuel T. Merritt |
| 1949 | C-Man | Joe |
| 1942 | Desperate Journey | Sgt. Warwick |
| 1942 | In This Our Life | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Murder in the Big House | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Male Animal | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Bullet Scars | Trooper Walter Leary |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Cadet Rosser (uncredited) |
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