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Walter Brooke

Actor

Walter Brooke

Born October 13, 1914 in New York City, New York, U.S.Died August 20, 198659 films

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".

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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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The Graduate posterFirst watchThe Graduate19677.6as Mr. McGuireA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Andromeda Strain poster7.1The Andromeda Strain1971Tora! Tora! Tora! poster7.2Tora! Tora! Tora!1970Jagged Edge poster6.3Jagged Edge1985Yours, Mine and Ours poster6.9Yours, Mine and Ours1968Black Sunday poster6.7Black Sunday1977They Died with Their Boots On poster6.7They Died with Their Boots On1941Lawman poster6.5Lawman1971North Dallas Forty poster6.7North Dallas Forty1979

Filmography

59 films as actor
  1. 1985Jagged EdgeDuane Bendix
  2. 1983White Water RebelsLeonard Phelps
  3. 1982Beyond ReasonDr. Grovenor
  4. 1981Advice to the LovelornWalter Sheehan
  5. 1981ScruplesDr. Rutgers
  6. 1981Separate WaysLawrence Stevens
  7. 1980The Nude BombAmerican Ambassador
  8. 1980Make Me an OfferGlenn Harris
  9. 1979Visions of Christmas Past
  10. 1979Mirror, MirrorDr. Samuel Shaw
  11. 1979North Dallas FortyDoctor
  12. 1978The New Adventures of HeidiCousin Tobias
  13. 1977The PinballsMr. Mason
  14. 1977Black SundayFowler
  15. 1977Fun with Dick and JaneMr. Weeks
  16. 1976Fury of the DragonFrank P. Scanlon
  17. 1976Street KillingThe Major
  18. 1976The Big BusMr. Ames
  19. 1976Time TravelersDr. Stafford
  20. 1976St. IvesMickey
  21. 1975The Other Side of the MountainDean
  22. 1975FramedSen. Tatum
  23. 1975Stowaway to the MoonWhitehead
  24. 1974Nightmare at 43 HillcrestMichael Doran
  25. 1974Harrad SummerSam Grove
  26. 1974The Chadwick FamilyDr. Simon
  27. 1974Winter KillBen
  28. 1974The Green HornetDist. Atty Scanlon
  29. 1974The Stranger Who Looks Like MeMr. Denver
  30. 1973Executive ActionSmythe
  31. 1972The AstronautTom Everett
  32. 1971A Tattered WebLt. Preston
  33. 1971The Return of Count YorgaBill Nelson
  34. 1971The Mephisto WaltzParty Guest (uncredited)
  35. 1971The Andromeda StrainAssistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
  36. 1971LawmanLuther Harris
  37. 1971Sarge: The Badge or the CrossRector
  38. 1970San Francisco InternationalClifford Foster Evans
  39. 1970The LandlordWilliam Enders
  40. 1970Zig ZagAdam Mercer
  41. 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Captain Theodore Wilkinson
  42. 1969MaroonedNetwork Commentator
  43. 1969Daddy's Gone A-HuntingJerry Wolfe
  44. 1968How Sweet It Is!Haskell Wax
  45. 1968Yours, Mine and OursHoward Beardsley
  46. 1968Sergeant RykerCol. Arthur Merriam
  47. 1967The GraduateMr. McGuire
  48. 1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmThe Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
  49. 1961Bloodlust!Dean Gerrard
  50. 1958The Party CrashersMr. Webster
  51. 1955Conquest of SpaceGen. Samuel T. Merritt
  52. 1949C-ManJoe
  53. 1942Desperate JourneySgt. Warwick
  54. 1942In This Our LifeCab Driver (uncredited)
  55. 1942Murder in the Big HouseReporter (uncredited)
  56. 1942The Male AnimalReporter (uncredited)
  57. 1942Bullet ScarsTrooper Walter Leary
  58. 1942All Through the NightReporter (uncredited)
  59. 1941They Died with Their Boots OnCadet Rosser (uncredited)