Person
Walter Brooke
Actor· 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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
The Graduate
Mr. McGuire · 1967
The Andromeda Strain
Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited) · 1971
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Captain Theodore Wilkinson · 1970
Jagged Edge
Duane Bendix · 1985
Black Sunday
Fowler · 1977
Yours, Mine and Ours
Howard Beardsley · 1968
Lawman
Luther Harris · 1971
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Filmography
43 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Jagged Edge | Duane Bendix | Film |
| 1982 | Beyond Reason | Dr. Grovenor | Film |
| 1981 | Separate Ways | Lawrence Stevens | Film |
| 1980 | The Nude Bomb | American Ambassador | Film |
| 1980 | Make Me an Offer | Glenn Harris | Film |
| 1979 | North Dallas Forty | Doctor | Film |
| 1979 | In Search of Historic Jesus | Joseph of Arimathea | Film |
| 1978 | The New Adventures of Heidi | Cousin Tobias | Film |
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Fowler | Film |
| 1977 | The Pinballs | Mr. Mason | Film |
| 1977 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Mr. Weeks | Film |
| 1976 | The Big Bus | Mr. Ames | Film |
| 1976 | St. Ives | Mickey | Film |
| 1976 | Time Travelers | Dr. Stafford | Film |
| 1976 | Fury of the Dragon | Frank P. Scanlon | Film |
| 1975 | Framed | Sen. Tatum | Film |
| 1975 | The Other Side of the Mountain | Dean | Film |
| 1974 | The Green Hornet | Dist. Atty Scanlon | Film |
| 1973 | Executive Action | Smythe | Film |
| 1972 | The Astronaut | Tom Everett | Film |
| 1971 | The Return of Count Yorga | Bill Nelson | Film |
| 1971 | The Mephisto Waltz | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web | Lt. Preston | Film |
| 1971 | Lawman | Luther Harris | Film |
| 1971 | The Andromeda Strain | Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited) | Film |
| 1970 | The Landlord | William Enders | Film |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Captain Theodore Wilkinson | Film |
| 1970 | Zig Zag | Adam Mercer | Film |
| 1969 | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | Jerry Wolfe | Film |
| 1969 | Marooned | Network Commentator | Film |
| 1968 | How Sweet It Is! | Haskell Wax | Film |
| 1968 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Howard Beardsley | Film |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Mr. McGuire | Film |
| 1966 | The Green Hornet | Frank P. Scanlon | TV |
| 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves") | Film |
| 1961 | Bloodlust! | Dean Gerrard | Film |
| 1958 | The Party Crashers | Mr. Webster | Film |
| 1955 | Conquest of Space | Gen. Samuel T. Merritt | Film |
| 1949 | C-Man | Joe | Film |
| 1942 | Murder in the Big House | Reporter (uncredited) | Film |
| 1942 | In This Our Life | Cab Driver (uncredited) | Film |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Reporter (uncredited) | Film |
| 1942 | Desperate Journey | Sgt. Warwick | Film |
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