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