Acting
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.
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Also known as | Mr. McGuire |
Popular as | Acting |
Gender | MALE |
Birthday | October 13, 1914 (110 years old) |
Year | Movie & Role |
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1979 | North Dallas Forty as Doctor |
1975 | Framed as Sen. Tatum |
1975 | Stowaway to the Moon as Whitehead |
1974 | The Green Hornet as Dist. Atty Scanlon |
1973 | Executive Action as Smythe |
1972 | The Astronaut as Tom Everett |
1971 | The Return of Count Yorga as Bill Nelson |
1970 | The Landlord as William Enders |
1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! as Captain Theodore Wilkinson |
1970 | Zig Zag as Adam Mercer |
1969 | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting as Jerry Wolfe |
1968 | How Sweet It Is! as Haskell Wax |
1967 | The Graduate as Mr. McGuire |
1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves") |
1958 | The Party Crashers as Mr. Webster |
1955 | Conquest of Space as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt |
1949 | C-Man as Joe |
1942 | The Male Animal as Reporter (uncredited) |
1942 | Desperate Journey as Sgt. Warwick |
1942 | Bullet Scars as Trooper Walter Leary |