Walter Brooke

Walter Brooke

​   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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Movies starring Walter Brooke (61)

Jagged Edge (1985)

Duane Bendix

Scruples (1981)

Dr. Rutgers

Separate Ways (1981)

Lawrence Stevens

The Nude Bomb (1980)

American Ambassador

Beggarman, Thief (1979)

American Intelligence Agent

Mirror, Mirror (1979)

Dr. Samuel Shaw

Framed (1975)

Sen. Tatum

The Green Hornet (1974)

Dist. Atty Scanlon

The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

Party Guest (Uncredited)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Assistant To Cabinet Secretary (Uncredited)

Lawman (1971)

Luther Harris

The Landlord (1970)

William Enders

Zig Zag (1970)

Adam Mercer

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Captain Theodore Wilkinson

Marooned (1969)

Network Commentator

Sergeant Ryker (1968)

Col. Arthur Merriam

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

The Mayor (Segment "The Cobbler And The Elves")

Bloodlust! (1961)

Dean Gerrard

Conquest of Space (1955)

Gen. Samuel T. Merritt

In This Our Life (1942)

Cab Driver (Uncredited)

Murder in the Big House (1942)

Reporter (Uncredited)

The Male Animal (1942)

Reporter (Uncredited)

Bullet Scars (1942)

Trooper Walter Leary

All Through the Night (1942)

Reporter (Uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

Cadet Rosser (Uncredited)

Same first name: Walter

Same surname: Brooke