Walter Brooke
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1914-10-13 – 1986-08-20
Place of birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Brooke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Male Animal
1942Reporter (uncredited)
Conquest of Space
1955Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
The Return of Count Yorga
1971Bill Nelson
Executive Action
1973Smythe
The Graduate
1967Mr. McGuire
Framed
1975Sen. Tatum
C-Man
1949Joe
The Landlord
1970William Enders
The Green Hornet
1974Dist. Atty Scanlon
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Captain Theodore Wilkinson
Zig Zag
1970Adam Mercer
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969Jerry Wolfe
North Dallas Forty
1979Doctor
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
The Astronaut
1972Tom Everett
The Party Crashers
1958Mr. Webster
Desperate Journey
1942Sgt. Warwick
Bullet Scars
1942Trooper Walter Leary
How Sweet It Is!
1968Haskell Wax