Walter Brooke

Walter Brooke

Actor

New York City, New York, U.S.
October 13, 1914

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.

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Representative Works

The Graduate
The Graduate
7.6
/ English
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.2
/ English
Jagged Edge
Jagged Edge
6.2
/ English
The Big Bus
The Big Bus
5.3
/ English
Black Sunday
Black Sunday
6.7
/ English
Lawman
Lawman
6.5
/ English
The Nude Bomb
The Nude Bomb
5.3
/ English
The Mephisto Waltz
The Mephisto Waltz
6.0
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Graduate
1967Winner

Best Performance

The Graduate

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Nominee

Best Performance

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Andromeda Strain
1971Nominee

Best Performance

The Andromeda Strain

Career Highlights

Jagged Edge
1985Highlight

Best Performance

Jagged Edge

Yours, Mine and Ours
1968Highlight

Best Performance

Yours, Mine and Ours

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