Walter Brooke
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.
Movie Appearances
The Male Animal
as Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Conquest of Space
as Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
1955
The Return of Count Yorga
as Bill Nelson
1971
Executive Action
as Smythe
1973
The Graduate
as Mr. McGuire
1967
Framed
as Sen. Tatum
1975
C-Man
as Joe
1949
The Landlord
as William Enders
1970
The Green Hornet
as Dist. Atty Scanlon
1974
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
1970
Zig Zag
as Adam Mercer
1970
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Jerry Wolfe
1969
North Dallas Forty
as Doctor
1979
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
1962
The Astronaut
as Tom Everett
1972
The Party Crashers
as Mr. Webster
1958
Desperate Journey
as Sgt. Warwick
1942
Bullet Scars
as Trooper Walter Leary
1942
How Sweet It Is!
as Haskell Wax
1968
Stowaway to the Moon
as Whitehead
1975
TV Appearances
Falcon Crest
as Carter St. John
1981
M*A*S*H
as General Weiskopf
1972
The Rookies
1972
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Arnie
1970
The Incredible Hulk
1977
The Great Adventure
as Taylor
1963
The A-Team
as General Bullen
1983
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Col. Arthur Merriam
1963
Little House on the Prairie
as Sandler
1974
The F.B.I.
as Lucas Vale
1965