

Cast & creator
Best known for Perry Mason, Perry Mason, Bonanza
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.
60
film credits
124
television credits
184
1941–1985 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Across film & television
Showing 184 of 184 credits

District Attorney
1957
Deputy D.A.
1957
Tobias Wentworth Finch
1959
Atworth Perry
1959
Henry
1979
Cole Young
1978
Samuel Hammock
1969
General Weiskopf
1972
Carter St. John
1981
Jesse Platt
1963
Wilcox
1963
Moderator
1963

Captain Wells
1967
Mark Mitchell
1967
Bill Kraike
1967
Sandler
1974


Dr. Max Gilliam
1976
Councilman Becker
1976
Judd Kenyon
1976
Twilliger
1976
Mr. Kellerman
1976
General Bullen
1983
Clyde Russell
1974
Mr. Gertmanian
1974
NIA Agent Bill Simonds
1974
Dr. Bosca
1974
Dr. Lunden
1982
Mr. Clarence Johnson
1972
William Fredericks
1961
General Harland Tate
1974
General Wiley
1974
Dr. Tellman
1974
Lt. Paul Kenner
1962
Chad Cooper
1959
Dr. Raymond Gordon
1959
James Barnes
1972
Daniel
1958

Jeff
1948
Detective
1948
Judge
1982



Lucas Vale
1965

Prosecutor
1965

Edward DeVier
1955
Dave Steigler
1965
Dr. Roy Staples
1969
Reggie Washburn
1977

Capt. Nichols
1955


John Wilcox
1972
George Webster
1972
The Examiner
1965
Richard Phillips
1965
Ralph Phillips
1965
Carney
1967
Robert Morris
1967

Curtis Harrison
1959
Capt. Carl Fuller
1967
Judge Lavery
1973
Danvers
1967
Dan Case
1964
Col. Arthur Merriam
1963



Capt. Harper
1962

U.S. President
1979
Doc Walters
1957

Boland
1950

Jess Capper
1963
Mr. Patrick
1971
Dr. Yates
1971
D. A. Chapman
1971
Martin Sandowski
1971

Doc
1963
Arthur Martin
1974

Frank P. Scanlon
1966
Mr. McGuire
1967
George Briggs
1981
Taylor
1963
Walter Peterson
1972
Orin Connover
1973
Capt. Vulcan
1966



Earl Jackson
1970


Theodore Behrens
1983

Mr. Brown
1953



Captain Theodore Wilkinson
1970Erickson
1962
Giles Webber
1977

Fairfield
1971


Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
1971

Duane Bendix
1985
Mr. Weeks
1977
Howard Beardsley
1968
Doctor
1979
The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
1962
American Ambassador
1980
American Intelligence Agent
1979
Reager
1974
Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
1941
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1942
Smythe
1973
Luther Harris
1971
Mr. Ames
1976
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Fowler
1977
Dist. Atty Scanlon
1974
Haskell Wax
1968
Mr. Denver
1974
Mickey
1976
Party Guest (uncredited)
1971
Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
1955
Bill Nelson
1971
Network Commentator
1969
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Walter Sheehan
1981
Sgt. Warwick
1942
Jerry Wolfe
1969
Dr. Stafford
1976
Michael Doran
1974
Frank P. Scanlon
1976
Rector
1971
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Dr. Rutgers
1981
Col. Arthur Merriam
1968

William Enders
1970
Lt. Preston
1971
Dean
1975
Ben
1974
Glenn Harris
1980
Tom Everett
1972
Whitehead
1975
Cousin Tobias
1978
Joe
1949
Sen. Tatum
1975
Dean Gerrard
1961
Clifford Foster Evans
1970
Dr. Grovenor
1982
Dr. Samuel Shaw
1979
Lawrence Stevens
1981
Adam Mercer
1970
Dr. Simon
1974
The Major
1976
Sam Grove
1974
Trooper Walter Leary
1942
Mr. Webster
1958
Leonard Phelps
1983
Mr. Mason
1977
Joseph of Arimathea
1979