Walter Brooke
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New York, New York, USA
It's hard to believe that American actor Walter Brooke, who always looked about 45 years old, actually made his first film in 1942 when he was all of 27. Confined for the most part to B productions after his film debut in Bullet Scars (1942), Brooke's film roles improved as he grew into his familiar businesslike demeanor, as in his plot-motivating character in Conquest of Space (1953). Character actors never seem to be out of work, and Brooke was no exception. A full two decades after his film bow, he was still getting good parts in films like The Graduate (1967) (as Mr. Maguire) and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). In between film assignments, Brooke kept busy on television. Among his many guest-starring spots (including the 1963 Twilight Zone episode "A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain"), Walter Brooke played Bill Herbert for two years on the early serial One Man's Family (1950-52); he was a regular two other soap operas, Three Steps to Heaven (1953) and Paradise Bay (1965); and he was seen as District Attorney Scanlon on the adventure series The Green Hornet (1966), costarring with Van Williams and a young Bruce Lee.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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81% | Jagged Edge |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Separate Ways |
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— | 1982 |
17% | The Nude Bomb (The Return of Maxwell Smart) |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | Make Me an Offer |
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— | 1980 |
84% | North Dallas Forty |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Joseph and His Brothers |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | In Search of Historic Jesus |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Beyond Reason |
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— | 1978 |
69% | Black Sunday |
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— | 1977 |
50% | Fun with Dick and Jane |
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— | 1977 |
44% | St. Ives |
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— | 1976 |
64% | The Big Bus |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | The Other Side of the Mountain |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Framed |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Stowaway to the Moon |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Harrad Summer |
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— | 1974 |
67% | Executive Action |
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— | 1973 |
No Score Yet | One Little Indian |
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— | 1973 |
63% | Lawman |
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— | 1971 |
67% | The Andromeda Strain |
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— | 1971 |
67% | The Return of Count Yorga (The Abominable Count Yorga) |
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— | 1971 |
55% | Tora! Tora! Tora! |
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— | 1970 |
92% | The Landlord |
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— | 1970 |
86% | Marooned |
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— | 1969 |
50% | Yours, Mine and Ours |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | Sergeant Ryker |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | How Sweet It Is! |
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— | 1968 |
87% | The Graduate |
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— | 1967 |
No Score Yet | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm |
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— | 1962 |
No Score Yet | Bloodlust |
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— | 1961 |
No Score Yet | The Party Crashers |
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— | 1958 |
60% | Conquest of Space |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | C-Man |
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— | 1949 |
No Score Yet | The Iron Major |
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— | 1943 |
No Score Yet | The Gay Sisters |
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— | 1942 |
90% | Yankee Doodle Dandy |
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— | 1942 |
No Score Yet | In This Our Life |
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— | 1942 |
67% | Desperate Journey |
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— | 1942 |
No Score Yet | The Male Animal |
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— | 1942 |
82% | They Died With Their Boots On |
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— | 1941 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Little House on the Prairie
1974-1983
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No Score Yet |
The Incredible Hulk
1978-1982
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No Score Yet |
Quincy, M.E.
1976-1983
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No Score Yet |
Charlie's Angels
1976-1981
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No Score Yet |
M*A*S*H
1972-1983
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No Score Yet |
The Rockford Files
1974-1980
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No Score Yet |
The Waltons
1972-1981
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No Score Yet |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-1977
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No Score Yet |
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-1977
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No Score Yet |
Kojak
1973-1978
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No Score Yet |
Ironside
1967-1975
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No Score Yet |
Bonanza
1959-1973
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No Score Yet |
The High Chaparral
1967-1971
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No Score Yet |
The Green Hornet
1966-1967
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83% |
The Munsters
1964-1966
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No Score Yet |
The Fugitive
1963-1967
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No Score Yet |
Perry Mason
1957-1966
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82% |
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
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No Score Yet |
Gunsmoke
1955-1975
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Quotes from Walter Brooke's Characters
Mr. Maguire: | There is a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it? |
Benjamin Braddock: | Yes, I will. |
Mr. Maguire: | Okay. Enough said. That's a deal. |
Mr. Maguire: | Plastics. |
Mr. Maguire: | Ben. |
Benjamin Braddock: | Will you excuse me? (turning around) Mr. Maguire. |
Benjamin Braddock: | Will you excuse me? [turning around] Mr. Maguire. |
Mr. Maguire: | (shaking his head and smiling) Ben. |
Mr. Maguire: | [shaking his head and smiling] Ben. |
Benjamin Braddock: | Mr. Maguire. |
Mr. Maguire: | I want to say one word to you, Benjamin. Just one word. |
Benjamin Braddock: | Yes, sir. |
Mr. Maguire: | Are you listening? |
Benjamin Braddock: | Yes, I am. |
Mr. Maguire: | Plastics. |