Walter Brooke

Walter Brooke

Nascimento : 1914-10-13, New York City, New York, U.S.

Morte : 1986-08-20

História

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.

Perfil

Walter Brooke

Filmes

O Fio da Suspeita
Duane Bendix
A advogada Teddy Barnes relutantemente aceita o caso do editor Jack Forrester, que está sendo acusado de matar sua esposa por dinheiro. Enquanto o julgamento se desenvolve, ela continua imaginando, até o último instante, se Jack é um homem inocente ou um astuto criminoso manipulador.
Advice to the Lovelorn
Walter Sheehan
A failed pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in the tradition of shows like Fantasy Island. When she receives a letter, the writer's situation is played out for us, then she writes her advice and the writer reads her response and does his/her best to act upon it.
Scruples
Dr. Rutgers
Sequel to the 1980 mini-series, taking up the plot where it -- and Judith Krantz's source novel -- left off. Billy Ikehorn (Shelley Smith) is the owner of a chic Beverly Hills boutique against which romantic, corporate and political power plays unfold in the classic soap opera tradition. It was the pilot to a prospective series.
Separate Ways
Lawrence Stevens
A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair.
Make Me an Offer
Glenn Harris
Joyce Windsor is a woman who gets involved in the real estate game after the husband she helped put through law school dumps her. But she has to deal with Pete Strickland, the "King" of Beverly Hills real estate, who wants more than she cares to give for teaching her the ins and outs of the business.
Beggarman, Thief
American Intelligence Agent
In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, strives to pull the family together after the murder of brother Tom and the disappearance of brother Rudy by first reestablishing contact with her soldier son, and then patching things up with her sister-in-law, Kate, Tom's widow.
Mirror, Mirror
Dr. Samuel Shaw
A wealthy widow, a restless housewife, and a former model seek to reshape themselves through cosmetic surgery to please the men in their lives.
Heróis Sem Amanhã
Doctor
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
In Search of Historic Jesus
Joseph of Arimathea
Re-created Biblical tableaux mixed with interviews.
The New Adventures of Heidi
Cousin Tobias
Heidi leaves the mountains of Switzerland for a trip to New York City.
The Pinballs
Mr. Mason
Three orphans from very different backgrounds find themselves living with the same foster couple while waiting to be adopted.
Adivinhe Quem Vem Para Roubar
Mr. Weeks
Dick and Jane formam o casal de vida tranquila. Acabaram de construir a piscina da casa e são felizes por isso. Mas Dick inesperadamente perde o emprego. Endividados e sem ter como esconder a condição dos vizinhos, os dois decidem se tornar ladrões.
Domingo Negro
Fowler
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.
Beyond Reason
Dr. Grovenor
An unconventional psychiatrist slowly begins to question his own sanity.
As Incríveis Peripécias do Ônibus Atômico
Mr. Ames
Um professor e seu assistente constroem o primeiro ônibus movido a energia nuclear, apesar da oposição que representa interesses contrários. Entretanto quando uma bomba é colocada no ônibus cria diversos tumultos em sua primeira viagem.
Time Travelers
Dr. Stafford
When a novel virus devastates the world in 1976, Dr. Earnshaw notices that it resembles a virus that a Dr. Henderson found a cure for in 1871 Chicago. However, the doctor perished and his notes were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. Earnshaw is approached by a government agent, Jeffrey Adams, who informs him of a Top Secret time traveling technology and asks for his assistance in finding Dr. Henderson and his cure. But their adventure becomes a race against time when a glitch sends them back to the day before the fire instead of the planned four days.
Cinco Dias de Conspiração
Mickey
A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
Uma Janela Para o Alto
Dean
Jill Kinmont (Marilyn Hassett) é uma jovem de 18 anos que vive nos Estados Unidos de 1955. Ela se revela como um grande talento no esqui, e todos apostam que a menina ganhará os Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 1956. Mas acontece um acidente, e Jill quase morre depois de uma perigosa queda na neve.
Madrugada de Vingança
Sen. Tatum
Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.
Stowaway to the Moon
Whitehead
E.J. Mackernutt, Jr., an 11-year-old boy who has always been fascinated by space and astronauts, sneaks into Cape Kennedy and becomes a stowaway on a spaceship scheduled for a lunar landing. After he is discovered, NASA at first cancels the landing, but E.J. and the astronauts convince them to go forward with it. Problems arise when one of the astronauts is incapacitated by illness and the other two are stranded on the moon's surface, but E.J. is able to command the space capsule and save the day.
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Police looking for drug dealers mistakenly raid the house of a typical suburban family. However, rather than admit their mistake and jeopardize their careers, several of the police officers decide to plant heroin in the family's house, and change the records of the raid to make it look like the family was the target of their investigation all along. Based on a true story.
Harrad Summer
Sam Grove
Stanley, Harry, Sheila and Beth, four students from the 'free sex' Harrad College, spend the summer together to meet their families.
The Chadwick Family
Dr. Simon
A father finds himself taking care of a family that, in addition to his son and three daughters, also consists of two sons-in-law and his youngest daughter's Chinese boyfriend.
Winter Kill
Ben
Someone is shooting the residents of a mountain resort town. Sheriff McNeill (Andy Griffith) must figure out the connection that links the victims and find the sniper before he (or she) kills again, and before the town council relieves him of duty.
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Mr. Denver
A young woman searching for her birth parents in order to fulfill her sense of identity joins with an organization that fights the bureaucracy keeping adoption records sealed.
O Assassinato de um Presidente
Smythe
Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
The Astronaut
Tom Everett
An elaborate deception emerges when an American astronaut is lost on a mission to Mars. Space agency officials fearful of losing public support and government funding decide to cover up the accident by employing an exact double for the lost astronaut. The ruse begins to unravel when the wife of the lost astronaut realizes she is living with a different man. Although angered by the deception, the woman has fallen in love with the replacement and plans to keep the secret. They both have a change of heart and decide to reveal the secret when they discover a new Mars mission is underway.
A Tattered Web
Lt. Preston
A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on a local derelict.
The Return of Count Yorga
Bill Nelson
Count Yorga continues to prey on the local community while living by a nearby orphanage. He also intends to take a new wife, while feeding his bevy of female vampires.
Balada para Satã
Party Guest (uncredited)
Um satanista velho e moribundo organiza a transferência de sua alma para o corpo de um jovem pianista de concerto.
O Enigma de Andrômeda
Quando praticamente todos os moradores de Piedmont, no Novo México, são encontrados mortos após a queda de um satélite espacial, o chefe do Projeto Scoop da Força Aérea dos EUA declara uma emergência. Então um grupo de cientistas, liderados pelo Dr. Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), vão para uma instalação ultra segura conhecida como Wildfire para tentar descobrir e isolar uma possível forma de vida extraterrestre.
Mato em Nome da Lei
Luther Harris
Um homem da lei de Bannock chega no sábado para prender todos os pecuaristas cuja celebração selvagem no ano anterior resultou na morte acidental de um homem velho. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Rector
After his wife is murdered, a veteran cop quits the police department and becomes a priest. Several years later he is assigned to a parish where he meets the man who killed his wife -- and discovers that the killer was gunning for him instead. The first of two feature-length pilots for the series "Sarge."
Aeroporto Internacional de San Francisco
Clifford Foster Evans
This pilot for the TV series stars Pernell Roberts as Jim Conrad, who runs an airport, much to the chagrin of his boss, "his way." In this, two plots run - a kid whose parents are splitting up decides to take off in a little red prop plane (and Conrad talks him down), and thieves played by the handsome Tab Hunter and his truly ugly sidekicks try to steal a money shipment. Roberts was replaced by Lloyd Bridges when the show went to series.
Amor sem barreiras
William Enders
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.
Zig Zag
Adam Mercer
A dying man frames himself for murder so his widow can collect the reward.
Sem Rumo no Espaço
Network Commentator
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a Hurricane headed towards the launch site—and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Jerry Wolfe
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
How Sweet It Is!
Haskell Wax
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, all funny, vibrant and charming.
Os Seus, Os Meus, Os Nossos
Howard Beardsley
Um homem com 10 filhos se casa com uma mulher com oito filhos e formam uma enorme família. Quando um viúvo com 10 filhos se casa com uma viúva com oito, poderão os 20 viverem juntos como uma grande família feliz? Desde encontrar uma casa grande o suficiente para todos eles e aprender a fazer 18 merendas escolares, até lidar com um filho indo para a guerra e um acréscimo inesperado na família, "Os Seus, Os Meus, Os Nossos" tenta juntar duas famílias em uma e espera responder à grande pergunta: Maior Realmente É Melhor?
Clamor de Justiça
Col. Arthur Merriam
During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and sentenced to death but his attorney believes Ryker's innocent and asks for a new trial.
A Primeira Noite de um Homem
Mr. McGuire
Após se formar na faculdade, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) retorna para casa. Indeciso quanto ao seu futuro, ele acaba sendo seduzido pela senhora Robinson (Anne Bancroft) uma amiga de meia-idade de seus pais. Mas na verdade ele está interessado na filha dela, a bela Elaine Robinson (Katharine Ross).
O Mundo Maravilhoso dos Irmãos Grimm
The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
Bloodlust!
Dean Gerrard
Two couples are on a boating trip when they come across an uncharted island. The four investigate and find themselves in the clutches of Dr. Albert Balleau, whose hobby is hunting both animals and humans… The group tries to escape only to be thwarted by Dr. Balleau and his henchmen.
The Party Crashers
Mr. Webster
Troubled teenagers, ineffectual parents, and a climactic tragedy.
A Conquista do Espaço
Gen. Samuel T. Merritt
A team of American astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way.
Inner Sanctum: Dead Level
Johnny Brice
A hearse driver is drawn into a plot by a beautiful blonde to haul away a man she's murdered and take the body to a cemetery.
C-Man
Joe
A customs agent follows a jewel smuggler's trail of corpses from Paris to New York.
Nascida Para o Mal
Cab Driver (uncredited)
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
Assim é Que Elas Gostam
Reporter (uncredited)
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
Bullet Scars
Trooper Walter Leary
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.
O Intrépido General Custer
Cadet Rosser (uncredited)
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.