Walter Brooke was born on October 13, 1914 in New York City, New York, USA as Gustav William Tweer Jr. He was an actor, known for The Graduate (1967), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and Bloodlust! (1961). He was married to Yvonne White and Sara Hill Hynes Merriam. He died on August 20, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Walter Brooke
Movies
Rockford
James Garner stars as the offbeat Jim Rockford, an ex-con-turned-private-investigator who would rather fish than fight but whose instinct on closed cases is more golden than his classic Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes you on the cases of the lost and the…
Fun Facts
Brooke was an expert on Thomas Jefferson.
Brooke reportedly confided to his nephew that had he known that his character's line about plastics in The Graduate (1967) would become as iconic as it did, he'd have invested in them himself. The plastics market purportedly took off in 1968 due to the remark.
Brooke's favourite comedy was The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977). He loved to laugh, and said it was the funniest film he'd ever seen.
He served in the US military during World War II.