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Walter Brooke

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The Resume

    (October 23, 1914-August 20, 1986)
    Born in New York City, New York
    Birth name is Gustav William Tweer Jr.
    Appeared on Broadway in ‘Hide and Seek’ (1957), ‘Seagulls Over Sorrento’ (1952), ‘Twilight Walk’ (1951), ‘Two Blind Mice’ (1949), ‘The Barber Had Two Sons’ (1943), and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (1940)
    Selected filmography includes ‘You're in the Army Now (1941),’ ‘In This Our Life (1942),’ ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942),’ ‘The Party Crashers (1958),’ ‘The Graduate (1967),’ ‘Yours, Mine and Ours (1968),’ ‘Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970),’ 'Fun With Dick and Jane (1977),' and ‘Jagged Edge (1985)’
    Portrayed District Attorney Frank Scanlon on The Green Hornet (1966-67)
    Portrayed Mr. Clarence Johnson on The Waltons (1976-78)

Why he might be annoying:

    He married three times.
    Despite a decades-long career, he is only known as the family friend in The Graduate, who imparts advice to Benjamin Braddock about ‘Plastics.’
    He later said - had he known that his character's line would become as iconic as it did - he would have invested in them himself.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was an expert on Thomas Jefferson.
    He was active in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, serving as a director at both the local and national levels.
    The plastics market took off in 1968, partly due to his line in The Graduate.
    His motto was: ‘Each day will be better than the last, if you let it.’

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