- Walter Brooke once said 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.
- Brooke was an expert on Thomas Jefferson.
- His favorite movies include: The Sound of Music, Deliverance, Risky Business, Footloose, The Kentucky Fried Movie, The Graduate, Conquest of Space. Gulliver's Travels.
- Uttered one of the most iconic lines in film history. "Plastics." From The Graduate.
- Walter Brooke portrayed District Attorney Frank Scanlon in all 26 episodes of The Green Hornet (1966) TV series.
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