Joe Brooks
Acting
Born 1923-12-14
Died 2007-12-05
Los Angeles, California, USA
40 credits
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Born in Los Angeles, Joe Brooks became an actor after graduating high school. He did some work as an extra, and his first speaking part was in the John Wayne WW II actioner The Fighting Seabees (1944). His acting career was interrupted by wartime service in the South Pacific. Returning to California after the war, he got back into acting again. He spent most of his career in bit parts and extra work until he was called to audition for the pilot for the western comedy series F Troop (1965). When told he would be testing for the part of the lookout, Brooks got the idea to play him as extremely nearsighted, making him virtually useless as a sentry. The pilot sold and Brooks was cast in the series as the "sight-impaired" lookout, Trooper Vanderbilt.
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Filmography
Acting
35 credits
Batman
Bewitched
The Six Million Dollar Man
I Dream of Jeannie
Rawhide
The Munsters
Gremlins
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Dakotas
East of Eden
Strangers on a Train
The Enemy Below
The Bad News Bears
The Rare Breed
Cheyenne Autumn
The Big Bus
Julius Caesar
The Young Lions
Flaming Star
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Wichita
The Fighting Seabees
Eye of the Tiger
Carson City
Advance to the Rear
I Died a Thousand Times
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Tall Man Riding
Illegal
Critic's Choice
Angel Baby
Pursuit
Rhubarb
Kisses for My President
Bachelor Flat
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