Foster Brooks
Born: 1912-05-11 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Died: 2001-12-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
Foster Brooks was one of eight sons and the son of a lawman. Getting his start in radio, Brooks was a newscaster and disc jockey in Louisville and Buffalo before making the move to television Brooks moved to L.A. in the 50s and began acting in television as well on stage as a stand-up comedian. He well known for his appearances on the Dean Martin Show and his character acting. Brooks died in California in 2001 at the age of 89.
Filmography
1998
- The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1996
1990
- What a Dummy as Jackie Clark
- The Giant of Thunder Mountain as Doc (Townsman)
1988
- The Munsters Today as Igor
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self
1986
- GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as Stoneheart / Fossil Lord (voice)
1985
- Small Wonder as Roland Cardwell
- CBS Storybreak as (voice)
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Simon Thane
- Challenge of the GoBots
- Mike Hammer as Manny, The Great Mandrell
- Cannonball Run II as Fisherman #1
- Oddballs as Hardy Bassett
1983
- Smorgasbord as The Pilot
- All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra as Self
1982
- Madame's Place as Self
1981
- Today's F.B.I. as Rainey
1979
- $weepstake$ as Edgar
- The Villain as Bank Clerk
1978
- Fantasy Island as Frank 'Spider' Randall
- Mork & Mindy as Miles Sternhagen
- A Concert: Behind Prison Walls as Self
1976
- Quincy, M.E. as Carriage Driver
- Joys as Self
- Super Seal
1975
- Starsky & Hutch as Drunk Gambler
- Switch as Dale Abee
1974
- Police Woman as Darryl Everson
- Dinah! as Self
1973
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
1971
- The Partners as Willy Cooper
1968
- Adam-12 as Man
- Here's Lucy as David Benton Miller
- The Mod Squad as Will Jackson
- It Takes a Thief as Judge
1967
- The High Chaparral as Drunk
- The Flying Nun as Passenger
- Mr. Terrific as 1st Man
1966
- The Monkees as Conventioneer
1965
- I Dream of Jeannie as Englishman
- Green Acres as Major
- Laredo
1964
- Bewitched as Robert Andrews
- Daniel Boone as Stranger
- The Munsters as The Admiral
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Beverly Hillbillies as Fiddlin Sam Dingle
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Jetsons as (voice)
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1959
- Bonanza as Judge Rogers
1955
- Gunsmoke as Ed
1950
- The Bob Hope Show as Self