Foster Brooks

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Foster Brooks

Acting May 11, 1912

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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 t…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie

7.8 1965 TV Show
Bewitched

Bewitched

7.8 1964 TV Show
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8 1962 TV Show
The Jetsons

The Jetsons

7.3 1962 TV Show
The Munsters

The Munsters

7.9 1964 TV Show
Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

7.5 1976 TV Show
Adam-12

Adam-12

7.1 1968 TV Show
Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch

7.3 1975 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1998
    The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    Movie Self - Roastee (archive footage)

  2. 1996
    Cosby

    TV show

  3. 1990
    The Giant of Thunder Mountain

    Movie Doc (Townsman)

  4. 1990
    What a Dummy

    TV show Jackie Clark

  5. 1988
    The Munsters Today

    TV show Igor

  6. 1988
    The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    TV show Self

  7. 1986
    GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

    Movie Stoneheart / Fossil Lord (voice)

  8. 1985
    Small Wonder

    TV show Roland Cardwell

  9. 1985
    CBS Storybreak

    TV show (voice)

  10. 1984
    Challenge of the GoBots

    TV show

  11. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Simon Thane

  12. 1984
    Cannonball Run II

    Movie Fisherman #1

  13. 1984
    Oddballs

    Movie Hardy Bassett

  14. 1984
    Mike Hammer

    TV show Manny, The Great Mandrell

  15. 1983
    All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

    Movie Self

  16. 1983
    Smorgasbord

    Movie The Pilot

More credits
  1. 1982
    Madame's Place

    TV show Self

  2. 1981
    Today's F.B.I.

    TV show Rainey

  3. 1980
    The Steve Allen Comedy Hour

    TV show

  4. 1979
    The Villain

    Movie Bank Clerk

  5. 1979
    $weepstake$

    TV show Edgar

  6. 1978
    Mork & Mindy

    TV show Miles Sternhagen

  7. 1978
    A Concert: Behind Prison Walls

    Movie Self

  8. 1978
    Fantasy Island

    TV show Frank 'Spider' Randall

  9. 1977
    Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

    Movie

  10. 1976
    Quincy, M.E.

    TV show Carriage Driver

  11. 1976
    Super Seal

    Movie

  12. 1976
    Joys

    Movie Self

  13. 1975
    Starsky & Hutch

    TV show Drunk Gambler

  14. 1975
    Switch

    TV show Dale Abee

  15. 1974
    Dinah!

    TV show Self

  16. 1974
    Police Woman

    TV show Darryl Everson

  17. 1973
    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    TV show Self

  18. 1972
    The New Bill Cosby Show

    TV show

  19. 1971
    The Partners

    TV show Willy Cooper

  20. 1971
    The Late Liz

    Movie Howard Borman

  21. 1968
    The Mod Squad

    TV show Will Jackson

  22. 1968
    Here's Lucy

    TV show David Benton Miller

  23. 1968
    Adam-12

    TV show Man

  24. 1968
    It Takes a Thief

    TV show Drunk