Foster Brooks
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.
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Known For
Acting History
1998
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1996Cosby
1990The Giant of Thunder Mountain as Doc (Townsman)
1990What a Dummy as Jackie Clark
1988The Munsters Today as Igor
1988The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self
1986GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as Stoneheart / Fossil Lord (voice)
1985Small Wonder as Roland Cardwell
1985CBS Storybreak as (voice)
1984Challenge of the GoBots
1984Murder, She Wrote as Simon Thane
1984Cannonball Run II as Fisherman #1
1984Oddballs as Hardy Bassett
1984Mike Hammer as Manny, The Great Mandrell
1983All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra as Self
1983Smorgasbord as The Pilot
1982Madame's Place as Self
1981Today's F.B.I. as Rainey
1980The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1979The Villain as Bank Clerk
1979$weepstake$ as Edgar
1978Mork & Mindy as Miles Sternhagen
1978A Concert: Behind Prison Walls as Self
1978Fantasy Island as Frank 'Spider' Randall
1977Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1976Quincy, M.E. as Carriage Driver
1976Super Seal
1976Joys as Self
1975Starsky & Hutch as Drunk Gambler
1975Switch as Dale Abee
1974Dinah! as Self
1974Police Woman as Darryl Everson
1973The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
1972The New Bill Cosby Show
1971The Partners as Willy Cooper
1968The Mod Squad as Will Jackson
1968Here's Lucy as David Benton Miller
1968Adam-12 as Man
1968Adam-12 as Citizen
1968Adam-12 as Mr. Allen
1968Adam-12 as Harry Sachs
1968Adam-12 as George Selfridge
1968It Takes a Thief as Drunk
1968It Takes a Thief as Judge
1967The High Chaparral as Drunk
1967The Flying Nun as Passenger
1967Mr. Terrific as 1st Man
1966The Monkees as Conventioneer
1965I Dream of Jeannie as Englishman
1965Laredo
1965Green Acres as Major
1965Green Acres as Charlie Williams
1965Green Acres as Drunk
1965Green Acres as Farmer #1
1964Daniel Boone as Stranger
1964The Munsters as The Admiral
1964Bewitched as Robert Andrews
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962The Beverly Hillbillies as Fiddlin Sam Dingle
1962The Beverly Hillbillies as Man
1962The Jetsons as (voice)
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1959Bonanza as Judge Rogers
1959Bonanza as Judge
1955Gunsmoke as Ed
1955Gunsmoke as Sporting Gentleman
1950The Bob Hope Show as Self