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Walter Brooke appeared in four Bonanza episodes, "A Dime's Worth of Glory," "Stage Door Johnnies," "The Big Jackpot," and "The Luck of Pepper Shannon." Here he is as Tobias Finch, the dime novelist, in "A Dime's Worth of Glory." Tobias caused a lot of trouble trying to come up with sensational material for his stories.
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Walter Brooke was born in 1914 and began acting in the 40s. Some of his best known roles were in Tora! Tora! Tora!, Bloodlust!, and the series The Green Hornet, in which he played D.A. Frank Scanlon. He appeared on Trapper John, M.D., The High Chaparral, and The Waltons, and he was in Yours, Mine, and Ours with Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, and Tim Matheson. Walter passed away from emphysema in 1986.
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