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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-05-11 (112 years old)

Place of Birth

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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.

Known For

Acting

1998

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self - Roastee (archive footage)

1996

1990

What a Dummy as Jackie Clark

1988

1986

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as Stoneheart / Fossil Lord (voice)

1985

Small Wonder as Roland Cardwell
CBS Storybreak as (voice)

1984

Oddballs as Hardy Bassett
Cannonball Run II as Fisherman #1
Murder, She Wrote as Simon Thane
Mike Hammer as Manny, The Great Mandrell

1983

Smorgasbord as The Pilot

1982

1981

Today's F.B.I. as Rainey

1980

1979

The Villain as Bank Clerk

1978

Mork & Mindy as Miles Sternhagen
Fantasy Island as Frank 'Spider' Randall

1977

1976

Joys as Self
Quincy, M.E. as Carriage Driver

1975

Switch as Dale Abee
Starsky & Hutch as Drunk Gambler

1974

Dinah! as Self
Police Woman as Darryl Everson

1973

1972

1971

1968

Here's Lucy as David Benton Miller
Adam-12 as Man
Adam-12 as Citizen
Adam-12 as Mr. Allen
Adam-12 as Harry Sachs
Adam-12 as George Selfridge
The Mod Squad as Will Jackson

1967

Mr. Terrific as 1st Man
The Flying Nun as Passenger

1966

The Monkees as Conventioneer

1965

I Dream of Jeannie as Englishman
Green Acres as Major
Green Acres as Drunk
Green Acres as Charlie Williams
Green Acres as Farmer #1

1964

Daniel Boone as Stranger
Bewitched as Robert Andrews
The Munsters as The Admiral

1962

The Jetsons as (voice)
The Beverly Hillbillies as Fiddlin Sam Dingle

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1959

Bonanza as Judge Rogers
Bonanza as Judge

1955

Gunsmoke as Ed
Gunsmoke as Sporting Gentleman

1950