Joe Brooks
Birthday
1923/12/14
Day of death
2007/12/05 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
John Joseph Brooks Jr.
Biography
Born in Los Angeles, Joe Brooks became an actor after graduating high school. He did some work as an extra, and his first speaking part was in the John Wayne WW II actioner The Fighting Seabees (1944). His acting career was interrupted by wartime service in the South Pacific. Returning to California after the war, he got back into acting again. He spent most of his career in bit parts and extra work until he was called to audition for the pilot for the western comedy series F Troop (1965). When ...Read more
Acting
(1963) Critic's Choice
as Catcher (uncredited)
(1964) Cheyenne Autumn
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1976) The Bad News Bears
as Umpire
(1964) Kisses for My President
as Photographer (uncredited)
(1955) I Died a Thousand Times
as Observer at Accident Scene (uncredited)
(1964) Advance to the Rear
as Pvt. Luke Bannerman (uncredited)
(1956) There's Always Tomorrow
as ---
(1955) Illegal
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1960) Flaming Star
as Man #5 at Crossing (uncredited)
(1964) Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Gisborne's Hood
(1955) East of Eden
as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
(1958) The Young Lions
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1961) Angel Baby
as Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited)
(1944) The Fighting Seabees
as Pilot (uncredited)
(1986) Eye of the Tiger
as Jake
(1972) Pursuit
as Cop
(1951) A Streetcar Named Desire
as Worker (uncredited)
(1961) Bachelor Flat
as Driver
(1976) The Big Bus
as Bus Passenger
(1951) Rhubarb
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
(1955) Wichita
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1984) Gremlins
as Dave Meyers (Santa)
(1975) Bite the Bullet
as ---
(1957) The Enemy Below
as German Soldier
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1965) F Troop
as ---
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Crane Driver
(1966) Batman
as Fat Man
(1964) The Munsters
as The 1st Workman
(1964) Bewitched
as Umpire
(1959) Rawhide
as Heckler
(1959) Rawhide
as Sentry
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Doorman
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Janitor
(1966) Batman
as Visor