Joe Brooks
Acting
1923-12-14 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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 told he would be testing for the part of the lookout, Brooks got the idea to play him as extremely nearsighted, making him virtually useless as a sentry. The pilot sold and Brooks was cast in the series as the "sight-impaired" lookout, Trooper Vanderbilt.
Filmography
Eye of the Tiger
1986 · Movie
Gremlins
1984 · Movie
The Big Bus
1976 · Movie
The Bad News Bears
1976 · Movie
Bite the Bullet
1975 · Movie
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Series
Pursuit
1972 · Movie
Vanishing Point
1971 · Movie
The Rare Breed
1966 · Movie
Batman
1966 · Series
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Series
F Troop
1965 · Series
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Movie
The Munsters
1964 · Series
Bewitched
1964 · Series
Kisses for My President
1964 · Movie
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · Movie
Advance to the Rear
1964 · Movie
Critic's Choice
1963 · Movie
The Dakotas
1963 · Series
Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962 · Movie
Bachelor Flat
1961 · Movie
Angel Baby
1961 · Movie
Flaming Star
1960 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
The Young Lions
1958 · Movie
The Enemy Below
1957 · Movie
There's Always Tomorrow
1956 · Movie
I Died a Thousand Times
1955 · Movie
Illegal
1955 · Movie
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Wichita
1955 · Movie
Tall Man Riding
1955 · Movie
East of Eden
1955 · Movie
Julius Caesar
1953 · Movie
Carson City
1952 · Movie
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · Movie
Rhubarb
1951 · Movie
Strangers on a Train
1951 · Movie
The Fighting Seabees
1944 · Movie