Joe Brooks

Known for ActingBorn 1923-12-14Died 2007-12-05Los 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Munsters

Bewitched

I Dream of Jeannie

Kisses for My President

Strangers on a Train

A Streetcar Named Desire

East of Eden

The Six Million Dollar Man

Gremlins

Batman

Rawhide

Vanishing Point

77 Sunset Strip

There's Always Tomorrow

The Enemy Below

The Bad News Bears

Julius Caesar

Cheyenne Autumn

The Young Lions

Bite the Bullet

The Dakotas

Flaming Star

Illegal

Eye of the Tiger

Wichita

The Rare Breed

F Troop

Robin and the 7 Hoods

I Died a Thousand Times

Cheyenne

Carson City

Angel Baby

The Fighting Seabees

Tall Man Riding

Rhubarb

Critic's Choice

Bachelor Flat

The Big Bus

Pursuit

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Advance to the Rear