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name: "Brooks West"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brooks-west"
roles: []
born: "22 February 1916"
died: "7 February 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T03:32:02.082811+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Brooks West

Actor. Born 22 February 1916 in Hillsboro, Texas, USA. Died 7 February 1984.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 February 1916, Hillsboro, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 7 February 1984
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5555450, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921959/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2549658

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Anatomy of a Murder*](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-murder.md) (87)

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## Biography

Brooks West was an American actor and producer. He played Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick in Otto Preminger's *Anatomy of a Murder* (1959), opposite his wife Eve Arden.

Born Dudley Brooks West on 22 February 1916 in Hillsboro, Texas, he graduated from the University of Texas and served in the US Air Force during the Second World War. He appeared in television series including *My Friend Irma* (1952–1953) and worked as associate producer on *The Eve Arden Show* (1957–1958). He also performed on Broadway and directed plays.

West married actress Eve Arden in 1952; they had four children. He died on 7 February 1984 in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Anatomy of a Murder* (1959), Fi1m 87, as Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick — [page](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-murder.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker* (1991), as actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Mothers-in-Law* (1967), series, as Professor Hutton
- *Anatomy of a Murder* (1959), as Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-murder.md)

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