---
name: "Foster Brooks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/foster-brooks"
fi1m_id: "foster-brooks"
imdb_id: "nm0111983"
tmdb_id: 164776
wikidata_id: "Q3248491"
roles: []
born: "11 May 1912"
died: "20 December 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:46:16.245257+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."
---

# Foster Brooks

## Identity

Foster Brooks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/foster-brooks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** foster-brooks
- **IMDb ID:** nm0111983
- **TMDB ID:** 164776
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3248491
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Brooks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3248491, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111983/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/164776

Actor. Born 11 May 1912 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Died 20 December 2001.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 May 1912, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- **Died:** 20 December 2001
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Brooks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3248491, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111983/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/164776

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Cannonball Run II*](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md) (35)

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## Biography

Foster Brooks (1912–2001) was an American actor and comedian. He began his career in radio as a newscaster and disc jockey in Louisville and Buffalo before moving into television and relocating to Los Angeles in 1960.

Brooks appeared in guest roles on series including *Bewitched* (1964), *The Munsters* (1964), *Bonanza* (1959), *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), *Mork & Mindy* (1978) and *Murder, She Wrote* (1984). He played Fisherman #1 in the 1984 film *Cannonball Run II*. He was best known for his recurring "lovable drunk" character on *The Dean Martin Show* and its celebrity roasts.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), Fi1m 35, as Fisherman #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *Cosby* (1996), series, Actor
- *The Giant of Thunder Mountain* (1990), as Doc (Townsman)
- *What a Dummy* (1990), series, as Jackie Clark
- *The Munsters Today* (1988), series, as Igor
- *GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords* (1986), as Stoneheart / Fossil Lord (voice)
- *Small Wonder* (1985), series, as Roland Cardwell
- *CBS Storybreak* (1985), series, as (voice)
- *Challenge of the GoBots* (1984), series, Actor
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Simon Thane
- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), as Fisherman #1 — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)
- *Oddballs* (1984), as Hardy Bassett
- *Mike Hammer* (1984), series, as Manny, The Great Mandrell
- *Smorgasbord* (1983), as The Pilot
- *Today's F.B.I.* (1981), series, as Rainey
- *The Steve Allen Comedy Hour* (1980), series, Actor
- *The Villain* (1979), as Bank Clerk
- *$weepstake$* (1979), series, as Edgar
- *Mork & Mindy* (1978), series, as Miles Sternhagen
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Frank 'Spider' Randall
- *Happy Birthday, Las Vegas* (1977), Actor
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as Carriage Driver
- *Super Seal* (1976), Actor
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, as Drunk Gambler
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Dale Abee
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, as Darryl Everson
- *The New Bill Cosby Show* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Partners* (1971), series, as Willy Cooper
- *The Late Liz* (1971), as Howard Borman
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, as Will Jackson
- *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as David Benton Miller
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Man, Citizen, Mr. Allen, Harry Sachs, George Selfridge
- *It Takes a Thief* (1968), series, as Drunk, Judge
- *The High Chaparral* (1967), series, as Drunk
- *The Flying Nun* (1967), series, as Passenger
- *Mr. Terrific* (1967), series, as 1st Man
- *The Monkees* (1966), series, as Conventioneer
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), series, as Englishman
- *Laredo* (1965), series, Actor
- *Green Acres* (1965), series, as Major, Drunk, Farmer #1, Charlie Williams
- *The Munsters* (1964), series, as The Admiral
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Stranger
- *Bewitched* (1964), series, as Robert Andrews
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, as Fiddlin Sam Dingle, Man
- *The Jetsons* (1962), series, as (voice)
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Judge Rogers, Judge
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Ed, Sporting Gentleman

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