Foster Brooks was one of eight sons and the son of a lawman. Getting his start in radio, Brooks was a newscaster and disc jockey in Louisville and Buffalo before making the move to television Brooks moved to L.A. in the 50s and began acting in television as well on stage as a stand-up comedian. He well known for his appearances on the Dean Martin Show and his character acting. Brooks died in California in 2001 at the age of 89.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 1998The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self - Roastee (archive footage)
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour — Self
• 1983All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra — Self
• Madame's Place — Self
• 1978A Concert: Behind Prison Walls — Self
• 1976Joys — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host, Self - Guest
• The Bob Hope Show — Self