Dean R. Brooks Biography

Fast Facts

• Established a fund for the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care
• In 1942, he graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School
• Is best known for allowing hospital patients wear their own clothes rather than uniforms
• Worked as a licensed psychiatrist before becoming involved with film
• Served in the Navy as a medical officer during World War II
• While filming "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," he diagnosed actor William Redfield with Leukemia
• While attending college, he played trombone in various big band clubs