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Dean R. Brooks

Birth Name:
Dean Kent Brooks
Birth Place:
Everett, Washington, United States
Profession
Actor
  • 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
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