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- Dr. Dean Kent Brooks, M.D., was born in Everett, Washington, in 1916. He was the head of the Oregon State Hospital in 1975 when the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) was filmed there. He starred, surprising enough, as the head of the psychiatric hospital in the film, "Dr. John Spivey, M.D."
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In the 1970s, he granted permission for the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) to be shot in the Oregon Hospital, [4] letting the film crew stay at the mental hospital; [5] Brooks also portrayed "Dr. John Spivey" in the film. [1]
May 31, 2013 · Dr. Dean Brooks, the superintendent of the Oregon psychiatric hospital where the Oscar-winning picture “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was shot — and who had a small, well-received on-screen...
Actor: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Dr. Dean Kent Brooks, M.D., was born in Everett, Washington, in 1916. He was the head of the Oregon State Hospital in 1975 when the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) was filmed there.
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Jun 6, 2013 · Brooks was the only hospital director willing to give unfettered access to Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz, producers of “Cuckoo’s Nest,” he once told the Associated Press.
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Dr. Dean Kent Brooks, M.D., was born in Everett, Washington, in 1916. He was the head of the Oregon State Hospital in 1975 when the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) was filmed there. He starred, surprising enough, as the head of the psychiatric hospital in the film, "Dr. John Spivey, M.D."
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- Salem, Oregon, USA
Sep 27, 2020 · On hand was the aforementioned hospital superintendent and psychiatrist, Dr. Dean R. Brooks. During production, Dr. Brooks noticed something amiss with actor William Redfield, who plays Harding (above, far left). Upon examination, Dr. Brooks rightly diagnosed Redfield with leukemia, which ultimately claimed Redfield's life 18 months later.
Jun 7, 2013 · Mental Health Association of P. Dr. Dean Brooks, who played the affable and sometimes too easygoing superintendent of an Oregon mental hospital in the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," has died. He was 96. Dr. Brooks' health had been declining for several weeks, his family said.
