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." He attended the University of Kansas Medical ...
[on his role in agreeing to help make One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)] They wanted to make a movie where real people had lived and died. I was quite ready to say, 'Yes, let's do that, and do that here.' And we did... [But] It was possible that my whole professional career would go up in flames. The thing I worried about was that it would be taken as a documentary rather than as the allegory that it is.
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Fact
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Served the nation in the United States Navy as a medical officer during World War II. He was involved in seven battles.
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Was survived by 3 children, 5 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.
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Incorrectly credited as "Dean R. Brooks" in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) because he was known on the set by his nickname, "Deaner".
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
Dr. Spivey
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
technical advisor - uncredited
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Completely Cuckoo
1997
Video documentary special thanks - as Dean Brooks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Doctor in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2013
Documentary short
Himself
Completely Cuckoo
1997
Video documentary
Himself - M.D., former superintendent, Oregon State Hospital
Known for movies
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) as Dr. Spivey
Completely Cuckoo (1997) as Thanks
The Doctor in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2013) as Himself
$800,000
