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Dean R. Brooks

Also Known As: Dean Brooks, Dean Kent Brooks

Biography: Dean Kent Brooks (July 22, 1916 – May 30, 2013) was an American physician and actor. Brooks was the superintendent of Oregon State Hospital for 27 years from 1955 to 1982. He was born in Colony, Kansas.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Colony, Kansas, USA

Adult: No

Birthday: July 20, 1916

Age: 108 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: May 30, 2013

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Overview: A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

Genres: Drama

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1975-11-19

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Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?

Overview: Psychiatrist Dr. Dean Brooks, who appears in the film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and others discuss how jails and prisons have become our new asylums and how community care, especially inadequately funded community care, is failing to help people. They also discuss the need for what his granddaughter, Dr. Ulista Brooks, describes as “true asylums” — the construction of new modern mental hospitals, and other important issues regarding care for the mentally ill.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2010-09-28

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Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Overview: Documentary on the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2009-02-16

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