Dr. Dean Brooks, who overcame opposition from colleagues and superiors to allow filming of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' at Oregon State Hospital, has died at 96. News Home Page ...

Dean Brooks, the psychiatrist who opened Oregon State Hospital’s doors to the filming of the 1975 Academy Award-winning movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” died May 30 at a retirement ...

That was Dr. Dean Brooks, the real life superintendent of Oregon State Hospital in Salem, who passed away on May 30th, 2013 at the age of 96.

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 ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Dr. Dean Brooks, the psychiatrist who opened the Oregon State Hospital's doors to filming of the 1975 Academy Award-winning movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" has died.

EVERETT — A celebration of life to honor Dr. Dean Brooks, who appeared in the film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Everett Golf &Country Club.

Because he was known as “Deaner,” he is mistakenly listed in “Cuckoo Nest’s” credits as Dean R. Brooks. Advertisement During World War II, he served in the Navy, spending 26 months at sea.