Wilford Brimley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 27, 1934
- Died
- August 1, 2020 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Biography
Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor and singer. After serving in the Marines and taking on a variety of odd jobs, he became an extra for Western films, and in little more than a decade he had established himself as a character actor in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), and The Natural (1984). Brimley was the longtime face of television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related commercials for Liberty Medical.
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Filmography
I Believe
Movie · as Pastor
Timber the Treasure Dog
Movie · as Hawk Jones
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Movie · as Self
The Men of Outpost 31
Movie · as Self
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Movie · as Earl Granger
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
Movie · as Coach Weaver
The Round and Round
Movie · as Governor
Resurrection Mary
Movie · as Morty
Brigham City
Movie · as Stu
Crossfire Trail
Movie · as Joe Gill
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Movie · as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
Comanche
Movie
The Making of Comanche
Movie · as Self
A Place to Grow
Movie · as Jake
Progeny
Movie · as Dr. David Wetherly
Summer of the Monkeys
Movie · as Grandpa Sam Ferrans
Lunker Lake
Movie · as Storyteller
All My Friends Are Cowboys
Movie · as Charlie
CHAPTER PERFECT
Movie · as Hawkins
In & Out
Movie · as Frank Brackett
My Fellow Americans
Movie · as Joe Hollis
OP Center
Movie · as Adm. Troy Davis
Mutant Species
Movie · as Devro
The Good Old Boys
Movie · as C.C. Tarpley
Last of the Dogmen
Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)
OP Center
TV · as Adm. Troy Davis · 2 eps
Heaven Sent
Movie · as Security Guard
Hard Target
Movie · as Uncle Douvee
The Firm
Movie · as William Devasher
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Burt Mueller · 2 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice · 1 ep
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
Movie · as Grandpa Will
The Boys of Twilight
TV · as Bill Huntoon · 1 ep
Blood River
Movie · as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
Eternity
Movie · as King / Eric
Billy the Kid
Movie · as Gov. Lew Wallace
Seinfeld
TV · as Postmaster General Henry Atkins · 1 ep
Cocoon: The Return
Movie · as Ben Luckett
End of the Line
Movie · as Will Haney
Thompson's Last Run
Movie · as Red Haines
Shadows on the Wall
Movie · as Floyd Buckman
Act of Vengeance
Movie · as Tony Boyle
Jackals
Movie · as Sheriff Mitchell
Our House
TV · as Gus Witherspoon · 46 eps
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Movie · as Harold Smith
Cocoon
Movie · as Benjamin Luckett
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Movie · as Noa Briqualon
Murder in Space
Movie · as Dr. Andrew McCallister
The Natural
Movie · as Pop Fisher
Country
Movie · as Otis
Harry & Son
Movie · as Tom Keach
The Stone Boy
Movie · as George Jansen
The Hotel New Hampshire
Movie · as Iowa Bob
Tender Mercies
Movie · as Harry
Tough Enough
Movie · as Bill Long
10 to Midnight
Movie · as Clem Malone
High Road to China
Movie · as Bradley Tozer
The Thing
Movie · as Blair
Death Valley
Movie · as The Sheriff
Absence of Malice
Movie · as James J. Wells
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Movie · as Wally Haskell
Roughnecks
Movie · as Willie Clayton
Borderline
Movie · as Scooter Jackson
Rodeo Girl
Movie · as Bingo Gibbs
Amber Waves
Movie · as Pete Alberts
Brubaker
Movie · as Rogers
The China Syndrome
Movie · as Ted Spindler
The Electric Horseman
Movie · as Farmer
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Movie · as President Grover Cleveland
The Awakening Land
TV · as Jude McWhirter · 3 eps
How the West Was Won
TV · as Sheriff Daniels · 1 ep
The Oregon Trail
TV · 2 eps
Kung Fu
TV · as Blacksmith · 1 ep
The Waltons
TV · as Horace Brimley · 5 eps
Lawman
Movie · as Marc Corman (uncredited)
True Grit
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)