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Wilford Brimley
Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley

ActingBorn September 27, 1934Died August 1, 2020 (age 85)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.

Filmography

2019
I Believe

as Pastor

Movie
2016Movie
2009Movie
2003
Pitcher and the Pin-Up

as Coach Weaver

Movie
2002Movie
2002Movie
2001Movie
2001
Crossfire Trail

as Joe Gill

Movie
2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs

Movie
2000Movie
2000Movie
1998
Lunker Lake

as Storyteller

Movie
1998
Summer of the Monkeys

as Grandpa Sam Ferrans

Movie
1998
Progeny

as Dr. David Wetherly

Movie
1998Movie
1998Movie
1997
In & Out

as Frank Brackett

Movie
1996
My Fellow Americans

as Joe Hollis

Movie
1995
Last of the Dogmen

as Narrator (uncredited)

Movie
1995
The Good Old Boys

as C.C. Tarpley

Movie
1995
OP Center

as Adm. Troy Davis

Movie
1995
OP Center

as Adm. Troy Davis

TV
1995Movie
1994
Heaven Sent

as Security Guard

Movie
1993
The Firm

as William Devasher

Movie
1993
Hard Target

as Uncle Douvee

Movie
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Burt Mueller

TV
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street

as Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice

TV
1992
The Boys of Twilight

as Bill Huntoon

TV
1992Movie
1991
Blood River

as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler

Movie
1990
Eternity

as King / Eric

Movie
1989
Seinfeld

as Postmaster General Henry Atkins

TV
1989
Billy the Kid

as Gov. Lew Wallace

Movie
1988
Cocoon: The Return

as Ben Luckett

Movie
1987
End of the Line

as Will Haney

Movie
1986
Jackals

as Sheriff Mitchell

Movie
1986
Our House

as Gus Witherspoon

TV
1986
Act of Vengeance

as Tony Boyle

Movie
1986
Thompson's Last Run

as Red Haines

Movie
1986
Shadows on the Wall

as Floyd Buckman

Movie
1985Movie
1985Movie
1985
Murder in Space

as Dr. Andrew McCallister

Movie
1985
Cocoon

as Benjamin Luckett

Movie
1984
Country

as Otis

Movie
1984
The Natural

as Pop Fisher

Movie
1984
The Stone Boy

as George Jansen

Movie
1984Movie
1984
Harry & Son

as Tom Keach

Movie
1983
Tough Enough

as Bill Long

Movie
1983
High Road to China

as Bradley Tozer

Movie
1983
10 to Midnight

as Clem Malone

Movie
1983Movie
1982
The Thing

as Blair

Movie
1982
Death Valley

as The Sheriff

Movie
1981
Absence of Malice

as James J. Wells

Movie
1981Movie
1980
Borderline

as Scooter Jackson

Movie
1980
Rodeo Girl

as Bingo Gibbs

Movie
1980
Roughnecks

as Willie Clayton

Movie
1980
Brubaker

as Rogers

Movie
1980
Amber Waves

as Pete Alberts

Movie
1979Movie
1979
The Wild Wild West Revisited

as President Grover Cleveland

Movie
1979
The China Syndrome

as Ted Spindler

Movie
1978
The Awakening Land

as Jude McWhirter

TV
1977
How the West Was Won

as Sheriff Daniels

TV
1972
Kung Fu

as Blacksmith

TV
1972
The Waltons

as Horace Brimley

TV
1971
Lawman

as Marc Corman (uncredited)

Movie
1969
True Grit

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 27, 1934
Day of DeathAugust 1, 2020
Place of BirthSalt Lake City, Utah, USA
Popularity1.2
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