Wilfrid Brambell
Born: 1912-03-22 in Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1985-01-18
Known For: Acting
Biography
Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor and comedian, best remembered for his role in the television series Steptoe and Son. He also performed alongside The Beatles in their debut film A Hard Day's Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney.
Filmography
1983
- The Terence Davies Trilogy as Robert Tucker (old age)
- Death and Transfiguration as Robert Tucker
1981
- The Island of Adventure as Uncle Jocelyn
1980
- High Rise Donkey as Ben Foxcroft
1978
- All Creatures Great and Small as Dinsdale's Brother
- The Adventures of Picasso as Alice B. Toklas
1977
- Citizen Smith as Jack
1973
- Steptoe & Son Ride Again as Albert Steptoe
- Holiday on the Buses as Bert Thompson
1972
- Steptoe & Son as Albert Steptoe
1971
- Catch Me a Spy as Beech
1970
- Some Will, Some Won't as Henry Russell
- Never Say Die
1969
- Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence as Malipieri
- Carry On Again Doctor as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
1968
- Lionheart as Dignett
- Cry WoIf as Delivery man
- Witchfinder General as Master Loach
1966
- Alice in Wonderland as White Rabbit
- Where the Bullets Fly as Train Guard
1965
- San Ferry Ann as Grandad
1964
- A Hard Day's Night as Grandfather
- Go Kart Go as Junkman Fred
- Crooks in Cloisters as Phineas
- The Importance of Being Earnest
1963
- The Small World of Sammy Lee as Harry
1962
- The Boys as Norman Albert Brewer
- Steptoe and Son as Albert Steptoe
- In Search of the Castaways as Bill Gaye
1961
- The Sinister Man as Lock-Keeper
- What a Whopper as Postie
- Flame in the Streets as Mr. Palmer senior
- They Met in a City as Pop
1960
- Maigret as Jacob
- Urge to Kill as Mr. Forsythe
1959
- No Hiding Place
- Captured
- Serious Charge as Verger
1958
- The Adventures of William Tell as Josef
- The Government Inspector as The Postmaster
- The Larkins as Ernshaw
- The Salvage Gang as Tramp
1956
- The Buccaneers as Old Man
- Break-In
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot as Fisherman
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Fisherman
1954
- Nineteen Eighty-Four as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
1948
- Another Shore as Arthur Moore
1947
- Odd Man Out as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)