Wilford Brimley
Born: 1934-09-27 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Died: 2020-08-01
Known For: Acting
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
2016
- Timber the Treasure Dog as Hawk Jones
- The Natural: The Best There Ever Was as Self
2009
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Earl Granger
2003
- Pitcher and the Pin-Up as Coach Weaver
2002
- The Round and Round as Governor
- Resurrection Mary as Morty
2001
- Crossfire Trail as Joe Gill
- Brigham City as Stu
- The Ballad of Lucy Whipple as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
2000
- Comanche
- The Making of Comanche as Self
1998
- Progeny as Dr. David Wetherly
- Summer of the Monkeys as Grandpa Sam Ferrans
- Lunker Lake
- A Place to Grow as Jake
- All My Friends Are Cowboys as Charlie
1997
- In & Out as Frank Brackett
1996
- My Fellow Americans as Joe Hollis
1995
- Last of the Dogmen as Narrator (uncredited)
- OP Center as Adm. Troy Davis
- The Good Old Boys as C.C. Tarpley
- Mutant Species as Devro
- OP Center as Adm. Troy Davis
1994
- Heaven Sent as Security Guard
1993
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Burt Mueller
- Hard Target as Uncle Douvee
- The Firm as William Devasher
1992
- Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2 as Grandpa Will
- The Boys of Twilight as Bill Huntoon
1991
- Blood River as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
1990
- Eternity as King / Eric
1989
- Seinfeld as Postmaster General Henry Atkins
- Billy the Kid as Gov. Lew Wallace
1988
- Cocoon: The Return as Ben Luckett
1987
- End of the Line as Will Haney
1986
- Our House as Gus Witherspoon
- Act of Vengeance as Tony Boyle
- Shadows on the Wall as Floyd Buckman
- Thompson's Last Run as Red Haines
- Jackals as Sheriff Mitchell
1985
- Cocoon as Benjamin Luckett
- Ewoks: The Battle for Endor as Noa Briqualon
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Harold Smith
- Murder in Space as Dr. Andrew McCallister
1984
- Country as Otis
- Harry & Son as Tom Keach
- The Natural as Pop Fisher
- The Stone Boy as George Jansen
- The Hotel New Hampshire as Iowa Bob
1983
- Tender Mercies as Harry
- Tough Enough as Bill Long
- 10 to Midnight as Clem Malone
- High Road to China as Bradley Tozer
1982
- The Thing as Blair
- Death Valley as The Sheriff
1981
- Absence of Malice as James J. Wells
- Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill as Wally Haskell
1980
- Brubaker as Rogers - Prison Board
- Amber Waves as Pete Alberts
- Borderline as Scooter Jackson
- Roughnecks as Willie Clayton
- Rodeo Girl as Bingo Gibbs
1979
- The Electric Horseman as Farmer
- The Wild Wild West Revisited as President Grover Cleveland
- The China Syndrome as Ted Spindler
1978
- The Awakening Land as Jude McWhirter
1972
- The Waltons
- Kung Fu as Blacksmith
1971
- Lawman as Marc Corman (uncredited)
1969
- True Grit as Minor Role (uncredited)