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
- The Ballad of Lucy Whipple as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
- Brigham City as Stu
2000
- The Making of Comanche as Self
- Comanche
1998
- Progeny as Dr. David Wetherly
- Summer of the Monkeys as Grandpa Sam Ferrans
- Lunker Lake as Storyteller
- 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
- The Good Old Boys as C.C. Tarpley
- Last of the Dogmen as Narrator (uncredited)
- OP Center as Adm. Troy Davis
- OP Center as Adm. Troy Davis
- Mutant Species as Devro
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
- Jackals as Sheriff Mitchell
- Thompson's Last Run as Red Haines
- Shadows on the Wall as Floyd Buckman
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
- The Natural as Pop Fisher
- The Hotel New Hampshire as Iowa Bob
- Harry & Son as Tom Keach
- Country as Otis
- The Stone Boy as George Jansen
1983
- 10 to Midnight as Clem Malone
- Tender Mercies as Harry
- High Road to China as Bradley Tozer
- Tough Enough as Bill Long
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
- Borderline as Scooter Jackson
- Rodeo Girl as Bingo Gibbs
- Amber Waves as Pete Alberts
- Roughnecks as Willie Clayton
1979
- The China Syndrome as Ted Spindler
- The Electric Horseman as Farmer
- The Wild Wild West Revisited as President Grover Cleveland
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)