Acting
Wilford Brimley
EN cinema · 65 credits
Born
27 September 1934
Died
1 August 2020 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Also known as Anthony Wilford Brimley · A. Wilford Brimley · Wilford A. Brimley · ویلفورد بریملی
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.
Known for
Filmography
I Believe
as Pastor
Timber the Treasure Dog
as Hawk Jones
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Earl Granger
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
as Coach Weaver
The Round and Round
as Governor
Brigham City
as Stu
Crossfire Trail
as Joe Gill
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
Comanche
Actor
A Place to Grow
as Jake
Progeny
as Dr. David Wetherly
Summer of the Monkeys
as Grandpa Sam Ferrans
Lunker Lake
1998
Lunker Lake
as Storyteller
All My Friends Are Cowboys
as Charlie
CHAPTER PERFECT
as Hawkins
In & Out
as Frank Brackett
My Fellow Americans
as Joe Hollis
OP Center
as Adm. Troy Davis
Mutant Species
as Devro
The Good Old Boys
as C.C. Tarpley
Last of the Dogmen
as Narrator (uncredited)
Heaven Sent
as Security Guard
Hard Target
as Uncle Douvee
The Firm
as William Devasher
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
as Grandpa Will
Blood River
as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
Eternity
as King / Eric
Billy the Kid
as Gov. Lew Wallace
Cocoon: The Return
as Ben Luckett
End of the Line
as Will Haney
Thompson's Last Run
as Red Haines
Shadows on the Wall
as Floyd Buckman
Act of Vengeance
as Tony Boyle
Jackals
as Sheriff Mitchell
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Harold Smith
Cocoon
as Benjamin Luckett
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
as Noa Briqualon
Murder in Space
as Dr. Andrew McCallister
The Natural
as Pop Fisher
Country
as Otis
Harry & Son
as Tom Keach
The Stone Boy
as George Jansen
The Hotel New Hampshire
as Iowa Bob
Tender Mercies
as Harry
Tough Enough
as Bill Long
10 to Midnight
as Clem Malone
High Road to China
as Bradley Tozer
The Thing
as Blair
Death Valley
as The Sheriff
Absence of Malice
as James J. Wells
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
as Wally Haskell
Roughnecks
as Willie Clayton
Borderline
as Scooter Jackson
Rodeo Girl
as Bingo Gibbs
Amber Waves
as Pete Alberts
Brubaker
as Rogers
The China Syndrome
as Ted Spindler
The Electric Horseman
as Farmer
The Wild Wild West Revisited
as President Grover Cleveland
Lawman
as Marc Corman (uncredited)
True Grit
as Minor Role (uncredited)