Wilford Brimley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-09-27 (86 years old)

Deathday

2020-08-01

Place of Birth

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Wilford Brimley

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anthony Wilford Brimley 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.

Acting

1979

The China Syndrome

as Ted Spindler

1982

The Thing

as Blair

1985

Cocoon

as Benjamin Luckett

1993

Hard Target

as Uncle Douvee

1985

1997

In & Out

as Frank Brackett

1980

Roughnecks

as Willie Clayton

1988

Cocoon: The Return

as Ben Luckett

1984

The Natural

as Pop Fisher

1980

Borderline

as Scooter Jackson

2001

2001

Crossfire Trail

as Joe Gill

1984

Country

as Otis

1983

1993

The Firm

as William Devasher

1998

1983

Tough Enough

as Bill Long

1995

OP Center

as Adm. Troy Davis

1983

10 to Midnight

as Clem Malone

1996

My Fellow Americans

as Joe Hollis

1987

End of the Line

as Will Haney

1981

Absence of Malice

as James J. Wells

1983

High Road to China

as Bradley Tozer

1982

Death Valley

as The Sheriff

1984

Harry & Son

as Tom Keach

1998

Progeny

as Dr. David Wetherly

1998

Summer of the Monkeys

as Grandpa Sam Ferrans

1995

1984

The Stone Boy

as George Jansen

1980

Rodeo Girl

as Bingo Gibbs

1994

Heaven Sent

as Security Guard

1990

Eternity

as King / Eric

1986

Thompson's Last Run

as Red Haines

1986

Shadows on the Wall

as Floyd Buckman

1985

Murder in Space

as Dr. Andrew McCallister

1986

Act of Vengeance

as Tony Boyle

1979

The Wild Wild West Revisited

as President Grover Cleveland

2016

2001

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs

1989

Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid

as Gov. Lew Wallace

1995

The Good Old Boys

as C.C. Tarpley

1991

Blood River

as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler

2019

I Believe

as Pastor

2002

1971

Lawman

as Marc Corman (uncredited)

1980

Amber Waves

as Pete Alberts

1986

Jackals

as Sheriff Mitchell

1969

True Grit

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1980

Brubaker

as Rogers - Prison Board

1981

1995

Last of the Dogmen

as Narrator (uncredited)

2003

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

as Coach Weaver

2002

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