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Wilford Brimley

Known for: Acting

Birthday: 1934-09-27

Deathday: 2020-08-01 (85 years old)

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Biography

Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor and singer. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s. He became an established character actor in the 1970s and 1980s in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984), and Cocoon (1985). Brimley was known for playing characters at times much older than his age. He was the long-term face of American television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related television commercials for Liberty Medical.

Filmography

All 73

Movies 64

TV Shows 9

Self 1

Wilford Brimley

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Filmography

All 73

Movies 64

TV Shows 9

Self 1

Narrator 1

I Believe (2019)

The Men of Outpost 31 (2016)

Timber the Treasure Dog (2016)

Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)

Pitcher and the Pin-Up (2003)

The Round and Round (2002)

Brigham City (2001)

Crossfire Trail (2001)

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001)

Comanche (2000)

Lunker Lake (1998)

Summer of the Monkeys (1998)

CHAPTER PERFECT (1998)

Progeny (1998)

A Place to Grow (1998)

All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998)

In & Out (1997)

My Fellow Americans (1996)

Last of the Dogmen (1995)

The Good Old Boys (1995)

OP Center (1995)

Mutant Species (1995)

Heaven Sent (1994)

Hard Target (1993)

The Firm (1993)

Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)

Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)

The Boys of Twilight (1992)

Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2 (1992)

Blood River (1991)

Eternity (1990)

Seinfeld (1989)

Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid (1989)

Cocoon: The Return (1988)

End of the Line (1987)

Our House (1986)

Act of Vengeance (1986)

Thompson's Last Run (1986)

Jackals (1986)

Shadows on the Wall (1986)

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

Murder in Space (1985)

Cocoon (1985)

Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Country (1984)

The Natural (1984)

The Stone Boy (1984)

The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)

Harry & Son (1984)

Tough Enough (1983)

Tender Mercies (1983)

High Road to China (1983)

10 to Midnight (1983)

The Thing (1982)

Death Valley (1982)

Absence of Malice (1981)

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill (1981)

Borderline (1980)

Rodeo Girl (1980)

Roughnecks (1980)

Brubaker (1980)

Amber Waves (1980)

The Electric Horseman (1979)

The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)

The China Syndrome (1979)

The Oregon Trail (1977)

How the West Was Won (1977)

Kung Fu (1972)

The Waltons (1972)

Lawman (1971)

Known for
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1934-09-27

Deathday
2020-08-01 (85 years old)

Birth name
Anthony Wilford Brimley

Place of birth
Salt Lake City, United States of America

Religion
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Citizenships
United States of America

Also known as
Anthony Wilford Brimley, A. Wilford Brimley, Wilford A. Brimley