Biography
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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
all 77
Movies 66
TV Shows 11
self 3
Narrator 1
Pastor
I Believe (2019)
Movie
1
Hawk Jones
Timber the Treasure Dog (2016)
Movie
Earl Granger
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
Movie
Coach Weaver
Pitcher and the Pin-Up (2003)
Movie
Governor
The Round and Round (2002)
Movie
Joe Gill
Crossfire Trail (2001)
Movie
Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001)
Movie
Grandpa Sam Ferrans
Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
Movie
Chief Hawkins
CHAPTER PERFECT (1998)
Movie
Dr. David Wetherly
Progeny (1998)
Movie
Frank Brackett
In & Out (1997)
Movie
6
Joe Hollis
My Fellow Americans (1996)
Movie
Narrator (uncredited)
Last of the Dogmen (1995)
Movie
C.C. Tarpley
The Good Old Boys (1995)
Movie
Adm. Troy Davis
OP Center (1995)
TV
Adm. Troy Davis
OP Center (1995)
Movie
Security Guard
Heaven Sent (1994)
Movie
William Devasher
The Firm (1993)
Movie
5.18
Uncle Douvee
Hard Target (1993)
Movie
6
Burt Mueller
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
TV
5.63
Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
TV
6
Bill Huntoon
The Boys of Twilight (1992)
TV
Grandpa Will
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2 (1992)
Movie
U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
Blood River (1991)
Movie
King / Eric
Eternity (1990)
Movie
Postmaster General Henry Atkins
Seinfeld (1989)
TV
5.99
Gov. Lew Wallace
Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid (1989)
Movie
Ben Luckett
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Movie
5
Will Haney
End of the Line (1987)
Movie
Sheriff Mitchell
Jackals (1986)
Movie
Gus Witherspoon
Our House (1986)
TV
Tony Boyle
Act of Vengeance (1986)
Movie
Red Haines
Thompson's Last Run (1986)
Movie
Floyd Buckman
Shadows on the Wall (1986)
Movie
Dr. Andrew McCallister
Murder in Space (1985)
Movie
Benjamin Luckett
Cocoon (1985)
Movie
5.25
Pop Fisher
The Natural (1984)
Movie
5.38
George Jansen
The Stone Boy (1984)
Movie
Tom Keach
Harry & Son (1984)
Movie
Bill Long
Tough Enough (1983)
Movie
Bradley Tozer
High Road to China (1983)
Movie
Clem Malone
10 to Midnight (1983)
Movie
The Sheriff
Death Valley (1982)
Movie
James J. Wells
Absence of Malice (1981)
Movie
4
Wally Haskell
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill (1981)
Movie
Scooter Jackson
Borderline (1980)
Movie
Bingo Gibbs
Rodeo Girl (1980)
Movie
Willie Clayton
Roughnecks (1980)
Movie
Rogers - Prison Board
Brubaker (1980)
Movie
6
Pete Alberts
Amber Waves (1980)
Movie
President Grover Cleveland
The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)
Movie
Ted Spindler
The China Syndrome (1979)
Movie
4.79
Jude McWhirter
The Awakening Land (1978)
TV
Sheriff Daniels
How the West Was Won (1977)
TV
8
Horace Brimley
The Waltons (1972)
TV
6
Marc Corman (uncredited)
Lawman (1971)
Movie
Minor Role (uncredited)
True Grit (1969)
Movie
3.5
Himself
The Making of Comanche
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1934-09-27
Deathday2020-08-01 (85 years old)
Birth NameAnthony Wilford Brimley
Birth PlaceSalt Lake City, United States
ReligionThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsAnthony Wilford Brimley, A. Wilford Brimley, Wilford A. Brimley, ویلفورد بریملی
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