Wilford Brimley

Personal Info

Birthday

September 27, 1934

Day of Death

2020-08-01

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Also Known As

Anthony Wilford Brimley

A. Wilford Brimley

Wilford A. Brimley

ویلفورد بریملی

Wilford Brimley

Biography

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.

Known For

Seinfeld

The Waltons

Walker, Texas Ranger

Homicide: Life on the Street

How the West Was Won

The Thing

Hard Target

The Firm

Filmography

2019
I Believe
as Pastor
2016
Timber the Treasure Dog
as Hawk Jones
2009
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Earl Granger
2003
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
as Coach Weaver
2002
Resurrection Mary
as Morty
The Round and Round
as Governor
2001
Brigham City
as Stu
Crossfire Trail
as Joe Gill
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
1998
Summer of the Monkeys
as Grandpa Sam Ferrans
Progeny
as Dr. David Wetherly
All My Friends Are Cowboys
as Charlie
A Place to Grow
as Jake
1997
In & Out
as Frank Brackett
1996
My Fellow Americans
as Joe Hollis
1995
Last of the Dogmen
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Good Old Boys
as C.C. Tarpley
Mutant Species
as Devro
1994
Heaven Sent
as Security Guard
1993
The Firm
as William Devasher
Hard Target
as Uncle Douvee
1992
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
as Grandpa Will
1991
Blood River
as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
1990
Eternity
as King / Eric
1989
Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid
as Gov. Lew Wallace
1988
Cocoon: The Return
as Ben Luckett
1987
End of the Line
as Will Haney
1986
Jackals
as Sheriff Mitchell
Act of Vengeance
as Tony Boyle
Thompson's Last Run
as Red Haines
Shadows on the Wall
as Floyd Buckman
1985
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
as Noa Briqualon
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Harold Smith
Murder in Space
as Dr. Andrew McCallister
Cocoon
as Benjamin Luckett
1984
Country
as Otis
The Natural
as Pop Fisher
The Stone Boy
as George Jansen
The Hotel New Hampshire
as Iowa Bob
Harry & Son
as Tom Keach
1983
Tough Enough
as Bill Long
High Road to China
as Bradley Tozer
10 to Midnight
as Clem Malone
Tender Mercies
as Harry
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
Borderline
as Scooter Jackson
Rodeo Girl
as Bingo Gibbs
Roughnecks
as Willie Clayton
Brubaker
as Rogers - Prison Board
Amber Waves
as Pete Alberts
1979
The Electric Horseman
as Farmer
The Wild Wild West Revisited
as President Grover Cleveland
The China Syndrome
as Ted Spindler
1971
Lawman
as Marc Corman (uncredited)
1969
True Grit
as Minor Role (uncredited)