Wilford Brimley

Actor Sep 27 (died age 85) Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 1969–2019 (50 year career)

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Biography

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 appea…

Known For

Film

The Thing

Blair

Film

The Firm

William Devasher

Film

True Grit

Minor Role (uncredited)

Film

Cocoon

Benjamin Luckett

Film

Hard Target

Uncle Douvee

Film

Cocoon: The Return

Ben Luckett

Film

The Natural

Pop Fisher

Film

Brubaker

Rogers

Filmography

Acting (74)

Movies (63)

I Believe

2019

as Pastor

7.7

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was

2016

as Self

Timber the Treasure Dog

2016

as Hawk Jones

5.7

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

2009

as Earl Granger

5.4

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

2003

as Coach Weaver

6.2

Resurrection Mary

2002

as Morty

The Round and Round

as Governor

Crossfire Trail

as Joe Gill

Brigham City

as Stu

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

2001

as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs

5.3

The Making of Comanche

2000

as Self

Comanche

A Place to Grow

as Jake

Progeny

as Dr. David Wetherly

4.8

Summer of the Monkeys

1998

as Grandpa Sam Ferrans

5.4

Lunker Lake

1998

All My Friends Are Cowboys

1998

as Charlie

In & Out

as Frank Brackett

My Fellow Americans

as Joe Hollis

Last of the Dogmen

as Narrator (uncredited)

Mutant Species

as Devro

OP Center

as Adm. Troy Davis

The Good Old Boys

as C.C. Tarpley

Heaven Sent

as Security Guard

Hard Target

as Uncle Douvee

The Firm

as William Devasher

Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2

1992

as Grandpa Will

5.8

Blood River

1991

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

Act of Vengeance

as Tony Boyle

Shadows on the Wall

as Floyd Buckman

Jackals

as Sheriff Mitchell

Thompson's Last Run

as Red Haines

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

as Harold Smith

Cocoon

as Benjamin Luckett

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

1985

as Noa Briqualon

5.4

Murder in Space

1985

as Dr. Andrew McCallister

The Natural

as Pop Fisher

Harry & Son

as Tom Keach

Country

as Otis

The Hotel New Hampshire

as Iowa Bob

The Stone Boy

as George Jansen

10 to Midnight

as Clem Malone

Tender Mercies

as Harry

Tough Enough

as Bill Long

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

Brubaker

as Rogers

Borderline

as Scooter Jackson

Rodeo Girl

as Bingo Gibbs

Amber Waves

as Pete Alberts

Roughnecks

as Willie Clayton

The Wild Wild West Revisited

1979

as President Grover Cleveland

5.2

The China Syndrome

1979

as Ted Spindler

7.1

The Electric Horseman

1979

as Farmer

6.1

Lawman

1971

as Marc Corman (uncredited)

6.5

True Grit

1969

as Minor Role (uncredited)

7.3

Television (11)

OP Center

1995

as Adm. Troy Davis

5.0

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Burt Mueller

The Boys of Twilight

as Bill Huntoon

Seinfeld

as Postmaster General Henry Atkins

Our House

as Gus Witherspoon

The Awakening Land

as Jude McWhirter

How the West Was Won

The Oregon Trail

The Waltons

Kung Fu

as Blacksmith