Wilfrid Brambell
Acting • Born 1912-03-22 – Died 1985-01-18
Biography
Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor and comedian, best remembered for his role in the television series Steptoe and Son. He also performed alongside The Beatles in their debut film A Hard Day's Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney.
Filmography
53 credits
A Hard Day's Night
Movie • 1964
Grandfather
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie • 1984
Porter
Steptoe & Son
Movie • 1972
Albert Steptoe
Witchfinder General
Movie • 1968
Master Loach
In Search of the Castaways
Movie • 1962
Bill Gaye
Death and Transfiguration
Movie • 1983
Robert Tucker
The Terence Davies Trilogy
Movie • 1983
Robert Tucker (old age)
Holiday on the Buses
Movie • 1973
Bert Thompson
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Movie • 1973
Albert Steptoe
Crooks in Cloisters
Movie • 1964
Phineas
Some Will, Some Won't
Movie • 1970
Henry Russell
Another Shore
Movie • 1948
Arthur Moore
Where the Bullets Fly
Movie • 1966
Train Guard
San Ferry Ann
Movie • 1965
Grandad
Captured
Movie • 1959
Urge to Kill
Movie • 1960
Mr. Forsythe
The Salvage Gang
Movie • 1958
Tramp
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
Movie • 1969
Malipieri
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 1964
The Sinister Man
Movie • 1961
Lock-Keeper
The Boys
Movie • 1962
Norman Albert Brewer
The Small World of Sammy Lee
Movie • 1963
Harry
What a Whopper
Movie • 1961
Postie
Cry WoIf
Movie • 1968
Delivery man
High Rise Donkey
Movie • 1980
Ben Foxcroft
Lionheart
Movie • 1968
Dignett
Go Kart Go
Movie • 1964
Junkman Fred
Catch Me a Spy
Movie • 1971
Beech
Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1966
White Rabbit
Serious Charge
Movie • 1959
Verger
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Movie • 1954
Old Man / Thin Prisoner
Flame in the Streets
Movie • 1961
Mr. Palmer senior
The Adventures of Picasso
Movie • 1978
Alice B. Toklas
The Island of Adventure
Movie • 1981
Uncle Jocelyn
Break-In
Movie • 1956
Carry On Again Doctor
Movie • 1969
Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
Odd Man Out
Movie • 1947
Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)
The Government Inspector
Movie • 1958
The Postmaster
Cry Wolf
Movie • 1968
Delivery man
Mano di velluto
Movie • 1966
Erwin McGowan
Steptoe and Son
TV • 1962
Albert Steptoe
Citizen Smith
TV • 1977
Jack
The Buccaneers
TV • 1956
Old Man
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
TV • 1956
Fisherman
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Fisherman
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Never Say Die
TV • 1970
The Adventures of William Tell
TV • 1958
Josef
Maigret
TV • 1960
Jacob
The Larkins
TV • 1958
Ernshaw
All Creatures Great and Small
TV • 1978
Dinsdale's Brother
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Old Man / Thin Prisoner
They Met in a City
TV • 1961
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