Wilford Brimley
Acting • Born 1934-09-27 – Died 2020-08-01
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 appeared in related commercials for Liberty Medical.
Filmography
76 credits
The China Syndrome
Movie • 1979
Ted Spindler
The Thing
Movie • 1982
Blair
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Movie • 1985
Harold Smith
Cocoon
Movie • 1985
Benjamin Luckett
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Movie • 1985
Noa Briqualon
Hard Target
Movie • 1993
Uncle Douvee
In & Out
Movie • 1997
Frank Brackett
Roughnecks
Movie • 1980
Willie Clayton
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
Movie • 1992
Grandpa Will
The Electric Horseman
Movie • 1979
Farmer
Cocoon: The Return
Movie • 1988
Ben Luckett
The Natural
Movie • 1984
Pop Fisher
Borderline
Movie • 1980
Scooter Jackson
Brigham City
Movie • 2001
Stu
Crossfire Trail
Movie • 2001
Joe Gill
Country
Movie • 1984
Otis
Tender Mercies
Movie • 1983
Harry
The Firm
Movie • 1993
William Devasher
A Place to Grow
Movie • 1998
Jake
Tough Enough
Movie • 1983
Bill Long
OP Center
Movie • 1995
Adm. Troy Davis
10 to Midnight
Movie • 1983
Clem Malone
My Fellow Americans
Movie • 1996
Joe Hollis
End of the Line
Movie • 1987
Will Haney
Absence of Malice
Movie • 1981
James J. Wells
High Road to China
Movie • 1983
Bradley Tozer
Death Valley
Movie • 1982
The Sheriff
Harry & Son
Movie • 1984
Tom Keach
Progeny
Movie • 1998
Dr. David Wetherly
Summer of the Monkeys
Movie • 1998
Grandpa Sam Ferrans
Mutant Species
Movie • 1995
Devro
The Stone Boy
Movie • 1984
George Jansen
Rodeo Girl
Movie • 1980
Bingo Gibbs
Heaven Sent
Movie • 1994
Security Guard
Lunker Lake
Movie • 1998
Storyteller
Eternity
Movie • 1990
King / Eric
Thompson's Last Run
Movie • 1986
Red Haines
Shadows on the Wall
Movie • 1986
Floyd Buckman
Murder in Space
Movie • 1985
Dr. Andrew McCallister
Act of Vengeance
Movie • 1986
Tony Boyle
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Movie • 1979
President Grover Cleveland
Timber the Treasure Dog
Movie • 2016
Hawk Jones
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Movie • 2001
Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
Comanche
Movie • 2000
Billy the Kid
Movie • 1989
Gov. Lew Wallace
The Good Old Boys
Movie • 1995
C.C. Tarpley
Blood River
Movie • 1991
U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
I Believe
Movie • 2019
Pastor
The Hotel New Hampshire
Movie • 1984
Iowa Bob
The Round and Round
Movie • 2002
Governor
Lawman
Movie • 1971
Marc Corman (uncredited)
Amber Waves
Movie • 1980
Pete Alberts
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Movie • 2009
Earl Granger
Jackals
Movie • 1986
Sheriff Mitchell
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Movie • 1981
Wally Haskell
True Grit
Movie • 1969
Minor Role (uncredited)
Brubaker
Movie • 1980
Rogers
Last of the Dogmen
Movie • 1995
Narrator (uncredited)
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
Movie • 2003
Coach Weaver
All My Friends Are Cowboys
Movie • 1998
Charlie
Resurrection Mary
Movie • 2002
Morty
The Making of Comanche
Movie • 2000
Self
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Movie • 2016
Self
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Postmaster General Henry Atkins
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Blacksmith
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Burt Mueller
How the West Was Won
TV • 1977
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Our House
TV • 1986
Gus Witherspoon
The Oregon Trail
TV • 1977
The Boys of Twilight
TV • 1992
Bill Huntoon
How the West Was Won
TV • 1977
Sheriff Daniels
OP Center
TV • 1995
Adm. Troy Davis
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Horace Brimley
The Awakening Land
TV • 1978
Jude McWhirter