Acting

Wilford Brimley

Born 1934-09-27 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Died 2020-08-01

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.

Credits

Newest first

I Believe
as Pastor
2019
The Men of Outpost 31
as Self
2016
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
as Self
2016
Timber the Treasure Dog
as Hawk Jones
2016
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Earl Granger
2009
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
as Coach Weaver
2003
Resurrection Mary
as Morty
2002
The Round and Round
as Governor
2002
Brigham City
as Stu
2001
Crossfire Trail
as Joe Gill
2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
2001
Comanche
2000
The Making of Comanche
as Self
2000
Lunker Lake
as Storyteller
1998
Summer of the Monkeys
as Grandpa Sam Ferrans
1998
CHAPTER PERFECT
as Hawkins
1998
Progeny
as Dr. David Wetherly
1998
A Place to Grow
as Jake
1998
All My Friends Are Cowboys
as Charlie
1998
In & Out
as Frank Brackett
1997
My Fellow Americans
as Joe Hollis
1996
Last of the Dogmen
as Narrator (uncredited)
1995
The Good Old Boys
as C.C. Tarpley
1995
OP Center
as Adm. Troy Davis
1995
OP Center
as Adm. Troy Davis
1995
Mutant Species
as Devro
1995
Heaven Sent
as Security Guard
1994
The Firm
as William Devasher
1993
Hard Target
as Uncle Douvee
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Burt Mueller
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice
1993
The Boys of Twilight
as Bill Huntoon
1992
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
as Grandpa Will
1992
Blood River
as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
1991
Eternity
as King / Eric
1990
Seinfeld
as Postmaster General Henry Atkins
1989
Billy the Kid
as Gov. Lew Wallace
1989
Cocoon: The Return
as Ben Luckett
1988
End of the Line
as Will Haney
1987
Jackals
as Sheriff Mitchell
1986
Our House
as Gus Witherspoon
1986
Act of Vengeance
as Tony Boyle
1986
Thompson's Last Run
as Red Haines
1986
Shadows on the Wall
as Floyd Buckman
1986
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
as Noa Briqualon
1985
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Harold Smith
1985
Murder in Space
as Dr. Andrew McCallister
1985
Cocoon
as Benjamin Luckett
1985
Country
as Otis
1984
The Natural
as Pop Fisher
1984
The Stone Boy
as George Jansen
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
as Iowa Bob
1984
Harry & Son
as Tom Keach
1984
Tough Enough
as Bill Long
1983
High Road to China
as Bradley Tozer
1983
10 to Midnight
as Clem Malone
1983
Tender Mercies
as Harry
1983
The Thing
as Blair
1982
Death Valley
as The Sheriff
1982
Absence of Malice
as James J. Wells
1981
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
as Wally Haskell
1981
Borderline
as Scooter Jackson
1980
Rodeo Girl
as Bingo Gibbs
1980
Roughnecks
as Willie Clayton
1980
Brubaker
as Rogers
1980
Amber Waves
as Pete Alberts
1980
The Electric Horseman
as Farmer
1979
The Wild Wild West Revisited
as President Grover Cleveland
1979
The China Syndrome
as Ted Spindler
1979
The Awakening Land
as Jude McWhirter
1978
The Oregon Trail
1977
How the West Was Won
1977
How the West Was Won
as Sheriff Daniels
1977
Kung Fu
as Blacksmith
1972
The Waltons
1972
The Waltons
as Horace Brimley
1972
Lawman
as Marc Corman (uncredited)
1971
True Grit
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1969