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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 22, 1912
Died
January 18, 1985
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
- Wilfred Brambell
- Wilfred Bramble
Wilfrid Brambell
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.2
Porter
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
6.2
Robert Tucker (old age)
The Terence Davies Trilogy
1983
5.7
Robert Tucker
Death and Transfiguration
1983
🎬
4.5
Uncle Jocelyn
The Island of Adventure
1981
🎬
0.0
Ben Foxcroft
High Rise Donkey
1980
6.9
Alice B. Toklas
The Adventures of Picasso
1978
7.8
Dinsdale's Brother
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
6.3
Jack
Citizen Smith
1977
7.4
Bert Thompson
Holiday on the Buses
1973
6.8
Albert Steptoe
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973
Credits
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
as Porter
1984
5.2
The Terence Davies Trilogy
as Robert Tucker (old age)
1983
6.2
Death and Transfiguration
as Robert Tucker
1983
5.7
🎬
The Island of Adventure
as Uncle Jocelyn
1981
4.5
🎬
High Rise Donkey
as Ben Foxcroft
1980
0.0
The Adventures of Picasso
as Alice B. Toklas
1978
6.9
All Creatures Great and Small
as Dinsdale's Brother
1978
7.8
Citizen Smith
as Jack
1977
6.3
Holiday on the Buses
as Bert Thompson
1973
7.4
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Albert Steptoe
1973
6.8
Steptoe & Son
as Albert Steptoe
1972
6.2
Catch Me a Spy
as Beech
1971
4.6
🎬
Never Say Die
1970
0.0
Some Will, Some Won't
as Henry Russell
1970
4.8
Carry On Again Doctor
as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
1969
6.1
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
as Malipieri
1969
6.0
Cry WoIf
as Delivery man
1968
6.0
Witchfinder General
as Master Loach
1968
6.5
Lionheart
as Dignett
1968
6.0
Alice in Wonderland
as White Rabbit
1966
5.9
Where the Bullets Fly
as Train Guard
1966
4.5
San Ferry Ann
as Grandad
1965
6.3
🎬
The Importance of Being Earnest
1964
0.0
A Hard Day's Night
as Grandfather
1964
7.3
Go Kart Go
as Junkman Fred
1964
6.5
Crooks in Cloisters
as Phineas
1964
5.1
The Small World of Sammy Lee
as Harry
1963
5.9
In Search of the Castaways
as Bill Gaye
1962
6.5
The Boys
as Norman Albert Brewer
1962
7.8
Steptoe and Son
as Albert Steptoe
1962
7.8
The Sinister Man
as Lock-Keeper
1961
10.0
What a Whopper
as Postie
1961
5.9
Flame in the Streets
as Mr. Palmer senior
1961
5.9
🎬
They Met in a City
as Pop
1961
0.0
Maigret
as Jacob
1960
7.2
Urge to Kill
as Mr. Forsythe
1960
5.2
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Serious Charge
as Verger
1959
5.8
Captured
1959
4.6
The Larkins
as Ernshaw
1958
7.0
The Adventures of William Tell
as Josef
1958
6.3
The Salvage Gang
as Tramp
1958
6.3
The Government Inspector
as The Postmaster
1958
6.0
The Buccaneers
as Old Man
1956
5.5
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Fisherman
1956
6.5
Break-In
1956
0.0
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Fisherman
1955
6.3
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
1954
7.3
Sunday Night Theatre
as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
1950
3.5
Another Shore
as Arthur Moore
1948
5.5
Odd Man Out
as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)
1947
7.3