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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 27, 1934
Died
August 1, 2020
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Also Known As
- Anthony Wilford Brimley
- A. Wilford Brimley
- Wilford A. Brimley
- ویلفورد بریملی
Wilford Brimley
1.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.7
Pastor
I Believe
2019
0.0
Self
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
2016
5.7
Hawk Jones
Timber the Treasure Dog
2016
5.4
Earl Granger
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
6.2
Coach Weaver
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2003
🎬
0.0
Morty
Resurrection Mary
2002
2.0
Governor
The Round and Round
2002
6.4
Stu
Brigham City
2001
6.3
Joe Gill
Crossfire Trail
2001
5.3
Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001
Credits
I Believe
as Pastor
2019
7.7
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
as Self
2016
0.0
Timber the Treasure Dog
as Hawk Jones
2016
5.7
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Earl Granger
2009
5.4
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
as Coach Weaver
2003
6.2
🎬
Resurrection Mary
as Morty
2002
0.0
The Round and Round
as Governor
2002
2.0
Brigham City
as Stu
2001
6.4
Crossfire Trail
as Joe Gill
2001
6.3
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
2001
5.3
🎬
The Making of Comanche
as Self
2000
0.0
Comanche
2000
0.0
🎬
Lunker Lake
1998
0.0
Summer of the Monkeys
as Grandpa Sam Ferrans
1998
5.4
Progeny
as Dr. David Wetherly
1998
4.8
A Place to Grow
as Jake
1998
8.0
All My Friends Are Cowboys
as Charlie
1998
0.0
In & Out
as Frank Brackett
1997
6.5
My Fellow Americans
as Joe Hollis
1996
6.0
Last of the Dogmen
as Narrator (uncredited)
1995
6.7
The Good Old Boys
as C.C. Tarpley
1995
6.7
OP Center
as Adm. Troy Davis
1995
5.9
OP Center
as Adm. Troy Davis
1995
5.0
Mutant Species
as Devro
1995
3.7
Heaven Sent
as Security Guard
1994
4.3
The Firm
as William Devasher
1993
6.7
Hard Target
as Uncle Douvee
1993
6.5
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Burt Mueller
1993
6.9
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice
1993
8.1
🎬
The Boys of Twilight
as Bill Huntoon
1992
5.5
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
as Grandpa Will
1992
5.8
Blood River
as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
1991
3.8
Eternity
as King / Eric
1990
3.4
Seinfeld
as Postmaster General Henry Atkins
1989
8.3
Billy the Kid
as Gov. Lew Wallace
1989
7.1
Cocoon: The Return
as Ben Luckett
1988
6.5
End of the Line
as Will Haney
1987
5.2
Jackals
as Sheriff Mitchell
1986
7.0
Our House
as Gus Witherspoon
1986
6.0
Act of Vengeance
as Tony Boyle
1986
5.6
Thompson's Last Run
as Red Haines
1986
0.0
Shadows on the Wall
as Floyd Buckman
1986
0.0
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
as Noa Briqualon
1985
5.4
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Harold Smith
1985
6.2
Murder in Space
as Dr. Andrew McCallister
1985
4.8
Cocoon
as Benjamin Luckett
1985
6.6
Country
as Otis
1984
6.4
The Natural
as Pop Fisher
1984
6.9
The Stone Boy
as George Jansen
1984
6.9
The Hotel New Hampshire
as Iowa Bob
1984
5.6
Harry & Son
as Tom Keach
1984
5.8
Tough Enough
as Bill Long
1983
5.1
High Road to China
as Bradley Tozer
1983
5.9
10 to Midnight
as Clem Malone
1983
6.2
Tender Mercies
as Harry
1983
6.7
The Thing
as Blair
1982
8.1
Death Valley
as The Sheriff
1982
5.0
Absence of Malice
as James J. Wells
1981
6.6
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
as Wally Haskell
1981
5.8
Borderline
as Scooter Jackson
1980
6.0
Rodeo Girl
as Bingo Gibbs
1980
10.0
Roughnecks
as Willie Clayton
1980
6.0
Brubaker
as Rogers - Prison Board
1980
7.1
Amber Waves
as Pete Alberts
1980
8.5
The Electric Horseman
as Farmer
1979
6.1
The Wild Wild West Revisited
as President Grover Cleveland
1979
5.1
The China Syndrome
as Ted Spindler
1979
7.2
The Awakening Land
as Jude McWhirter
1978
7.2
The Oregon Trail
1977
5.0
How the West Was Won
1977
6.9
How the West Was Won
as Sheriff Daniels
1977
6.9
Kung Fu
as Blacksmith
1972
7.7
The Waltons
1972
7.2
The Waltons
as Horace Brimley
1972
7.2
Lawman
as Marc Corman (uncredited)
1971
6.5
True Grit
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1969
7.3