Wilfrid Brambell

Mar 22, 1912 - Jan 18, 1985 (72 years old) in Dublin, Ireland

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

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

Fisherman

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Maigret

Jacob

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No Hiding Place

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All Creatures Great and Small

Dinsdale's Brother

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The Buccaneers

Old Man

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Steptoe & Son

Albert Steptoe

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Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Albert Steptoe

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Witchfinder General

Master Loach

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Sunday Night Theatre

Old Man / Thin Prisoner

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

Old Man / Thin Prisoner

Credits

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 1984

Porter

★ 5.2
The Terence Davies Trilogy 1983

Robert Tucker (old age)

★ 6.5
Death and Transfiguration 1983

Robert Tucker

★ 5.9
The Island of Adventure 1981

Uncle Jocelyn

★ 4.5
High Rise Donkey 1980

Ben Foxcroft

★ NR
The Adventures of Picasso 1978

Alice B. Toklas

★ 7
All Creatures Great and Small 1978

Dinsdale's Brother

★ 7.7
Citizen Smith 1977

Jack

★ 6.2
Holiday on the Buses 1973

Bert Thompson

★ 7.6
Steptoe & Son Ride Again 1973

Albert Steptoe

★ 6.8
Steptoe & Son 1972

Albert Steptoe

★ 6.4
Catch Me a Spy 1971

Beech

★ 4.6
Never Say Die 1970

★ NR
Some Will, Some Won't 1970

Henry Russell

★ 4.8
Carry On Again Doctor 1969

Mr. Pullen (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence 1969

Malipieri

★ 6.2
Cry WoIf 1968

Delivery man

★ 6
Witchfinder General 1968

Master Loach

★ 6.5
Lionheart 1968

Dignett

★ 6
Alice in Wonderland 1966

White Rabbit

★ 5.9
Where the Bullets Fly 1966

Train Guard

★ 4.5
San Ferry Ann 1965

Grandad

★ 6.3
The Importance of Being Earnest 1964

★ NR
A Hard Day's Night 1964

Grandfather

★ 7.3
Go Kart Go 1964

Junkman Fred

★ 6.5
Crooks in Cloisters 1964

Phineas

★ 5.4
The Small World of Sammy Lee 1963

Harry

★ 6.2
In Search of the Castaways 1962

Bill Gaye

★ 6.4
The Boys 1962

Norman Albert Brewer

★ 7.8
Steptoe and Son 1962

Albert Steptoe

★ 7.8
The Sinister Man 1961

Lock-Keeper

★ NR
What a Whopper 1961

Postie

★ 5.9
Flame in the Streets 1961

Mr. Palmer senior

★ 5.5
They Met in a City 1961

Pop

★ NR
Maigret 1960

Jacob

★ 6.9
Urge to Kill 1960

Mr. Forsythe

★ 5.2
No Hiding Place 1959

★ 3.7
Serious Charge 1959

Verger

★ 6.4
Captured 1959

★ 4.6
The Larkins 1958

Ernshaw

★ 7
The Adventures of William Tell 1958

Josef

★ 6.3
The Salvage Gang 1958

Tramp

★ 6.3
The Government Inspector 1958

The Postmaster

★ 6
The Buccaneers 1956

Old Man

★ 5.5
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot 1956

Fisherman

★ 6.5
Break-In 1956

★ NR
Quatermass II 1955

Tramp

★ 5.9
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1955

Fisherman

★ 6.1
Nineteen Eighty-Four 1954

Old Man / Thin Prisoner

★ 7.4
Sunday Night Theatre 1950

Old Man / Thin Prisoner

★ 3.5
Another Shore 1948

Arthur Moore

★ 5.5
Odd Man Out 1947

Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)

★ 7.3