Wilford Brimley

Sep 27, 1934 - Aug 01, 2020 (85 years old) in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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Anthony Wilford Brimley 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

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Seinfeld

Postmaster General Henry Atkins

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Homicide: Life on the Street

Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice

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The Waltons

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Walker, Texas Ranger

Burt Mueller

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How the West Was Won

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The Awakening Land

Jude McWhirter

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The Oregon Trail

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Our House

Gus Witherspoon

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OP Center

Adm. Troy Davis

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The Thing

Blair

Credits

The Making of Comanche Future

Himself

★ NR
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was Future

Self

★ NR
I Believe 2019

Pastor

★ 7.7
Timber the Treasure Dog 2016

Hawk Jones

★ 5.9
Did You Hear About the Morgans? 2009

Earl Granger

★ 5.4
Pitcher and the Pin-Up 2003

Coach Weaver

★ 6.2
Resurrection Mary 2002

Morty

★ NR
The Round and Round 2002

Governor

★ 2
Brigham City 2001

Stu

★ 6.5
Crossfire Trail 2001

Joe Gill

★ 6.3
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple 2001

Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs

★ 5.7
Comanche 2000

★ NR
Lunker Lake 1998

★ NR
Summer of the Monkeys 1998

Grandpa Sam Ferrans

★ 5.4
Progeny 1998

Dr. David Wetherly

★ 4.9
A Place to Grow 1998

Jake

★ 8
All My Friends Are Cowboys 1998

Charlie

★ NR
In & Out 1997

Frank Brackett

★ 6.5
My Fellow Americans 1996

Joe Hollis

★ 6
Last of the Dogmen 1995

Narrator (uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Good Old Boys 1995

C.C. Tarpley

★ 6.7
OP Center 1995

Adm. Troy Davis

★ 6.3
Mutant Species 1995

Devro

★ 3.7
Heaven Sent 1994

Security Guard

★ 4.3
The Firm 1993

William Devasher

★ 6.7
Hard Target 1993

Uncle Douvee

★ 6.5
Walker, Texas Ranger 1993

Burt Mueller

★ 7
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993

Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice

★ 8.1
The Boys of Twilight 1992

Bill Huntoon

★ 5.5
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2 1992

Grandpa Will

★ 5.8
Blood River 1991

U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler

★ 4.5
Eternity 1990

King / Eric

★ 3.6
Seinfeld 1989

Postmaster General Henry Atkins

★ 8.3
Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid 1989

Gov. Lew Wallace

★ 6.9
Cocoon: The Return 1988

Ben Luckett

★ 6.5
End of the Line 1987

Will Haney

★ 5.2
Jackals 1986

Sheriff Mitchell

★ 7
Our House 1986

Gus Witherspoon

★ 6
Act of Vengeance 1986

Tony Boyle

★ 5.6
Thompson's Last Run 1986

Red Haines

★ NR
Shadows on the Wall 1986

Floyd Buckman

★ NR
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor 1985

Noa Briqualon

★ 5.4
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins 1985

Harold Smith

★ 6.2
Murder in Space 1985

Dr. Andrew McCallister

★ 4.8
Cocoon 1985

Benjamin Luckett

★ 6.6
Country 1984

Otis

★ 6.4
The Natural 1984

Pop Fisher

★ 6.9
The Stone Boy 1984

George Jansen

★ 6.8
The Hotel New Hampshire 1984

Iowa Bob

★ 5.6
Harry & Son 1984

Tom Keach

★ 5.8
Tough Enough 1983

Bill Long

★ 5.1
High Road to China 1983

Bradley Tozer

★ 5.9
10 to Midnight 1983

Clem Malone

★ 6.2
Tender Mercies 1983

Harry

★ 6.7
The Thing 1982

Blair

★ 8.1
Death Valley 1982

The Sheriff

★ 5.1
Absence of Malice 1981

James J. Wells

★ 6.6
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill 1981

Wally Haskell

★ 5.8
Borderline 1980

Scooter Jackson

★ 5.8
Rodeo Girl 1980

Bingo Gibbs

★ 10
Roughnecks 1980

Willie Clayton

★ 6
Brubaker 1980

Rogers - Prison Board

★ 7.1
Amber Waves 1980

Pete Alberts

★ 8.5
The Electric Horseman 1979

Farmer

★ 6.1
The Wild Wild West Revisited 1979

President Grover Cleveland

★ 5.1
The China Syndrome 1979

Ted Spindler

★ 7.2
The Awakening Land 1978

Jude McWhirter

★ 7.2
The Oregon Trail 1977

★ 5
How the West Was Won 1977

★ 6.9
Kung Fu 1972

★ 7.6
The Waltons 1972

★ 7.1
Lawman 1971

Marc Corman (uncredited)

★ 6.5
True Grit 1969

Minor Role (uncredited)

★ 7.3

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