Wilfrid Brambell
Date of birth: 1912-03-22
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Wilfred Brambell, Wilfred Bramble
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.
Movie Credits
A Hard Day's Night
1964-07-07
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984-08-17
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game
Steptoe & Son
1972-03-01
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the nei
Witchfinder General
1968-05-17
England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the count
In Search of the Castaways
1962-12-01
Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Mauric
The Terence Davies Trilogy
1983-11-01
In stark black and white, Terence Davies excavates the life of his fictional alter ego, Robert Tucke
Death and Transfiguration
1983-06-22
A British man on his deathbed recalls moments from his life.
Holiday on the Buses
1973-05-19
Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and c
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973-05-01
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the nei
Crooks in Cloisters
1964-01-01
Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of L
Some Will, Some Won't
1970-04-01
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical jok
Another Shore
1948-11-24
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the E
Where the Bullets Fly
1966-09-06
In a spoof of the spy genre a secret agent chases a missing formula that can drain nuclear energy fr
San Ferry Ann
1965-07-01
A motley crew of British characters ride The San Ferry Ann to the shores of France where they embark
Captured
1959-01-01
Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph Corpo
Urge to Kill
1960-03-01
A psychopathic killer murders three girls before police catch him.
The Salvage Gang
1958-08-01
Four children try to raise money to replace a broken saw, taking them on an unexpected journey throu
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
1969-10-30
Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a descr
The Importance of Being Earnest
1964-11-15
TV adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. Jack pretends to be his foolish younger brother, Ernest in or
The Sinister Man
1961-12-01
When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or j
The Boys
1962-08-31
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime.
The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963-04-20
The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes mo
What a Whopper
1961-10-17
A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher wil
Cry WoIf
1968-12-01
A highly imaginative boy involves his friends in a series of false alarms, with the result that nobo
Lionheart
1968-01-01
A lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy.
High Rise Donkey
1980-01-01
The efforts of three children, who live in high rise flats, to save a donkey from two small-time cro
Go Kart Go
1964-06-15
Jimpy leads a gang of kids as they attempt to beat another gang, no matter how underhanded their tac
Catch Me a Spy
1971-09-06
While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, sh
Alice in Wonderland
1966-12-28
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lew
Serious Charge
1959-04-30
Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previ
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954-12-16
A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') be
Flame in the Streets
1961-06-19
Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manife
The Adventures of Picasso
1978-05-20
A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right
The Island of Adventure
1981-12-01
Four British teens on vacation visit an island and discover that a terrorist group is using it as th
Break-In
1956-04-30
A dramatised training film for the Military Police showing the correct methods and procedures that s
Carry On Again Doctor
1969-12-05
Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion b
Odd Man Out
1947-01-30
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
The Government Inspector
1958-02-09
Gogol's comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption