Wilford Brimley
Date of birth: 1934-09-27
Place of birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Anthony Wilford Brimley, A. Wilford Brimley, Wilford A. Brimley, ویلفورد بریملی
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.
Movie Credits
The China Syndrome
1979-03-16
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells
The Thing
1982-06-25
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985-10-11
An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S
Cocoon
1985-06-21
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves en
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1985-11-24
The army of the Marauders, led by King Terak and the witch Charal, attack the Ewoks village, killing
Hard Target
1993-04-27
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discove
In & Out
1997-09-10
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the
Roughnecks
1980-07-15
Ida McBride decides to drill for oil on her ranch, against her son Tom's wishes. A contentious crew
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
1992-01-01
An embittered WWII veteran returns to his grandfather's home in the Louisiana woods. The old man hel
The Electric Horseman
1979-12-21
A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in
Cocoon: The Return
1988-09-13
The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all d
The Natural
1984-05-11
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take
Borderline
1980-12-19
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has jus
Brigham City
2001-03-30
Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a
Crossfire Trail
2001-01-21
Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that h
Country
1984-09-29
Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus
Tender Mercies
1983-03-04
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friend
The Firm
1993-06-30
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approa
A Place to Grow
1998-01-01
Following his brother's death, a musician returns home to the farm. He intends to sell it, but over
Tough Enough
1983-04-14
An aspiring country singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters
OP Center
1995-02-26
Paul Hood is the newly appointed director of the OP Center, a special agency gathering a wide variet
10 to Midnight
1983-03-11
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances.
My Fellow Americans
1996-12-20
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents
End of the Line
1987-08-28
When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate he
Absence of Malice
1981-11-19
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected rack
High Road to China
1983-03-18
A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing fathe
Death Valley
1982-05-07
A divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley a
Harry & Son
1984-03-02
Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working
Progeny
1998-03-30
An unsuspecting woman is impregnated by aliens who are experimenting on the human population.
Summer of the Monkeys
1998-10-30
One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart.
Mutant Species
1995-01-19
A rocket containing bio-hazardous material to be disposed of by launching into space crashes in a re
The Stone Boy
1984-04-04
12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene live with their family on a farm in
Rodeo Girl
1980-09-17
Sammy Garrett, the wife of a champion rodeo performer, is tired of her subsidiary role at home as a
Heaven Sent
1994-01-01
Eddie, a fourteen-year-old juvenile delinquent of sorts, collides with a car during a petty theft an
Lunker Lake
1998-12-12
A puppet-starring fish story.
Eternity
1990-11-15
TV producer James has an extremely vivid dream, in which he is a prince struggling to keep the kingd
Thompson's Last Run
1986-02-16
A hardened con being transferred from a federal penitentiary to a Texas institution to finish a life
Shadows on the Wall
1986-01-01
A reporter becomes the target of a murderer when he starts investigating a fifty-year-old murder/sui
Murder in Space
1985-07-28
Set in the "not-so-distant future", the crew of an international space station are set to return tri
Act of Vengeance
1986-09-04
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and be
The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979-05-09
The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10
Timber the Treasure Dog
2016-02-05
A local villain is buying up all the ranches where 12 year old Mickey and his family live, and unles
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001-01-20
The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.
Comanche
2000-01-10
The heart warming true story of the only U.S. survivor of The Battle of Little Big Horn... the horse
Billy the Kid
1989-05-10
Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Tel
The Good Old Boys
1995-03-05
An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintainin
Blood River
1991-03-17
Jimmy Pearls, a directionless young drifter, kills Henry Logan's son and two other men after he foun
I Believe
2019-06-06
A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984-03-09
Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in
The Round and Round
2002-06-01
A state proposes a law banning cock fights.
Lawman
1971-03-11
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their cele
Amber Waves
1980-03-09
A drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009-12-17
New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling aro
Jackals
1986-09-19
Cops in a small town near the Mexican border find themselves caught up in a scheme that smuggles ill
Brubaker
1980-06-20
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially
Last of the Dogmen
1995-09-08
A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he see
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981-01-29
The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerun
True Grit
1969-06-11
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging h
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2003-06-14
Growing up in Las Vegas, Danny and Melissa meet at age eight and are destined to become life-long fr
All My Friends Are Cowboys
1998-01-01
All My Friends Are Cowboys is a musical play based on the formative years of Kelly C. Crabb, who wor
Resurrection Mary
2002-10-16
Resurrection is a small, unassuming rural town in Kentucky. It is a place known only for one peculia
The Making of Comanche
2000-01-10
Welcome to the behind-the-scenes journey of "Comanche," the true story of the only U.S. survivor of
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
2016-04-16
An average baseball film in the making comes out of seemingly nowhere to become one of the best spor