Wilford Brimley
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican actor and singer (1934-2020)
Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American actor. S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s.
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The Thing
The Firm
Hard Target
True Grit
Cocoon
In & Out
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Cocoon: The Return
The Natural
Brubaker
The China Syndrome
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Absence of Malice
10 to Midnight
Tender Mercies
My Fellow Americans
I Believe
Lawman
The Electric Horseman
The Hotel New Hampshire
High Road to China
Last of the Dogmen
Harry & Son
Borderline
Crossfire Trail
Death Valley
Progeny
Country
Act of Vengeance
Brigham City
Billy the Kid
OP Center
The Wild Wild West Revisited
End of the Line
Summer of the Monkeys
Mutant Species
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Timber the Treasure Dog
The Good Old Boys76 credits on file
Television 11
Seinfeld
The Waltons
Walker, Texas Ranger
Homicide: Life on the Street
Our House
How the West Was Won
Kung Fu
The Awakening Land
The Oregon Trail
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About this person
Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s. He became an established character actor in the 1970s and 1980s in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984), and Cocoon (1985). Brimley was known for playing characters at times much older than his age. He was the long-term face of American television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related television commercials for Liberty Medical, a role for which he became an Internet meme.
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