Henry Wilfrid Brambell was an Irish actor. He was best known for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son.
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A Hard Day's Night
Witchfinder General
Odd Man Out
In Search of the Castaways
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Carry On Again Doctor
The Adventures of Picasso
Holiday on the Buses
Alice in Wonderland
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Steptoe & Son
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
Death and Transfiguration
The Terence Davies Trilogy
The Small World of Sammy Lee
Crooks in Cloisters
Catch Me a Spy
What a Whopper
San Ferry Ann
Flame in the Streets
Serious Charge
Another Shore
Captured
The Boys
Some Will, Some Won't
The Salvage Gang
Cry WoIf
Where the Bullets Fly
Go Kart Go
The Island of Adventure
Urge to Kill
Lionheart
The Sinister ManHigh Rise Donkey
The Government Inspector
Cry Wolf
Break-InThe Importance of Being Earnest
Mano di velluto55 credits on file
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
All Creatures Great and Small
No Hiding Place
Maigret
Steptoe and Son
Sunday Night Theatre
The Buccaneers
Citizen Smith
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
The Adventures of William Tell
The Larkins
Armchair TheatreThey Met in a City
Never Say Die
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About this person
Henry Wilfrid Brambell was an Irish actor. He was best known for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son. He achieved international recognition in 1964 for his appearance alongside the Beatles in A Hard Day's Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney.
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1985 · aged 72
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