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Wilford Brimley

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: Acting

Born: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 1934-09-27

Died: 2020-08-01

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1969	True Grit	Minor Role (uncredited)	73
2	1971	Lawman	Marc Corman (uncredited)	65
3	1979	The China Syndrome	Ted Spindler	72
4	1979	The Wild Wild West Revisited	President Grover Cleveland	54
5	1979	The Electric Horseman	Farmer	61
6	1980	Amber Waves	Pete Alberts	85
7	1980	Brubaker	Rogers - Prison Board	71
8	1980	Roughnecks	Willie Clayton	60
9	1980	Rodeo Girl	Bingo Gibbs	100
10	1980	Borderline	Scooter Jackson	59
11	1981	Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill	Wally Haskell	58
12	1981	Absence of Malice	James J. Wells	66
13	1982	Death Valley	The Sheriff	51
14	1982	The Thing	Blair	81
15	1983	Tender Mercies	Harry	67
16	1983	10 to Midnight	Clem Malone	62
17	1983	High Road to China	Bradley Tozer	59
18	1983	Tough Enough	Bill Long	51
19	1984	Harry & Son	Tom Keach	58
20	1984	The Hotel New Hampshire	Iowa Bob	56
21	1984	The Stone Boy	George Jansen	69
22	1984	The Natural	Pop Fisher	69
23	1984	Country	Otis	64
24	1985	Cocoon	Benjamin Luckett	66
25	1985	Murder in Space	Dr. Andrew McCallister	48
26	1985	Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins	Harold Smith	62
27	1985	Ewoks: The Battle for Endor	Noa Briqualon	54
28	1986	Shadows on the Wall	Floyd Buckman	0
29	1986	Thompson's Last Run	Red Haines	0
30	1986	Act of Vengeance	Tony Boyle	56
31	1986	Jackals	Sheriff Mitchell	70
32	1987	End of the Line	Will Haney	52
33	1988	Cocoon: The Return	Ben Luckett	65
34	1989	Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid	Gov. Lew Wallace	69
35	1990	Eternity	King / Eric	36
36	1991	Blood River	U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler	45
37	1992	Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2	Grandpa Will	58
38	1993	Hard Target	Uncle Douvee	65
39	1993	The Firm	William Devasher	67
40	1994	Heaven Sent	Security Guard	43
41	1995	Mutant Species	Devro	37
42	1995	OP Center	Adm. Troy Davis	63
43	1995	The Good Old Boys	C.C. Tarpley	67
44	1995	Last of the Dogmen	Narrator (uncredited)	67
45	1996	My Fellow Americans	Joe Hollis	60
46	1997	In & Out	Frank Brackett	65
47	1998	A Place to Grow	Jake	80
48	1998	All My Friends Are Cowboys	Charlie	0
49	1998	Progeny	Dr. David Wetherly	49
50	1998	Summer of the Monkeys	Grandpa Sam Ferrans	54
51	1998	Lunker Lake		0
52	2000	Comanche		0
53	2001	The Ballad of Lucy Whipple	Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs	57
54	2001	Crossfire Trail	Joe Gill	63
55	2001	Brigham City	Stu	65
56	2002	The Round and Round	Governor	20
57	2002	Resurrection Mary	Morty	0
58	2003	Pitcher and the Pin-Up	Coach Weaver	62
59	2009	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Earl Granger	54
60	2016	Timber the Treasure Dog	Hawk Jones	57
61	2019	I Believe	Pastor	77
62		The Making of Comanche	Himself	0
63		The Natural: The Best There Ever Was	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	The Waltons		71
2	1972	The Waltons	Horace Brimley	71
3	1972	Kung Fu	Blacksmith	77
4	1977	How the West Was Won		69
5	1977	How the West Was Won	Sheriff Daniels	69
6	1977	The Oregon Trail		50
7	1978	The Awakening Land	Jude McWhirter	72
8	1986	Our House	Gus Witherspoon	60
9	1989	Seinfeld	Postmaster General Henry Atkins	83
10	1992	The Boys of Twilight	Bill Huntoon	55
11	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice	81
12	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Burt Mueller	70
13	1995	OP Center	Adm. Troy Davis	50