Wilford Brimley
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Seinfeld
Postmaster General Henry Atkins
1989
Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice
1993
Series
The Waltons
1972
Series
The Waltons
Horace Brimley
1972
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Burt Mueller
1993
Film
The Thing
Blair
1982
Series
Our House
Gus Witherspoon
1986
Film
Hard Target
Uncle Douvee
1993
Series
How the West Was Won
1977
Series
How the West Was Won
Sheriff Daniels
1977
Film
The Firm
William Devasher
1993
Film
Brubaker
Rogers
1980
Film
True Grit
Minor Role (uncredited)
1969
Film
The Natural
Pop Fisher
1984
Series
The Oregon Trail
1977
Film
The Electric Horseman
Farmer
1979
Film
Cocoon
Benjamin Luckett
1985
Film
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Earl Granger
2009
Series
The Awakening Land
Jude McWhirter
1978
Film
In & Out
Frank Brackett
1997
Film
The China Syndrome
Ted Spindler
1979
Film
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Noa Briqualon
1985
Film
10 to Midnight
Clem Malone
1983
Film
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Harold Smith
1985
Film
Progeny
Dr. David Wetherly
1998
Film
Lawman
Marc Corman (uncredited)
1971
Film
Borderline
Scooter Jackson
1980
Film
Cocoon: The Return
Ben Luckett
1988
Film
Absence of Malice
James J. Wells
1981
Film
End of the Line
Will Haney
1987
Film
Tender Mercies
Harry
1983
Film
High Road to China
Bradley Tozer
1983
Film
Last of the Dogmen
Narrator (uncredited)
1995
Film
Eternity
King / Eric
1990
Film
My Fellow Americans
Joe Hollis
1996
Film
I Believe
Pastor
2019
Film
The Hotel New Hampshire
Iowa Bob
1984
Series
OP Center
Adm. Troy Davis
1995
Film
The Good Old Boys
C.C. Tarpley
1995
Film
Harry & Son
Tom Keach
1984
Film
The Stone Boy
George Jansen
1984
Film
Crossfire Trail
Joe Gill
2001
Film
Shadows on the Wall
Floyd Buckman
1986
Film
Heaven Sent
Security Guard
1994
Film
Timber the Treasure Dog
Hawk Jones
2016
Film
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Wally Haskell
1981
Film
Tough Enough
Bill Long
1983
Film
Act of Vengeance
Tony Boyle
1986
Film
Comanche
2000
Film
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
Coach Weaver
2003
Film
The Wild Wild West Revisited
President Grover Cleveland
1979
Film
The Round and Round
Governor
2002
Film
Rodeo Girl
Bingo Gibbs
1980
Series
Kung Fu
Blacksmith
1972
Film
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
2001
Film
The Men of Outpost 31
Self
2016
Film
Death Valley
The Sheriff
1982
Film
Summer of the Monkeys
Grandpa Sam Ferrans
1998
The Boys of Twilight
Bill Huntoon
1992
Film
Country
Otis
1984
Film
Billy the Kid
Gov. Lew Wallace
1989
Film
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Self
2016
Film
Blood River
U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
1991
Film
Murder in Space
Dr. Andrew McCallister
1985
Film
Mutant Species
Devro
1995
Film
Jackals
Sheriff Mitchell
1986
Film
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
Grandpa Will
1992
Film
Thompson's Last Run
Red Haines
1986
Film
CHAPTER PERFECT
Hawkins
1998
Film
A Place to Grow
Jake
1998
Film
OP Center
Adm. Troy Davis
1995
Film
Roughnecks
Willie Clayton
1980
The Making of Comanche
Self
2000
Film
Brigham City
Stu
2001
Film
All My Friends Are Cowboys
Charlie
1998
Film
Amber Waves
Pete Alberts
1980
Lunker Lake
Storyteller
1998
Resurrection Mary
Morty
2002