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Wilford Brimley

Anthony Wilford Brimley, a talented jazz singer, had his first acting roles in the '60s as a riding extra/stuntman in westerns. He became an established character actor in the 1970s in films such as The China Syndrome and Cocoon, and television series such as The Waltons, and Our House.

Aliases
  • A. Wilford Brimley
  • Wilford A. Brimley
English
Filmography
  • Born In Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • Born September 27, 1934
  • Died August 1, 2020
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com Wikipedia
  • Created April 5, 2019 by
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  • Modified March 20, 2023 by
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The Thing

1982
as Dr. Blair

Cocoon

1985
as Benjamin Luckett

Our House

1986

Cocoon: The Return

1988
as Benjamin 'Ben' Luckett

Country

1984
as Otis

A Place to Grow

1998
as Jake

Murder in Space

1985
as Dr. Andrew McCallister

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

1985
as Noa

High Road to China

1983
as Bradley Tozer

Thompson's Last Run

1986
as Red Haines

Where The Red Fern Grows II: The Classic Continues

1992
as Grandpa Will

The China Syndrome

1979
as Ted Spindler

Timber the Treasure Dog

2016
as Hawk Jones

In & Out

1997
as Frank Brackett

My Fellow Americans

1996
as Joe Hollis

The Natural

1984
as Pop Fisher

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was

2016
as Pop Fisher

OP Center

1995
as Adm. Troy Davis

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

2003
as Benjamin Luckett

The Wild Wild West Revisited

1979
as President Grover Cleveland

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

1985
as Harold Smith

The Men of Outpost 31

2016
as Wilford Brimley

Lunker Lake

1998
as The Storyteller

Death Valley

1982
as The Sheriff (as A. Wilford Brimley)

Brigham City

2001
as Stu

Tough Enough

1983
as Bill Long

CHAPTER PERFECT

1997
as Chief Hawkins

Tender Mercies

1983
as Harry

I believe

2017
as Pastor

Blood River

1991
as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler

Absence of Malice

1981
as James J. Wells

The Electric Horseman

1979
as Farmer

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

2001
as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs

Crossfire Trail

2001
as Joe Gill

10 to Midnight

1983
as Captain Clem Malone

The Firm

1993
as William Devasher

Mutant Species

1995
as Devro

The Hotel New Hampshire

1984
as Iowa Bob

Borderline

1980
as Scooter Jackson

The Good Old Boys

1995
as C.C. Tarpley

Heaven Sent

1993
as Security Guard

Act of Vengeance

1986
as Tony Boyle

Rodeo Girl

1980
as Bingo Gibbs

End of the Line

1987
as Will Haney

Progeny

1998
as Dr. David Wetherly

Summer of the Monkeys

1998
as Sam Ferrans

Harry & Son

1984
as Tom Keach

Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid

1989
as Gov. Lew Wallace

Hard Target

1993
as Uncle Douvee

The Boys of Twilight

1992
as Bill Huntoon

The Stone Boy

1984
as George Jansen

Guest Star

Episode Kung Fu
One Step to Darkness 		1975
Episode How the West Was Won
Hillary 		1979
Episode The Colbert Report
Doris Kearns Goodwin 		2012
Episode The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West Revisited 		1979
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Ty Burrell, Wilford Brimley 		2011
Episode The Oregon Trail
Hard Ride Home 		1977
Episode The Oregon Trail
The Last Game 		1977
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Alyssa Milano; Wilford Brimley 		2013
Episode Homicide: Life on the Street
See No Evil 		1994
Episode Seinfeld
The Junk Mail 		1997