Wilford Brimley
Acting
1934-09-27 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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
I Believe
2019 · Movie
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
2016 · Movie
Timber the Treasure Dog
2016 · Movie
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009 · Movie
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2003 · Movie
Resurrection Mary
2002 · Movie
The Round and Round
2002 · Movie
Brigham City
2001 · Movie
Crossfire Trail
2001 · Movie
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001 · Movie
Comanche
2000 · Movie
The Making of Comanche
2000 · Movie
Lunker Lake
1998 · Movie
Summer of the Monkeys
1998 · Movie
CHAPTER PERFECT
1998 · Movie
Progeny
1998 · Movie
A Place to Grow
1998 · Movie
All My Friends Are Cowboys
1998 · Movie
In & Out
1997 · Movie
My Fellow Americans
1996 · Movie
Last of the Dogmen
1995 · Movie
The Good Old Boys
1995 · Movie
OP Center
1995 · Series
OP Center
1995 · Movie
Mutant Species
1995 · Movie
Heaven Sent
1994 · Movie
The Firm
1993 · Movie
Hard Target
1993 · Movie
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Series
The Boys of Twilight
1992 · Series
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
1992 · Movie
Blood River
1991 · Movie
Eternity
1990 · Movie
Seinfeld
1989 · Series
Billy the Kid
1989 · Movie
Cocoon: The Return
1988 · Movie
End of the Line
1987 · Movie
Jackals
1986 · Movie
Our House
1986 · Series
Act of Vengeance
1986 · Movie
Thompson's Last Run
1986 · Movie
Shadows on the Wall
1986 · Movie
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1985 · Movie
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985 · Movie
Murder in Space
1985 · Movie
Cocoon
1985 · Movie
Country
1984 · Movie
The Natural
1984 · Movie
The Stone Boy
1984 · Movie
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984 · Movie
Harry & Son
1984 · Movie
Tough Enough
1983 · Movie
High Road to China
1983 · Movie
10 to Midnight
1983 · Movie
Tender Mercies
1983 · Movie
The Thing
1982 · Movie
Death Valley
1982 · Movie
Absence of Malice
1981 · Movie
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981 · Movie
Borderline
1980 · Movie
Rodeo Girl
1980 · Movie
Roughnecks
1980 · Movie
Brubaker
1980 · Movie
Amber Waves
1980 · Movie
The Electric Horseman
1979 · Movie
The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979 · Movie
The China Syndrome
1979 · Movie
The Awakening Land
1978 · Series
The Oregon Trail
1977 · Series
How the West Was Won
1977 · Series
Kung Fu
1972 · Series
The Waltons
1972 · Series
Lawman
1971 · Movie
True Grit
1969 · Movie