Wilfrid Brambell
Actor
Born March 22, 1912 in Dublin, Ireland
Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor and comedian, best remembered for his role in the television series Steptoe and Son. He also performed alongside The Beatles in their debut film A Hard Day's Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney.
Filmography
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Porter
The Terence Davies Trilogy
Robert Tucker (old age)
Death and Transfiguration
Robert Tucker
The Island of Adventure
Uncle Jocelyn
The Adventures of Picasso
Alice B. Toklas
All Creatures Great and Small
Dinsdale's Brother
Citizen Smith
Jack
Holiday on the Buses
Bert Thompson
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Albert Steptoe
Steptoe & Son
Albert Steptoe
Catch Me a Spy
Beech
Some Will, Some Won't
Henry Russell
Carry On Again Doctor
Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
Malipieri
Cry Wolf
Delivery man
Cry WoIf
Delivery man
Witchfinder General
Master Loach
Lionheart
Dignett
Alice in Wonderland
White Rabbit
Where the Bullets Fly
Train Guard
Mano di velluto
Erwin McGowan
San Ferry Ann
Grandad
A Hard Day's Night
Grandfather
Go Kart Go
Junkman Fred
Crooks in Cloisters
Phineas
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Willie Bannock
The Small World of Sammy Lee
Harry
In Search of the Castaways
Bill Gaye
The Boys
Norman Albert Brewer
Steptoe and Son
Albert Steptoe
The Sinister Man
Lock-Keeper
What a Whopper
Postie
Flame in the Streets
Mr. Palmer senior
Maigret
Jacob
Urge to Kill
Mr. Forsythe
No Hiding Place
Serious Charge
Verger
Captured
The Larkins
Ernshaw
The Adventures of William Tell
Josef
The Salvage Gang
Tramp
The Government Inspector
The Postmaster
The Buccaneers
Old Man
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Fisherman
Armchair Theatre
Mr. Finch
Break-In
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Fisherman
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Old Man / Thin Prisoner
Sunday Night Theatre
Old Man / Thin Prisoner
Another Shore
Arthur Moore
Odd Man Out
Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)