Wilford Brimley
Actor
Born September 27, 1934 in 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
Pastor
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Self
Timber the Treasure Dog
Hawk Jones
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Earl Granger
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
Coach Weaver
The Round and Round
Governor
Brigham City
Stu
Crossfire Trail
Joe Gill
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
Comanche
Summer of the Monkeys
Grandpa Sam Ferrans
Progeny
Dr. David Wetherly
A Place to Grow
Jake
All My Friends Are Cowboys
Charlie
In & Out
Frank Brackett
My Fellow Americans
Joe Hollis
Last of the Dogmen
Narrator (uncredited)
The Good Old Boys
C.C. Tarpley
OP Center
Adm. Troy Davis
OP Center
Adm. Troy Davis
Mutant Species
Devro
Heaven Sent
Security Guard
The Firm
William Devasher
Hard Target
Uncle Douvee
Walker, Texas Ranger
Burt Mueller
Homicide: Life on the Street
Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
Grandpa Will
Blood River
U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
Eternity
King / Eric
Seinfeld
Postmaster General Henry Atkins
Billy the Kid
Gov. Lew Wallace
Cocoon: The Return
Ben Luckett
End of the Line
Will Haney
Jackals
Sheriff Mitchell
Our House
Gus Witherspoon
Act of Vengeance
Tony Boyle
Thompson's Last Run
Red Haines
Shadows on the Wall
Floyd Buckman
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Noa Briqualon
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Harold Smith
Murder in Space
Dr. Andrew McCallister
Cocoon
Benjamin Luckett
Country
Otis
The Natural
Pop Fisher
The Stone Boy
George Jansen
The Hotel New Hampshire
Iowa Bob
Harry & Son
Tom Keach
Tough Enough
Bill Long
High Road to China
Bradley Tozer
10 to Midnight
Clem Malone
Tender Mercies
Harry
The Thing
Blair
Death Valley
The Sheriff
Absence of Malice
James J. Wells
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Wally Haskell
Borderline
Scooter Jackson
Rodeo Girl
Bingo Gibbs
Roughnecks
Willie Clayton
Brubaker
Rogers
Amber Waves
Pete Alberts
The Electric Horseman
Farmer
The Wild Wild West Revisited
President Grover Cleveland
The China Syndrome
Ted Spindler
The Awakening Land
Jude McWhirter
The Oregon Trail
How the West Was Won
Kung Fu
Blacksmith
The Waltons
Lawman
Marc Corman (uncredited)
True Grit
Minor Role (uncredited)