Wilford Brimley
American actor and singer (1934–2020)
- Born September 27, 1934
- 7 movies
Wilford Brimley was an American actor who served in the US Marine Corps and worked as an extra and stuntman in western films before becoming an established character actor in the 1970s and 1980s. Often playing characters older than his age, he appeared in The China Syndrome, The Thing, Tender Mercies, The Natural and Cocoon, and was long the face of Quaker Oats advertisements.
Wilford Brimley appears in 7 films in The Rerun, from 1969 to 1993. Most of that work is in drama, thriller and action. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Robert Duvall (3), Robert Redford (2), John Carpenter (2).
Known for
- Cocoon (1985). One of his best-known films, followed by Cocoon: The Return in 1988.
- The Natural (1984). A mid-1980s film from his peak years as a character actor.
- The Thing (1982). One of the films that established him as a character actor.
- Tender Mercies (1983). Another of his established character roles.
- The China Syndrome (1979). An early established role from the late 1970s.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Wilford Brimley been in?
- Wilford Brimley appears in Hard Target (1993), The Natural (1984), Tender Mercies (1983), The Thing (1982), Brubaker (1980), The China Syndrome (1979) and True Grit (1969) on The Remote.
- When was Wilford Brimley born?
- Wilford Brimley was born on 27 September 1934.
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