Wilford Brimley
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.
74 acting credits
Acting · 74
Seinfeld
1989
The Waltons
1972
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Our House
1986
The Thing
1982
How the West Was Won
1977
Hard Target
1993
True Grit
1969
The Firm
1993
The Oregon Trail
1977
Cocoon
1985
The Natural
1984
In & Out
1997
Brubaker
1980
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1985
10 to Midnight
1983
The China Syndrome
1979
Cocoon: The Return
1988
Absence of Malice
1981
Lawman
1971
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985
My Fellow Americans
1996
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
The Awakening Land
1978
I Believe
2019
High Road to China
1983
Tender Mercies
1983
Borderline
1980
Crossfire Trail
2001
OP Center
1995
Kung Fu
1972
The Electric Horseman
1979
Last of the Dogmen
1995
The Good Old Boys
1995
Blood River
1991
Murder in Space
1985
Tough Enough
1983
Act of Vengeance
1986
Harry & Son
1984
The Stone Boy
1984
Death Valley
1982
Mutant Species
1995
Summer of the Monkeys
1998
Progeny
1998
The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979
Eternity
1990
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001
OP Center
1995
End of the Line
1987
Country
1984
Billy the Kid
1989
Roughnecks
1980
Comanche
2000
Timber the Treasure Dog
2016
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2003
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981
The Boys of Twilight
1992
Jackals
1986
Amber Waves
1980
Brigham City
2001
Heaven Sent
1994
The Round and Round
2002
Lunker Lake
1998
Thompson's Last Run
1986
Rodeo Girl
1980
Shadows on the Wall
1986
The Making of Comanche
2000
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
2016
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
1992
All My Friends Are Cowboys
1998
A Place to Grow
1998
Resurrection Mary
2002