Wilford Brimley
Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s. He became an established character actor in the 1970s and 1980s in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984), and Cocoon (1985). Brimley was known for playing characters at times much older than his age. He was the long-term face of American television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related television commercials for Liberty Medical, a role for which he became an Internet meme.
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🎬 Movies
I Believe
actor
2019
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
actor
2009
Crossfire Trail
actor
2001
Summer of the Monkeys
actor
1998
Progeny
actor
1998
In & Out
actor
1997
My Fellow Americans
actor
1996
Last of the Dogmen
actor
1995
The Good Old Boys
actor
1995
OP Center
actor
1995
The Firm
actor
1993
Hard Target
actor
1993
Blood River
actor
1991
Billy the Kid
actor
1989
Cocoon: The Return
actor
1988
End of the Line
actor
1987
Act of Vengeance
actor
1986
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
actor
1985
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
actor
1985
Murder in Space
actor
1985
Cocoon
actor
1985
Country
actor
1984
The Natural
actor
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
actor
1984
Harry & Son
actor
1984
Tough Enough
actor
1983
High Road to China
actor
1983
10 to Midnight
actor
1983
Tender Mercies
actor
1983
The Thing
actor
1982
Absence of Malice
actor
1981
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
actor
1981
Borderline
actor
1980
Rodeo Girl
actor
1980
Amber Waves
actor
1980
The Electric Horseman
actor
1979
The China Syndrome
actor
1979
