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.

Cast

The China Syndrome

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Benjamin Luckett

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2

The Electric Horseman

Cocoon: The Return

Scooter Jackson

Crossfire Trail

William Devasher

A Place to Grow

Adm. Troy Davis

My Fellow Americans

End of the Line

Absence of Malice

High Road to China

Dr. David Wetherly

Summer of the Monkeys

Grandpa Sam Ferrans

Thompson's Last Run

Shadows on the Wall

Murder in Space

Dr. Andrew McCallister

Act of Vengeance

The Wild Wild West Revisited

President Grover Cleveland

Timber the Treasure Dog

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs

Gov. Lew Wallace

The Good Old Boys

U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler

The Hotel New Hampshire

The Round and Round

Marc Corman (uncredited)

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Sheriff Mitchell

Minor Role (uncredited)

Rogers - Prison Board

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

Last of the Dogmen

Narrator (uncredited)

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

All My Friends Are Cowboys

Resurrection Mary

The Making of Comanche

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was