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Anthony Wilford Brimley is an American actor and singer. After serving in the Marines and doing a variety of jobs including ranch hand and wrangler, Brimley became an extra for Westerns, 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).
Birth Name
Anthony Wilford Brimley
Born
Thursday, 27 September 1934
Died
Saturday, 01 August 2020
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Yellowstone | Old cowboy | 2018 |
I Believe | Pastor | 2017 |
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was | Pop Fisher / Self | 2016 |
Timber the Treasure Dog | Hawk Jones | 2016 |
Mansome | Self | 2012 |
The Frollo Show | Self | 2011 |
Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Earl Granger | 2009 |
The Path of the Wind | Harry Caldwell | 2009 |
Pitcher and the Pin-Up | Coach Weaver | 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Yellowstone | Old cowboy | 2018 |
I Believe | Pastor | 2017 |
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was | Pop Fisher / Self | 2016 |
Timber the Treasure Dog | Hawk Jones | 2016 |
Mansome | Self | 2012 |
The Frollo Show | Self | 2011 |
Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Earl Granger | 2009 |
The Path of the Wind | Harry Caldwell | 2009 |
Pitcher and the Pin-Up | Coach Weaver | 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | Benjamin Luckett | 2003 |
The Round and Round | Governor | 2002 |
Brigham City | Stu | 2001 |
Crossfire Trail | Joe Gill | 2001 |
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs | 2001 |
Summer of the Monkeys | Sam Ferrans / Grandpa Sam Ferrans | 1998 |
Progeny | Dr. David Wetherly | 1998 |
All My Friends Are Cowboys | Charlie | 1998 |
In & Out | Frank Brackett | 1997 |
Chapter Perfect | Chief Hawkins | 1997 |
My Fellow Americans | Joe Hollis | 1996 |
A Place to Grow | Jake | 1995 |
Last of the Dogmen | Narrator | 1995 |
The Good Old Boys | C.C. Tarpley | 1995 |
Mutant Species | Devro | 1995 |
Heaven Sent | Security Guard / Al (Security Guard) | 1994 |
Hard Target | Uncle Douvee | 1993 |
The Firm | William Devasher | 1993 |
Walker, Texas Ranger | Burt Mueller | 1993 |
Homicide: Life on the Street | Harry Prentice | 1993 |
The Boys of Twilight | Deputy Bill Huntoon | 1992 |
Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two | Grandpa Will | 1992 |
One on One with John Tesh | Self | 1991 |
Blood River | U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler | 1991 |
Eternity | Eric / King | 1990 |
Seinfeld | Postmaster General Henry Atkins | 1989 |
Billy the Kid | Gov. Lew Wallace | 1989 |
Cocoon: The Return | Ben Luckett | 1988 |
End of the Line | Will Haney | 1987 |
Biography | Ben Luckett in 'Cocoon' | 1987 |
Our House | Gus Witherspoon | 1986 |
Jackals | Sheriff Mitchell | 1986 |
Act of Vengeance | Tony Boyle | 1986 |
Thompson's Last Run | Red Haines | 1986 |
Shadows on the Wall | Floyd Buckman | 1986 |
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor | Noa | 1985 |
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Harold Smith | 1985 |
Cocoon | Ben Luckett / Benjamin Luckett | 1985 |
Murder in Space | Dr. Andrew McCallister | 1985 |
Country | Otis | 1984 |
Terror in the Aisles | Doctor Blair | 1984 |
The Natural | Pop Fisher | 1984 |
The Stone Boy | George Jansen | 1984 |
The Hotel New Hampshire | Iowa Bob | 1984 |
Harry & Son | Tom Keach | 1984 |
The Firm | Martin Berry | 1983 |
Tough Enough | Bill Long | 1983 |
High Road to China | Bradley Tozer | 1983 |
10 to Midnight | Captain Malone / Clem Malone | 1983 |
Tender Mercies | Harry | 1983 |
The Thing | Dr. Blair | 1982 |
Death Valley | Sheriff / The Sheriff | 1982 |
Absence of Malice | James J. Wells | 1981 |
The Big Black Pill | Wally Haskell | 1981 |
Borderline | Scooter Jackson | 1980 |
Rodeo Girl | Bingo Gibbs | 1980 |
Brubaker | Rogers - Prison Board | 1980 |
Amber Waves | Pete Alberts | 1980 |
The Electric Horseman | Farmer | 1979 |
The Wild Wild West Revisited | President Grover Cleveland | 1979 |
The China Syndrome | Ted Spindler | 1979 |
The Awakening Land | Jude McWhirter | 1978 |
How the West Was Won | Sheriff Daniels | 1976 |
The Oregon Trail | Joseph Burke / Ludlow | 1976 |
The Waltons | Horace Brimley | 1972 |
Kung Fu | Blacksmith | 1972 |
Lawman | Marc Corman | 1971 |
True Grit | Minor Role | 1969 |