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Henry Wilfrid Brambell was an Irish television and film actor and comedian, best remembered for his role in the television series Steptoe and Son. He also performed alongside the Beatles in their film A Hard Day's Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney.
Birth Name
Henry Wilfrid Brambell
Born
Friday, 22 March 1912
Died
Friday, 18 January 1985
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Beatles: Get Back | Self - Actor, 'A Hard Day's Night' | 2021 |
| The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Grandfather in A Hard Day's Night | 2016 |
| Screenwipe | Albert Steptoe | 2006 |
| Beatles: The Journey | Self | 2003 |
| Comedy Connections | Albert Steptoe | 2003 |
| The Beatles Anthology | Self | 1995 |
| You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' | Self | 1995 |
| Sword of the Valiant | Porter | 1984 |
| The Terence Davies Trilogy | Robert Tucker (old age) / Robert Tucker (Old Age) (segment: Death and Transfiguration) | 1983 |
| Death and Transfiguration | Robert Tucker / Robert Tucker (old age) | 1983 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Beatles: Get Back | Self - Actor, 'A Hard Day's Night' | 2021 |
| The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Grandfather in A Hard Day's Night | 2016 |
| Screenwipe | Albert Steptoe | 2006 |
| Beatles: The Journey | Self | 2003 |
| Comedy Connections | Albert Steptoe | 2003 |
| The Beatles Anthology | Self | 1995 |
| You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' | Self | 1995 |
| Sword of the Valiant | Porter | 1984 |
| The Terence Davies Trilogy | Robert Tucker (old age) / Robert Tucker (Old Age) (segment: Death and Transfiguration) | 1983 |
| Death and Transfiguration | Robert Tucker / Robert Tucker (old age) | 1983 |
| The Island of Adventure | Uncle Jocelyn | 1981 |
| High Rise Donkey | Ben Foxcroft | 1980 |
| 3-2-1 | Ebeneezer Scrooge / Self | 1978 |
| The Adventures of Picasso | Alice B. Toklas | 1978 |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Dinsdale's Brother | 1978 |
| Citizen Smith | Jack | 1977 |
| Just William | Mr. Buttermere | 1977 |
| Arena | Albert Steptoe (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Holiday on the Buses | Bert Thompson | 1973 |
| Steptoe and Son Ride Again | Albert Steptoe / Steptoe / Albert | 1973 |
| Steptoe & Son | Albert Steptoe | 1972 |
| Catch Me a Spy | Beech | 1971 |
| Some Will, Some Won't | Henry Russell | 1970 |
| Rembrandt | Beggar Saul | 1969 |
| Carry on Again Doctor | Mr. Pullen | 1969 |
| Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano | Malipiero / Malipieri | 1969 |
| Witchfinder General | Master Loach | 1968 |
| Lionheart | Dingett / Dignett | 1968 |
| Alice in Wonderland | White Rabbit | 1966 |
| NET Playhouse | Canon Chasuble | 1966 |
| Where the Bullets Fly | Train Guard | 1966 |
| San Ferry Ann | Grandad | 1965 |
| A Hard Day's Night | Grandfather | 1964 |
| Go Kart Go | Fred, Junkman / Junkman Fred | 1964 |
| Crooks in Cloisters | Phineas | 1964 |
| The Three Lives of Thomasina | Willie Bannock | 1963 |
| The Small World of Sammy Lee | Harry | 1963 |
| In Search of the Castaways | Bill Gaye | 1962 |
| The Boys | Robert Brewer / Norman Albert Brewer | 1962 |
| Steptoe and Son | Albert Steptoe | 1962 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Sam Small / Father / Albert Steptoe | 1961 |
| The Sinister Man | Lock-Keeper | 1961 |
| What a Whopper | Postie | 1961 |
| Flame in the Streets | Mr. Palmer senior | 1961 |
| They Met in a City | Pop | 1961 |
| Maigret | Jacob | 1959 |
| Theatre 70 | Lon Waley | 1960 |
| Arthur's Treasured Volumes | Henry / Mortimer Tadding | 1960 |
| Urge to Kill | Mr. Forsythe | 1960 |
| No Hiding Place | Jockey / Belling | 1959 |
| Serious Charge | Verger | 1959 |
| The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Mr. Forsythe / Lock-Keeper | 1959 |
| Captured | Captive | 1959 |
| Our Mutual Friend | Mr. 'Dolls' | 1958 |
| The Larkins | Ernshaw | 1958 |
| William Tell | Josef | 1958 |
| The Salvage Gang | The Tramp / Tramp | 1958 |
| Sword of Freedom | Beppo | 1958 |
| Murder Bag | Goose Iron | 1957 |
| The Story of Esther Costello | 1957 | |
| Dry Rot | Tar Man | 1956 |
| The Buccaneers | Old Man | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Fisherman | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Rev. Canon Chasuble / Mr. Finch | 1956 |
| Quatermass II | Tramp | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Alderman Hardacre / Dunlavin / Landlord / Mr. Fox / Mr. Malone | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Ned / Fisherman | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Harry / Grandpa / Coachman | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Willie Bannock / Bill Gaye | 1954 |
| The Green Scarf | Court clerk | 1954 |
| The Quatermass Experiment | A Drunk | 1953 |
| Another Shore | Moore / Arthur Moore | 1948 |
| Odd Man Out | Standing Passenger on Tram | 1947 |
| Eyes That Kill | Newspaper Editor | 1947 |
