Deceased

How Did Wilford Brimley Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 85

Also known asAnthony Wilford Brimley, A. Wilford Brimley, Wilford A. Brimley, ویلفورد بریملیGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn27/09/1934Born inSalt Lake City, Utah, USADied01/08/2020 (aged 85)Died inSt. GeorgeCausekidney diseaseWikidataQ712180 ↗TMDb#11065 ↗

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.

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Filmography54 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2019	I BelieveMovie	Pastor	85
2016	The Natural: The Best There Ever WasMovie	Self	82
2009	Did You Hear About the Morgans?Movie	Earl Granger	75
2003	Pitcher and the Pin-UpMovie	Coach Weaver	69
2001	Crossfire TrailMovie	Joe Gill	67
2001	Brigham CityMovie	Stu	67
2000	ComancheMovie	—	66
2000	The Making of ComancheMovie	Self	66
1998	CHAPTER PERFECTMovie	Hawkins	64
1998	A Place to GrowMovie	Jake	64
1998	Lunker LakeMovie	Storyteller	64
1998	ProgenyMovie	Dr. David Wetherly	64
1997	In & OutMovie	Frank Brackett	63
1996	My Fellow AmericansMovie	Joe Hollis	62
1995	OP CenterMovie	Adm. Troy Davis	61
1995	The Good Old BoysMovie	C.C. Tarpley	61
1995	Last of the DogmenMovie	Narrator (uncredited)	61
1994	Heaven SentMovie	Security Guard	60
1993	Homicide: Life on the StreetSeries	Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice	59
1993	Hard TargetMovie	Uncle Douvee	59
1993	Walker, Texas RangerSeries	Burt Mueller	59
1992	Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2Movie	Grandpa Will	58
1991	Blood RiverMovie	U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler	57
1989	SeinfeldSeries	Postmaster General Henry Atkins	55
1989	Billy the KidMovie	Gov. Lew Wallace	55
1987	End of the LineMovie	Will Haney	53
1986	Act of VengeanceMovie	Tony Boyle	52
1986	Our HouseSeries	Gus Witherspoon	52
1986	Thompson's Last RunMovie	Red Haines	52
1985	Remo Williams: The Adventure BeginsMovie	Harold Smith	51
1985	Ewoks: The Battle for EndorMovie	Noa Briqualon	51
1984	The NaturalMovie	Pop Fisher	50
1984	The Stone BoyMovie	George Jansen	50
1984	CountryMovie	Otis	50
1983	10 to MidnightMovie	Clem Malone	49
1983	Tender MerciesMovie	Harry	49
1983	Tough EnoughMovie	Bill Long	49
1983	High Road to ChinaMovie	Bradley Tozer	49
1982	The ThingMovie	Blair	48
1982	Death ValleyMovie	The Sheriff	48
1981	Absence of MaliceMovie	James J. Wells	47
1981	Joe Dancer: The Big Black PillMovie	Wally Haskell	47
1980	BrubakerMovie	Rogers	46
1980	BorderlineMovie	Scooter Jackson	46
1980	RoughnecksMovie	Willie Clayton	46
1980	Rodeo GirlMovie	Bingo Gibbs	46
1979	The Electric HorsemanMovie	Farmer	45
1979	The China SyndromeMovie	Ted Spindler	45
1979	The Wild Wild West RevisitedMovie	President Grover Cleveland	45
1977	How the West Was WonSeries	Sheriff Daniels	43
1972	The WaltonsSeries	—	38
1972	Kung FuSeries	Blacksmith	38
1971	LawmanMovie	Marc Corman (uncredited)	37
1969	True GritMovie	Minor Role (uncredited)	35