Balding, portly and with a full mustache, Wilford Brimley's
unique presence, sometimes grand-fatherly, at other times
menacing, has been gracing film and TV screens for decades.
Although known to some primarily as the folksy pitchman
in Quaker Oats commercials, Brimley has delivered a series
of well-drawn screen portraits in films like COCOON, THE
END OF THE LINE, and THE FIRM, among many others. He occasionally
plays sharper characters, such as a lawyer in ABSENCE
OF MALICE. Brimley is actually considerably younger than
he looks, no draw-back for a character actor.
Wilford Brimley's other notable credits include...
THE ROAD HOUSE (2003)
RESURRECTION MARY (2002)
THE ROUND AND ROUND (2002)
PC AND THE WEB (2001)
BRIGHAM CITY (2001)
COMANCHE (2000)
SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS (1998)
A PLACE TO GROW (1998)
PROGENY (1998)
CHAPTER PERFECT (1998)
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE COWBOYS (1998)
IN & OUT (1997)
MY FELLOW AMERICANS (1996)
LAST OF THE DOGMEN (1995)
MUTANT SPECIES (1995)
HEAVEN SENT (1994)
HARD TARGET (1993)
THE FIRM (1993)
ETERNITY (1989)
COCOON: THE RETURN (1988)
END OF THE LINE (1987)
JACKALS (1986)
SHADOWS ON THE WALL (1986)
REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS (1985)
COCOON (1985)
COUNTRY (1984)
THE NATURAL (1984)
THE THING (1982
TENDER MERCIES (1983)
THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN (1979)
THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979)
