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Wilford Brimley (1934-2020) was an American actor. After serving in the Marines and taking on a variety of odd jobs, he became an extra for Western films, he quickly established himself as a character actor in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), and The Natural (1984). He is most famous for his role in the science fiction classic Cocoon (1985). His IMDb page shows 77 acting credits from 1969 to 2020. This page will rank Wilford Brimley movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Wilford Brimley Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Wilford Brimley
1. Anthony Wilford Brimley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1934.
2. Wilford Brimley dropped out of high school to join the Marines, serving in the Aleutian Islands for three years.
3. Wilford Brimley was a bodyguard for billionaire businessman Howard Hughes.
4. Robert Duvall convinced Wilford Brimley to try acting. Brimley began acting in the 1960s as a riding extra and stunt man in Westerns.
5. Wilford Brimley’s first IMDb credit is an uncredited role in 1969’s True Grit.
6. Wilford Brimley was a talented jazz singer who has recorded several albums and played successful club engagements.
7. Wilford Brimley was only 49 when he was cast as a senior citizen for Cocoon (1985), and turned 50 during filming. He was at least 20 years younger than any of the actors playing the other elderly characters.
8. Wilford Brimley was the long-time face of television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company.
9. After portraying the father of Kevin Kline in In & Out (1997), Wilford Brimley retreated from Hollywood in favor of involvement in more independent productions.
10. Check out Wilford Brimley’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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I have seen Wilfred in 12 movies:
True Grit -uncredited.
Lawman – uncredited
Electric Horseman
Brubaker
Absence of Malice
The Thing
Tender Mercies
10 to Midnight
The Natural
The Firm
My Fellow Americans
Bandolero – Wilfrid was an uncredited stuntman in this 1968 Jimmy Stewart western and that was in fact his first connection of any kind with movies though of course I wouldn’t have recognized Brimley in it. Will you let me count this one though Flora?
MUSICAL TALENTS Brimley has been described as “a fine singer with a warm, rich voice.” In 1993, Brimley sang with the Cal State Northridge Jazz Band for a concert benefiting the college’s Jazz Endowment Scholarship Fund; in 2004, he released This Time, The Dream’s On Me, an album of jazz standards named after the Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer-penned title track. He was also an accomplished harmonica player; during his 2011 appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Brimley performed a lively rendition of “Oh! Susanna” much to the delight, and surprise, of Ferguson and the studio audience.
Great UMR Page
I have seen 6 Wilfred Brimley movies, all in the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie is The China Syndrome.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Firm.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is In & Out.
Favourite Wilfred Brimley Movies:
Cocoon
The Natural
Other Wilfred Brimley Movies:
The China Syndrome
Absence of Malice
Brubaker
In & Out
Rest in peace
Sad news. Rest in peace Wilford.
Nice look at his movie career. Something about him that always fascinated me, he never talked about his time with Howard Hughes. Thoughts and prayers to his family.