Wilford Brimley

Career timeline

1. 1934 · Born

   Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

2. 1969 · Screen debut

   True Grit (Movie)

3. 1982 · Breakthrough

   The Thing (Movie)

4. 2019 · Latest release

   I Believe (Movie)

5. 2020 · Died

   August 1, 2020

Career in numbers

1 1960s

9 1970s

31 1980s

22 1990s

8 2000s

2 2010s

• Drama42
• Western17
• Tv Movie15
• Crime13
• Mystery10
• Comedy9

Highest-rated title Seinfeld 1989 8.2 Most popular title Seinfeld 1989 8.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Wilford Brimley in our catalogue.

Robert Duvall

2 titles together

Bruno Kirby

2 titles together

1. 2019 I Believe as Pastor 7.8 Movie
2. 2016 Timber the Treasure Dog as Hawk Jones Movie
3. 2009 Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Earl Granger 5.4 Movie
4. 2003 Pitcher and the Pin-Up as Coach Weaver Movie
5. 2002 Resurrection Mary as Morty Movie
6. 2002 The Round and Round as Governor Movie
7. 2001 Brigham City as Stu 6.5 Movie
8. 2001 Crossfire Trail as Joe Gill 6.4 Movie
9. 2001 The Ballad of Lucy Whipple as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs Movie
10. 2000 Comanche Movie
11. 1998 Lunker Lake as Storyteller Movie
12. 1998 Summer of the Monkeys as Grandpa Sam Ferrans Movie
13. 1998 CHAPTER PERFECT as Hawkins Movie
14. 1998 Progeny as Dr. David Wetherly 4.9 Movie
15. 1998 A Place to Grow as Jake Movie
16. 1998 All My Friends Are Cowboys as Charlie Movie
17. 1997 In & Out as Frank Brackett 6.5 Movie
18. 1996 My Fellow Americans as Joe Hollis 6.1 Movie
19. 1995 Last of the Dogmen as Narrator (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
20. 1995 The Good Old Boys as C.C. Tarpley Movie
21. 1995 OP Center as Adm. Troy Davis TV
22. 1995 OP Center as Adm. Troy Davis Movie
23. 1995 Mutant Species as Devro Movie
24. 1994 Heaven Sent as Security Guard Movie
25. 1993 The Firm as William Devasher 6.8 Movie
26. 1993 Hard Target as Uncle Douvee 6.5 Movie
27. 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger as Burt Mueller 7.0 TV
28. 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street as Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice 8.1 TV
29. 1992 The Boys of Twilight as Bill Huntoon TV
30. 1992 Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2 as Grandpa Will Movie
31. 1991 Blood River as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler Movie
32. 1990 Eternity as King / Eric Movie
33. 1989 Seinfeld as Postmaster General Henry Atkins 8.2 TV
34. 1989 Billy the Kid as Gov. Lew Wallace Movie
35. 1988 Cocoon: The Return as Ben Luckett 6.5 Movie
36. 1987 End of the Line as Will Haney Movie
37. 1986 Jackals as Sheriff Mitchell Movie
38. 1986 Our House as Gus Witherspoon TV
39. 1986 Act of Vengeance as Tony Boyle 5.6 Movie
40. 1986 Thompson's Last Run as Red Haines Movie
41. 1986 Shadows on the Wall as Floyd Buckman Movie
42. 1985 Ewoks: The Battle for Endor as Noa Briqualon 5.4 Movie
43. 1985 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Harold Smith 6.3 Movie
44. 1985 Murder in Space as Dr. Andrew McCallister Movie
45. 1985 Cocoon as Benjamin Luckett 6.6 Movie
46. 1984 Country as Otis 6.5 Movie
47. 1984 The Natural as Pop Fisher 6.9 Movie
48. 1984 The Stone Boy as George Jansen Movie
49. 1984 The Hotel New Hampshire as Iowa Bob 5.7 Movie
50. 1984 Harry & Son as Tom Keach 5.9 Movie
51. 1983 Tough Enough as Bill Long Movie
52. 1983 High Road to China as Bradley Tozer 6.0 Movie
53. 1983 10 to Midnight as Clem Malone 6.2 Movie
54. 1983 Tender Mercies as Harry 6.8 Movie
55. 1982 The Thing as Blair 8.1 Movie
56. 1982 Death Valley as The Sheriff 5.1 Movie
57. 1981 Absence of Malice as James J. Wells 6.7 Movie
58. 1981 Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill as Wally Haskell Movie
59. 1980 Borderline as Scooter Jackson 6.0 Movie
60. 1980 Rodeo Girl as Bingo Gibbs Movie
61. 1980 Roughnecks as Willie Clayton Movie
62. 1980 Brubaker as Rogers 7.1 Movie
63. 1980 Amber Waves as Pete Alberts Movie
64. 1979 The Electric Horseman as Farmer 6.1 Movie
65. 1979 The Wild Wild West Revisited as President Grover Cleveland Movie
66. 1979 The China Syndrome as Ted Spindler 7.1 Movie
67. 1978 The Awakening Land as Jude McWhirter TV
68. 1977 The Oregon Trail TV
69. 1977 How the West Was Won 7.0 TV
70. 1972 Kung Fu as Blacksmith 7.7 TV
71. 1972 The Waltons 7.1 TV
72. 1971 Lawman as Marc Corman (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
73. 1969 True Grit as Minor Role (uncredited) 7.3 Movie

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