Acting · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA · Born September 27, 1934
Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor and singer. After serving in the Marines and taking on a variety of odd jobs, he became an extra for Western films, and in little more than a decade he had established himself as a character actor in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), and The Natural (1984). Brimley was the longtime face of television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related commercials for Liberty Medical.
MovieI Believe
2019
as Pastor
MovieThe Natural: The Best There Ever Was
2016
as Self
MovieTimber the Treasure Dog
2016
as Hawk Jones
MovieDid You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
as Earl Granger
MoviePitcher and the Pin-Up
2003
as Coach Weaver
Resurrection Mary
2002
as Morty
MovieThe Round and Round
2002
as Governor
MovieBrigham City
2001
as Stu
MovieCrossfire Trail
2001
as Joe Gill
MovieThe Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001
as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
MovieComanche
2000
The Making of Comanche
2000
as Self
Lunker Lake
1998
as Storyteller
MovieSummer of the Monkeys
1998
as Grandpa Sam Ferrans
MovieProgeny
1998
as Dr. David Wetherly
MovieA Place to Grow
1998
as Jake
MovieAll My Friends Are Cowboys
1998
as Charlie
MovieIn & Out
1997
as Frank Brackett
MovieMy Fellow Americans
1996
as Joe Hollis
MovieLast of the Dogmen
1995
as Narrator (uncredited)
MovieThe Good Old Boys
1995
as C.C. Tarpley
MovieOP Center
1995
as Adm. Troy Davis
TVOP Center
1995
as Adm. Troy Davis
MovieMutant Species
1995
as Devro
MovieHeaven Sent
1994
as Security Guard
MovieThe Firm
1993
as William Devasher
MovieHard Target
1993
as Uncle Douvee
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Burt Mueller
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice
The Boys of Twilight
1992
as Bill Huntoon
MovieWhere The Red Fern Grows Part 2
1992
as Grandpa Will
MovieBlood River
1991
as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
MovieEternity
1990
as King / Eric
TVSeinfeld
1989
as Postmaster General Henry Atkins
MovieBilly the Kid
1989
as Gov. Lew Wallace
MovieCocoon: The Return
1988
as Ben Luckett
MovieEnd of the Line
1987
as Will Haney
MovieJackals
1986
as Sheriff Mitchell
TVOur House
1986
as Gus Witherspoon
MovieAct of Vengeance
1986
as Tony Boyle
MovieThompson's Last Run
1986
as Red Haines
MovieShadows on the Wall
1986
as Floyd Buckman
MovieEwoks: The Battle for Endor
1985
as Noa Briqualon
MovieRemo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985
as Harold Smith
MovieMurder in Space
1985
as Dr. Andrew McCallister
MovieCocoon
1985
as Benjamin Luckett
MovieCountry
1984
as Otis
MovieThe Natural
1984
as Pop Fisher
MovieThe Stone Boy
1984
as George Jansen
MovieThe Hotel New Hampshire
1984
as Iowa Bob
MovieHarry & Son
1984
as Tom Keach
MovieTough Enough
1983
as Bill Long
MovieHigh Road to China
1983
as Bradley Tozer
Movie10 to Midnight
1983
as Clem Malone
MovieTender Mercies
1983
as Harry
MovieThe Thing
1982
as Blair
MovieDeath Valley
1982
as The Sheriff
MovieAbsence of Malice
1981
as James J. Wells
MovieJoe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981
as Wally Haskell
MovieBorderline
1980
as Scooter Jackson
MovieRodeo Girl
1980
as Bingo Gibbs
MovieRoughnecks
1980
as Willie Clayton
MovieBrubaker
1980
as Rogers
MovieAmber Waves
1980
as Pete Alberts
MovieThe Electric Horseman
1979
as Farmer
MovieThe Wild Wild West Revisited
1979
as President Grover Cleveland
MovieThe China Syndrome
1979
as Ted Spindler
TVThe Awakening Land
1978
as Jude McWhirter
TVThe Oregon Trail
1977
TVHow the West Was Won
1977
TVKung Fu
1972
as Blacksmith
TVThe Waltons
1972
MovieLawman
1971
as Marc Corman (uncredited)
MovieTrue Grit
1969
as Minor Role (uncredited)
