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Wilford Brimley was an American actor and singer who had a long career in film and television from the 1970s through the 2010s. He is remembered for his distinctive appearance and voice, and for roles in films like "Cocoon" and "The Right Stuff."
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Anthony Wilford Brimley (born September 27, 1934, died August 1, 2020) is an American actor and occasionally singer who has appeared in films and television series. His trademark mustache, accent and brusque delivery made Brimley very recognizable, but forthrightness on screen was on occasion matched by bluntness on set when his interpretation of a character was being faulted. Brimley's weather beaten appearance enabled him to be convincing as someone decades older in the highly successful Cocoo
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Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) 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. He was the long-term face of American television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related television commercials for Liberty Medical, a role for which he became an Internet meme.
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