Wilfrid Brambell

Acting

Born March 22, 1912, Dublin, Ireland

Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor and comedian, best remembered for his role in the television series Steptoe and Son. He also performed alongside The Beatles in their debut film A Hard Day's Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney.

Filmography

• 1984Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — Porter
• 1983Death and Transfiguration — Robert Tucker
• Spooky — The Sexton
• 1983The Terence Davies Trilogy — Robert Tucker (old age)
• 1981The Island of Adventure — Uncle Jocelyn
• 1980High Rise Donkey — Ben Foxcroft
• All Creatures Great and Small — Dinsdale's Brother
• 1978The Adventures of Picasso — Alice B. Toklas
• Citizen Smith — Jack
• 1973Holiday on the Buses — Bert Thompson
• 1973Steptoe & Son Ride Again — Albert Steptoe
• 1972Steptoe & Son — Albert Steptoe
• 1971Catch Me a Spy — Beech
• Never Say Die — Albert
• 1970Some Will, Some Won't — Henry Russell
• 1969Carry On Again Doctor — Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
• 1969Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence — Malipieri
• 1968Cry Wolf — Delivery man
• 1968Lionheart — Dignett
• 1968Witchfinder General — Master Loach
• 1966Alice in Wonderland — White Rabbit
• 1966Mano di velluto — Erwin McGowan
• 1966Where the Bullets Fly — Train Guard
• 1965San Ferry Ann — Grandad
• 1964A Hard Day's Night — Grandfather
• 1964Crooks in Cloisters — Phineas
• 1964Go Kart Go — Junkman Fred
• 1964The Importance of Being Earnest
• 1963The Small World of Sammy Lee — Harry
• 1963The Three Lives of Thomasina — Willie Bannock
• 1962In Search of the Castaways — Bill Gaye
• Steptoe and Son — Albert Steptoe
• 1962The Boys — Norman Albert Brewer
• 1961Flame in the Streets — Mr. Palmer senior
• 1961The Sinister Man — Lock-Keeper
• They Met in a City — Pop
• 1961What a Whopper — Postie
• Maigret — Jacob
• Theatre '70 — Lon Waley
• 1960Urge to Kill — Mr. Forsythe
• Bleak House — Mr Krook
• 1959Captured
• No Hiding Place
• 1959Serious Charge — Verger
• The Adventures of William Tell — Josef
• 1958The Government Inspector — The Postmaster
• The Larkins — Ernshaw
• 1958The Salvage Gang — Tramp
• Armchair Theatre — Mr. Finch, Rev. Canon Chasuble
• 1956Break-In
• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot — Fisherman
• The Buccaneers — Old Man
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Fisherman
• 1954Nineteen Eighty-Four — Old Man / Thin Prisoner
• Sunday Night Theatre — Old Man / Thin Prisoner
• 1948Another Shore — Arthur Moore
• 1947Odd Man Out — Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)