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.

Filmography

• 2019I Believe — Pastor
• 2016Timber the Treasure Dog — Hawk Jones
• 2009Did You Hear About the Morgans? — Earl Granger
• 2003Pitcher and the Pin-Up — Coach Weaver
• 2002Resurrection Mary — Morty
• 2002The Round and Round — Governor
• 2001Brigham City — Stu
• 2001Crossfire Trail — Joe Gill
• 2001The Ballad of Lucy Whipple — Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs
• 2000Comanche
• 1998A Place to Grow — Jake
• 1998All My Friends Are Cowboys — Charlie
• 1998CHAPTER PERFECT — Hawkins
• 1998Lunker Lake — Storyteller
• 1998Progeny — Dr. David Wetherly
• 1998Summer of the Monkeys — Grandpa Sam Ferrans
• 1997In & Out — Frank Brackett
• 1996My Fellow Americans — Joe Hollis
• 1995Last of the Dogmen — Narrator (uncredited)
• 1995Mutant Species — Devro
• 1995OP Center — Adm. Troy Davis
• OP Center — Adm. Troy Davis
• 1995The Good Old Boys — C.C. Tarpley
• 1994Heaven Sent — Security Guard
• 1993Hard Target — Uncle Douvee
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Harry 'The Admiral' Prentice
• 1993The Firm — William Devasher
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Burt Mueller
• The Boys of Twilight — Bill Huntoon
• 1992Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2 — Grandpa Will
• 1991Blood River — U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
• 1990Eternity — King / Eric
• 1989Billy the Kid — Gov. Lew Wallace
• Seinfeld — Postmaster General Henry Atkins
• 1988Cocoon: The Return — Ben Luckett
• 1987End of the Line — Will Haney
• 1986Act of Vengeance — Tony Boyle
• 1986Jackals — Sheriff Mitchell
• Our House — Gus Witherspoon
• 1986Shadows on the Wall — Floyd Buckman
• 1986Thompson's Last Run — Red Haines
• 1985Cocoon — Benjamin Luckett
• 1985Ewoks: The Battle for Endor — Noa Briqualon
• 1985Murder in Space — Dr. Andrew McCallister
• 1985Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins — Harold Smith
• 1984Country — Otis
• 1984Harry & Son — Tom Keach
• 1984The Hotel New Hampshire — Iowa Bob
• 1984The Natural — Pop Fisher
• 1984The Stone Boy — George Jansen
• 198310 to Midnight — Clem Malone
• 1983High Road to China — Bradley Tozer
• 1983Tender Mercies — Harry
• 1983Tough Enough — Bill Long
• 1982Death Valley — The Sheriff
• 1982The Thing — Blair
• 1981Absence of Malice — James J. Wells
• 1981Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill — Wally Haskell
• 1980Amber Waves — Pete Alberts
• 1980Borderline — Scooter Jackson
• 1980Brubaker — Rogers
• 1980Rodeo Girl — Bingo Gibbs
• 1980Roughnecks — Willie Clayton
• 1979The China Syndrome — Ted Spindler
• 1979The Electric Horseman — Farmer
• 1979The Wild Wild West Revisited — President Grover Cleveland
• The Awakening Land — Jude McWhirter
• How the West Was Won — Sheriff Daniels
• The Oregon Trail
• Kung Fu — Blacksmith
• The Waltons — Horace Brimley
• 1971Lawman — Marc Corman (uncredited)
• 1969True Grit — Minor Role (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2016The Men of Outpost 31 — Self
• 2016The Natural: The Best There Ever Was — Self
• 2000The Making of Comanche — Self