He then began shoeing horses for film and television. He also worked as a bodyguard for businessman Howard Hughes as well as a ranch hand, wrangler, and blacksmith. Prior to a career in acting, he dropped out of high school at age 14 and worked as a cowboy in Arizona, Idaho, and Nevada.īrimley joined the Marines in 1953 and served in the Aleutian Islands for three years. His mother was half Danish and also had English, German, Swiss, and Welsh ancestry. His paternal grandfather was an Englishman from Wigan, while his paternal grandmother's parents were a Scottish couple from Glasgow. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related television commercials for Liberty Medical.Īnthony Wilford Brimley was born in Salt Lake City on September 27, 1934, the son of Lola (née Nelson) and real estate broker Wilford Brimley. He was the long-term face of American television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. Brimley was known for playing characters at times much older than his age. 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). Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s. Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor.
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