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Wilford Brimley
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.
As actor
I Believe
Timber the Treasure Dog
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
The Round and Round
Resurrection Mary
Brigham City
Crossfire Trail
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Comanche
The Making of Comanche
A Place to Grow
Progeny
Summer of the Monkeys
Lunker Lake
All My Friends Are Cowboys
In & Out
My Fellow Americans
OP Center
Mutant Species
The Good Old Boys
Last of the Dogmen
Heaven Sent
Hard Target
The Firm
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
Blood River
Eternity
Billy the Kid