Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley (1934 - 2020)
==Movie Deaths==
*Lawman (1971) [Marc Corman] Shot by Burt Lancaster off-screen.  His body is simply shown as Burt brings it back to town. 
*Borderline (1980) [Scooter Jackson] Shot by Ed Harris, after Wilford (playing a border patrol agent) tries to stop Ed's truck of smuggled illegal immigrants. 
*The Thing (1982) [Dr. Blair]: Killed (off-screen) and assimilated by the alien, assuming his appearance. His death is revealed when the alien (still in Wilford's form) attacks Donald Moffat. The alien itself - now transformed into a monstrous fusion of Wilford and the assimilated dogs - is finally destroyed after Kurt Russell throws a dynamite stick at it.
*Death Valley (1982) [Sheriff]: Struck in the chest with a pickaxe and stuffed into a closet by Stephen McHattie.
*The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) [Iowa Bob]: Dies of a heart attack, caused by the shock of seeing a taxidermy-mount of his dead dog fall out from a storage closet.
*The Firm (1993) [William Devasher]: Beaten to death by Tom Cruise. 
*Brigham City (2001) [Stu]: Shot in the head by Matthew Brown while investigating a kidnapping/murder.
==Television Deaths==
*Homicide: Life on the Street: See No Evil (1994) [Harry Prentice] 
*Walker Texas Ranger: War Zone Part II (1995) [Burt Mueller]: Shot to death by Tim Thomerson.
==Gallery==
Wilfordbrimley-alien.jpg|The Alien (emerged from Wilford Brimley's form) in The Thing
Brimley, Wilford
Brimley, Wilford
Brimley, Wilford
Brimley, Wilford
Category:Death scenes by alien attack
Category:Death scenes by beating
Category:Death scenes by murder
Category:Death scenes by shooting
Category:Death scenes by explosion
Category:Conservatives
Category:Mormon
Category:Actors who died in John Carpenter movies
Category:Actors who died in Tom Cruise Movies
Category:Off-screen deaths
Category:Star Wars cast members
Category:Death scenes by transformation
Category:Seinfeld cast members
Category:Walker, Texas Ranger Cast Members
Category:Television Personalities
Category:The Waltons cast members
Category:Death scenes by heart attack
Category:Actors who died in Sydney Pollack Movies
Category:2020 Deaths
Category:Legends
Category:Died during production
Category:United States Marine
Category:Korean War veteran
Category:Diabetes victims
Category:Space Stars
Category:Pages in need of updating