Wilford Brimley

Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor. Brimley has appeared in the movies The China Syndrome, Cocoon, The Thing and The Firm. He has also appeared in television commercials for Quaker Oats and Liberty Medical. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a former United States Marine. 

He had diabetes which he speaks openly about in his commercials for Liberty Medical. These commercials were turned into a meme because he pronounced diabetes as ‘diabeetus’.

Brimley died on August 1, 2020 in St. George, Utah at the age of 85, after suffering kidney disease.

Filmography
 Year Film Role 1968  Bandolero!  Stunts (uncredited)  1969  True Grit  Stunts (uncredited) 1971  Lawman  Stunts (uncredited)1976  The Oregon Trail  Ludlow 1979  The China Syndrome  Ted Spindler  The Electric Horseman  Farmer 1980  Brubaker  Rogers  Borderline  Scooter Jackson 1981  Absence of Malice  Asst. U.S. Atty. Gen. James A. Wells  1982  Death Valley  The Sheriff  The Thing  Dr. Blair 1983  Tender Mercies  Harry   10 to Midnight  Captain Maline  High Road to China  Bradley Tozer  Tough Enough  Bill Long 1984  Harry & Son  Tom Keach   Ewoks: The Battle for Endor  Noa Briqualon  The Hotel New Hampshire  Iowa Bob  The Stone Boy  George Jansen   The Natural  Pop Fisher   Country  Otis  Terror in the Aisles  1985  Cocoon  Benjamin Luckett  Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins  Harold Smith  Shadows on the Wall  Theater Owner  Murder in Space  Dr. Andrew McAllister 1986  Jackals  Sheriff Mitchell   1987  End of the Line  Will Haney   1988  Cocoon: The Return  Benjamin Luckett  1989  Eternity  King/Eric  1992  Where the Red Fern Grows: Part II  Grandpa Will  1993  The Firm  William Devasher Hard Target  Uncle Douvee 1994  Heaven Sent  Security Guard 1995  Mutant Species  Devro  Last of the Dogmen  Narrator (uncredited)  1996  My Fellow Americans  Joe Hollis  1997  In & Out  Frank Brackett  Lunker Lake  The Storyteller 1998  A Place to Grow  Jake  Progeny  Dr. David Wetherly Chapter Perfect  Chief Hawkins  All My Friends Are Cowboys  Charlie Summer of the Monkeys  Grandpa Sam Ferrans 2000  Comanche    2001  PC and the Web     Brigham City  Stu   The Ballad of Lucy Whipple  Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs   Crossfire Trail  Joe Gill  2002  Resurrection Mary  Morty  The Round and Round  Governor  2003  The Road Home  Coach Weaver 2009  The Path of the Wind  Harry Caldwell  2009  Did You Hear About the Morgans Earl Granger

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