Wilfrid Brambell
March 22, 1912 (112 years old) in Dublin, Ireland
Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor and comedian, best remembered for his role in the television series Steptoe and Son. He also performed alongside The Beatles in their debut film A Hard Day's Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney.
Known For
Credits
- 1995 · The Beatles Anthology as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as Porter
- 1983 · The Terence Davies Trilogy as Robert Tucker (old age)
- 1983 · Death and Transfiguration as Robert Tucker
- 1981 · The Island of Adventure as Uncle Jocelyn
- 1980 · High Rise Donkey as Ben Foxcroft
- 1978 · The Adventures of Picasso as Alice B. Toklas
- 1978 · All Creatures Great and Small as Dinsdale's Brother
- 1977 · Citizen Smith as Jack
- 1973 · Holiday on the Buses as Bert Thompson
- 1973 · Steptoe & Son Ride Again as Steptoe / Albert
- 1972 · Steptoe & Son as Albert Steptoe
- 1971 · Catch Me a Spy as Beech
- 1970 · Never Say Die as
- 1970 · Some Will, Some Won't as Henry Russell
- 1969 · Carry On Again Doctor as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
- 1969 · Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence as Malipieri
- 1968 · Cry WoIf as Delivery man
- 1968 · Witchfinder General as Master Loach
- 1968 · Lionheart as Dignett
- 1966 · Alice in Wonderland as White Rabbit
- 1966 · Where the Bullets Fly as Train Guard
- 1965 · San Ferry Ann as Grandad
- 1964 · The Importance of Being Earnest as
- 1964 · A Hard Day's Night as Grandfather
- 1964 · Go Kart Go as Junkman Fred
- 1964 · Crooks in Cloisters as Phineas
- 1963 · The Small World of Sammy Lee as Harry
- 1962 · In Search of the Castaways as Bill Gaye
- 1962 · The Boys as Norman Albert Brewer
- 1962 · Steptoe and Son as Albert Steptoe
- 1961 · The Sinister Man as Lock-Keeper
- 1961 · What a Whopper as Postie
- 1961 · Flame in the Streets as Mr. Palmer senior
- 1960 · Maigret as Jacob
- 1960 · Urge to Kill as Mr. Forsythe
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as
- 1959 · Serious Charge as Verger
- 1959 · Captured as
- 1958 · The Larkins as Ernshaw
- 1958 · The Adventures of William Tell as Josef
- 1958 · The Salvage Gang as Tramp
- 1956 · The Buccaneers as Old Man
- 1956 · The Adventures of Sir Lancelot as Fisherman
- 1956 · Break-In as
- 1955 · Quatermass II as Tramp
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Fisherman
- 1954 · Nineteen Eighty-Four as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
- 1950 · Sunday Night Theatre as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
- 1948 · Another Shore as Arthur Moore
- 1947 · Odd Man Out as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)