Portrait of Wilfrid Brambell

Acting

Wilfrid Brambell

Career

Active from 1948 to 1983, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Wilfrid Brambell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.4, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic Charm 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Children's Adventure 2
  • Innocent Mischief 2
  • Sitcom Adaptation 2
  • Dysfunctional Family 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

56
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Great Comedy Moments
Great Comedy Moments (2001)

as Albert Steptoe (archive footage)

1980s

6 titles ยท average score 57
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
GoodWatch score 27

as Porter

The Terence Davies Trilogy
The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983)
GoodWatch score 77

as Robert Tucker (old age)

Death and Transfiguration
Death and Transfiguration (1983)
GoodWatch score 67

as Robert Tucker

Spooky
Spooky (1983)

TV show ยท as The Sexton

The Island of Adventure
The Island of Adventure (1981)

as Uncle Jocelyn

High Rise Donkey
High Rise Donkey (1980)

as Ben Foxcroft

1970s

9 titles ยท average score 61
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Dinsdale's Brother

The Adventures of Picasso
The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
GoodWatch score 70

as Alice B. Toklas

Citizen Smith
Citizen Smith (1977)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Jack

Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)
GoodWatch score 67

as Albert Steptoe

Holiday on the Buses
Holiday on the Buses (1973)
GoodWatch score 68

as Bert Thompson

Steptoe & Son
Steptoe & Son (1972)
GoodWatch score 63

as Albert Steptoe

Catch Me a Spy
Catch Me a Spy (1971)
GoodWatch score 42

as Beech

Some Will, Some Won't
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
GoodWatch score 55

as Henry Russell

Never Say Die
Never Say Die (1970)

TV show ยท as Albert

1960s

25 titles ยท average score 66
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
GoodWatch score 65

as Malipieri

Cry Wolf
Cry Wolf (1968)

as Delivery man

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
GoodWatch score 65

as White Rabbit

Where the Bullets Fly
Where the Bullets Fly (1966)

as Train Guard

San Ferry Ann
San Ferry Ann (1965)
GoodWatch score 59

as Grandad

A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
GoodWatch score 88

as Grandfather

Crooks in Cloisters
Crooks in Cloisters (1964)
GoodWatch score 49

as Phineas

The Small World of Sammy Lee
The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
GoodWatch score 65

as Harry

Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son (1962)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Albert Steptoe

In Search of the Castaways
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

as Bill Gaye

The Boys
The Boys (1962)
GoodWatch score 73

as Norman Albert Brewer

Maigret
Maigret (1960)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Jacob

1950s

13 titles ยท average score 62
No Hiding Place
No Hiding Place (1959)

TV show

Bleak House
Bleak House (1959)

TV show ยท as Mr Krook

Serious Charge
Serious Charge (1959)
GoodWatch score 51

as Verger

The Salvage Gang
The Salvage Gang (1958)

as Tramp

The Adventures of William Tell
The Adventures of William Tell (1958)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Josef

The Larkins
The Larkins (1958)

TV show ยท as Ernshaw

The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Old Man

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Fisherman

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Rev. Canon Chasuble / Mr. Finch

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Fisherman

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
GoodWatch score 72

as Old Man / Thin Prisoner

Sunday Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Old Man / Thin Prisoner

1940s

2 titles ยท average score 85
Another Shore
Another Shore (1948)

as Arthur Moore

Odd Man Out
Odd Man Out (1947)
GoodWatch score 85

as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)