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Acting

Wilford Brimley

Career: Active from 1979 to 2019, busiest in 1998 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 25
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: The China Syndrome
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Wilford Brimley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0
Biographical
0.2, average 1.0
Cringe Humor
1.5, average 2.2
Dark Humor
2.1, average 2.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Moral Ambiguity 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Bleak Atmosphere 2
Star-Studded Cast 2
Family Saga 2
Melancholic Tone 2
Rural Life 2
Magical Realism 2
90s Nostalgia 2
Historical Setting 2
Heartwarming 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 63

I Believe

74

as Pastor

Timber the Treasure Dog

52

as Hawk Jones

2000s

7 titles · average score 49

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

32

as Earl Granger

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

65

as Coach Weaver

The Round and Round

26

as Governor

Resurrection Mary

as Morty

Brigham City

59

as Stu

Crossfire Trail

55

as Joe Gill

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

60

as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs

1990s

22 titles · average score 57

Summer of the Monkeys

61

as Grandpa Sam Ferrans

CHAPTER PERFECT

as Hawkins

Progeny

42

as Dr. David Wetherly

In & Out

67

as Frank Brackett

My Fellow Americans

56

as Joe Hollis

Heaven Sent

48

as Security Guard

The Firm

68

as William Devasher

Hard Target

62

as Uncle Douvee

Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2

56

as Grandpa Will

The Boys of Twilight

TV show · as Bill Huntoon

Blood River

50

as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler

Eternity

42

as King / Eric

1980s

31 titles · average score 59

Seinfeld

87

TV show · as Postmaster General Henry Atkins

Cocoon: The Return

44

as Ben Luckett

Our House

67

TV show · as Gus Witherspoon

Act of Vengeance

54

as Tony Boyle

Thompson's Last Run

63

as Red Haines

Cocoon

70

as Benjamin Luckett

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

58

as Noa Briqualon

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

47

as Harold Smith

Country

65

as Otis

The Natural

66

as Pop Fisher

10 to Midnight

43

as Clem Malone

The Thing

78

as Blair

1970s

9 titles · average score 71

The China Syndrome

80

as Ted Spindler

The Electric Horseman

62

as Farmer

The Wild Wild West Revisited

60

as President Grover Cleveland

The Awakening Land

79

TV show · as Jude McWhirter

How the West Was Won

76

TV show · as Sheriff Daniels

The Oregon Trail

TV show

The Waltons

65

TV show · as Horace Brimley

Kung Fu

80

TV show · as Blacksmith

Lawman

66

as Marc Corman (uncredited)

1960s

1 title · average score 80

True Grit

80

as Minor Role (uncredited)