Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley is one of those rare actors who felt like he was born old — in the best possible way. That walrus mustache, that gravelly no-nonsense voice, that face that looked like it had seen every hard winter Utah could throw at it — he brought an effortless authenticity to every role that most actors spend entire careers chasing. Whether he was terrifying you in The Thing, breaking your heart in Cocoon, or standing in a cornfield in The Natural, he never seemed to be acting, just being. And then there were the Quaker Oats commercials — "It's the right thing to do" — which somehow became as iconic as anything he did on screen. He came up the hard way, working as a bodyguard and ranch hand before Hollywood caught on, and that life experience showed. We lost him in August 2020, at 85, and the screen got a little less honest that day.

Name (English)

Wilford Brimley

Name (Japanese)

ウィルフォード・ブリムリー

Reading

うぃるふぉーど・ぶりむりー

Born

September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

Origin

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Occupation

actor / comedian / television actor / bodyguard / blacksmith

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Utah
• actor
• comedian
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.