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Wilfrid Brambell

Mar 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

All Creatures Great and Small

No Hiding Place

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of William Tell

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

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)