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Wilfrid Brambell

Actor
Died January 18, 1985 (72 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Odd Man Out
  • Flame in the Streets
Known For
  • A Hard Day's Night
  • Steptoe & Son
  • Steptoe and Son
  • Steptoe and Son Ride Again
  • The Three Lives of Thomasina
  • Death and Transfiguration
  • In Search of the Castaways
  • The Adventures of Picasso
  • The Terence Davies Trilogy
  • Holiday on the Buses
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Sword of the Valiant
  • The Small World of Sammy Lee
  • Captured
  • The Boys
  • Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
  • Crooks in Cloisters
  • San Ferry Ann
  • Flame in the Streets
  • Some Will, Some Won't
  • Another Shore
  • What a Whopper
  • High Rise Donkey
  • The Sinister Man

Filmography

2016
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years · as Grandfather In A Hard Day's Night
2005
1984
1983
The Terence Davies Trilogy · as Robert Tucker (old Age)
1983
Death and Transfiguration · as Robert Tucker
1983
Spooky (TV Series) · as The Sexton
1981
The Island of Adventure · as Uncle Jocelyn
1980
High Rise Donkey · as Ben Foxcroft
1979
Kelly Monteith (TV Series) · as Cast
1978
3-2-1 (TV Series) · as Ebeneezer Scrooge
1978
The Adventures of Picasso · as Alice B. Toklas
1978
All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series) · as Dinsdale's Brother
1977
Citizen Smith (TV Series) · as Jack
1977
Just William (TV Series) · as Mr. Buttermere
1973
Holiday on the Buses · as Bert Thompson
1973
Steptoe and Son Ride Again · as Steptoe / Albert
1972
Steptoe & Son · as Albert Steptoe
1971
Catch Me a Spy · as Beech
1970
Some Will, Some Won't · as Henry Russell
1969
Carry on Again Doctor · as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
1969
1968
Cry Wolf · as Delivery Man
1968
Oh Brother! (TV Series) · as Cast
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
NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Canon Chasuble
1964
Crooks in Cloisters · as Phineas
1964
A Hard Day's Night · as Grandfather
1964
Go Kart Go · as Junkman Fred
1963
The Three Lives of Thomasina · as Willie Bannock
1963
1962
1962
The Boys · as Norman Albert Brewer
1962
Steptoe and Son (TV Series) · as Albert Steptoe
1961
Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · 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
1961
The Grand Junction Case · as Dr. Stanton
1960
Citizen James (TV Series) · as Cast
1960
Julius Caesar (1960) (TV Series) · as Soothsayer
1960
Urge to Kill · as Mr. Forsythe
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Jackson
1959
Maigret (1960) (TV Series) · as Jacob
1959
Bleak House (1959) (TV Series) · as Mr. Krook
1959
No Hiding Place (TV Series)
1959
Serious Charge · as Verger
1959
The Edgar Wallace Mysteries (TV Series) · as Lock-Keeper
1959
1958
Our Mutual Friend (1958) (TV Series) · as Mr. 'dolls'
1958
The Larkins (TV Series) · as Ernshaw
1958
The Adventures of William Tell (TV Series) · as Josef
1958
The Salvage Gang · as Tramp
1957
Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as The Postmaster
1957
The Story of Esther Costello · as Man In Irish Pub
1956
Dry Rot · as Tar Man
1956
The Buccaneers (TV Series) · as Old Man
1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (TV Series) · as Fisherman
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Mr. Finch
1955
Quatermass II (TV Series) · as Tramp
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Alderman Hardacre
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Fisherman
1955
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Harry
1954
Nineteen Eighty-Four · as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
1954
The Green Scarf · as Court Clerk
1954
1984 - BBC Live TV Productions · as Thin Prisoner
1953
The Quatermass Experiment (TV Series) · as A Drunk
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
1948
Another Shore · as Arthur Moore
1947
The Hills of Donegal · as Ship Steward Delivering Telegram
1947
Odd Man Out · as Standing Passenger On Tram (uncredited)

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