Wilfrid Brambell
Born in Dublin, Ireland — Mar 22 1912• Died Jan 18 1985
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Biography
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.
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Wilfrid Brambell's Credits
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All Creatures Great and Small
Dinsdale's Brother
No Hiding Place
Sunday Night Theatre
Old Man / Thin Prisoner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Fisherman
Maigret
Jacob
The Buccaneers
Old Man
The Adventures of William Tell
Josef
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Fisherman
A Hard Day's Night
Grandfather
The Larkins
Ernshaw
Steptoe and Son
Albert Steptoe
Citizen Smith
Jack
Armchair Theatre
Mr. Finch
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Porter
Odd Man Out
Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)
They Met in a City
Pop
Witchfinder General
Master Loach
Alice in Wonderland
White Rabbit
The Boys
Norman Albert Brewer
Carry On Again Doctor
Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Old Man / Thin Prisoner
San Ferry Ann
Grandad
Flame in the Streets
Mr. Palmer senior
Go Kart Go
Junkman Fred
Captured
The Adventures of Picasso
Alice B. Toklas
In Search of the Castaways
Bill Gaye
Catch Me a Spy
Beech
Cry WoIf
Delivery man
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Albert Steptoe
Some Will, Some Won't
Henry Russell
Crooks in Cloisters
Phineas
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
Malipieri
What a Whopper
Postie
The Sinister Man
Lock-Keeper
Another Shore
Arthur Moore
Holiday on the Buses
Bert Thompson
Steptoe & Son
Albert Steptoe
Never Say Die
The Salvage Gang
Tramp
The Importance of Being Earnest
Where the Bullets Fly
Train Guard
The Island of Adventure
Uncle Jocelyn
The Small World of Sammy Lee
Harry
The Terence Davies Trilogy
Robert Tucker (old age)
Cry Wolf
Delivery man
Serious Charge
Verger
High Rise Donkey
Ben Foxcroft
Lionheart
Dignett
Urge to Kill
Mr. Forsythe
The Government Inspector
The Postmaster
Death and Transfiguration
Robert Tucker
Break-In
Mano di velluto
Erwin McGowan