Met ol’ Wilford at the Alta Ski Resort in Utah years ago. Happened to sit across from him in one of the restaurants for a noon bowl of chili. Nice guy and just like he appears on TV. Also saw him a few other times on the slopes.
His brother Sterling is one of the finest examples of the human race I’ve ever had the pleasure to get to know.
Watch him in "Absence of Malice", near the end, when he gives the best no-nonsense butt-chewing I have ever heard.