[Beave Meister]

He was a truly great character actor. I could watch him in the movie "The Natural" every day. RIP Wilford, you will be missed.

[Beave Meister]

[supremedoctrine]

great in everything but my personal favorite was in the TV movie I believe was called Act of Vengeance , where he played utterly corrupt and vicious Tony Boyle who has Jock Yablonski (Charles Bronson) murdered over the struggle for leadership of the United Mine Workers Union. NOT a great movie, but also my favorite Bronson performance.

[qam1]

85???

He seemed to been around much much longer

Cocoon came out in 1985, so if he is 85 now he would have been 50 then. 50 seems young to be playing a senor citizen??

[Vendome]

I thought he was 85 in 1993
https://youtu.be/pCYql-JwVso

[Conservinator]

One of the great lines in movie history was said by Brimley in the movie Absence of Malice with Paul Newman & Sally Field. Toward the end of the movie Brimley, who plays an Assistant Attorney General and calls all of the principal players in a bribery/press leaking/political corruption case into a conference room and tells everyone that at the end of the day “we’ll all know what in the good Christ (“excuse me Angie”) is going on around here and I am going to have someone’s ass in my briefcase!” There were several other great quotes from that conference room scene, but that one had me on the floor. And boy did I use that line in a few choice business meetings with people that thought they could lie, cheat, steal, etc. to get ahead at the expense of other people and the company’s brand. Great actor who gave some incredible performances in numerous supporting roles.

[albie]

He was really good in The Firm

[DigitalVideoDude]

He was the “Diabeetus” guy. Bummer.

[nd76]

He was the face of evil in “The Firm”, as he was the mob enforcer Bill Devasher/security director for Bendini, Lambert and Locke.

[Ruger1099]

“The Thing” with Kurt Russell.

[OrangeHoof]

Prior to his career in acting, Brimley dropped out of high school to serve in the United States Marine Corps, where he served in the Aleutian Islands for three years. He also worked as a bodyguard for Howard Hughes, and as a ranch hand, a wrangler, and a blacksmith. He then began shoeing horses for film and television. He began acting in the 1960s as a riding extra in Westerns and a stunt man at the urging of his friend, actor Robert Duvall.

Wikipedia

[Governor Dinwiddie]

SNL: John Goodman plays Wilford Brimley

Very Funny!
 

[Impy]

RIP

[Pocketdoor]

I liked him... But I thought he was 85 in ‘85.

[SkyPilot]

He was a great actor.

IMDB posted trivia about the 1982 movie "The Thing" by John Carpenter.

It says:

Wilford Brimley, being a real cowboy, didn't have any issues handling some of the disgusting props used in the dissection sequences. When John Carpenter asked him what he thought of in the more intense scenes, Brimley would reply, "I'm picking up my laundry."

Brimley was a real cowboy at on time. Fascinating life he had.

[Larry Lucido]

RIP

[RoosterRedux]

That means Brimley was only 50 years old when he played a retiree in Cocoon in 1985.

[rlmorel]

I always liked him in his acting roles. No idea about his politics, and I like that too. RIP.

[RandallFlagg]

He was only 47 years old when he played Blair in The Thing?
WOW! He looked sixty.

[EdnaMode]

RIP.