Wilfrid Brambell

Actor

Born: March 22, 1912 (72 years old)

Died: January 18, 1985

Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland

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.

Filmography (30)

• A Hard Day's Night (1964, ★ 7.3)
• Witchfinder General (1968, ★ 6.5)
• Holiday on the Buses (1973, ★ 7.4)
• In Search of the Castaways (1962, ★ 6.4)
• Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973, ★ 6.8)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954, ★ 7.3)
• Odd Man Out (1947, ★ 7.3)
• Steptoe and Son (1962, ★ 7.8)
• All Creatures Great and Small (1978, ★ 7.7)
• Steptoe & Son (1972, ★ 6.2)
• Death and Transfiguration (1983, ★ 5.7)
• The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983, ★ 6.2)
• San Ferry Ann (1965, ★ 6.3)
• The Adventures of Picasso (1978, ★ 7)
• Maigret (1960, ★ 7.1)
• Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984, ★ 5.2)
• Crooks in Cloisters (1964, ★ 5.1)
• Another Shore (1948, ★ 5.4)
• Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969, ★ 5.9)
• The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963, ★ 5.9)
• What a Whopper (1961, ★ 5.9)
• Alice in Wonderland (1966, ★ 5.9)
• Serious Charge (1959, ★ 5.8)
• Flame in the Streets (1961, ★ 6)
• Carry On Again Doctor (1969, ★ 6.1)
• Citizen Smith (1977, ★ 6.5)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955, ★ 6.3)
• Armchair Theatre (1956, ★ 5.8)
• Captured (1959, ★ 4.2)
• Catch Me a Spy (1971, ★ 4.6)