Wilfrid Brambell

Wilfrid Brambell

  • Birthday: 1912-03-22
  • Deathday: 1985-01-18
  • Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
  • Also know as: Wilfred Brambell

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

A Hard Day's Night

1964

As Grandfather

Steptoe & Son

1972

As Albert Steptoe

Witchfinder General

1968

As Master Loach

In Search of the Castaways

1962

As Bill Gaye

Death and Transfiguration

1983

As Robert Tucker

The Terence Davies Trilogy

1983

As Robert Tucker (old age)

Holiday on the Buses

1973

As Bert Thompson

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

1973

As Steptoe / Albert

Some Will, Some Won't

1970

As Henry Russell

Crooks in Cloisters

1964

As Phineas

Captured

1959

As

Another Shore

1948

As Arthur Moore

Where the Bullets Fly

1966

As Train Guard

San Ferry Ann

1965

As Grandad

The Salvage Gang

1958

As Tramp

The Sinister Man

1961

As Lock-Keeper

The Boys

1962

As Norman Albert Brewer

What a Whopper

1961

As Postie

Go Kart Go

1964

As Junkman Fred

Cry WoIf

1968

As Delivery man

Lionheart

1968

As Dignett

High Rise Donkey

1980

As Ben Foxcroft

Catch Me a Spy

1971

As Beech

Alice in Wonderland

1966

As White Rabbit

Serious Charge

1959

As Verger

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954

As Old Man / Thin Prisoner

Flame in the Streets

1961

As Mr. Palmer senior

The Adventures of Picasso

1978

As Alice B. Toklas

The Island of Adventure

1981

As Uncle Jocelyn

Break-In

1956

As

Carry On Again Doctor

1969

As Mr. Pullen (uncredited)

Odd Man Out

1947

As Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)

Urge to Kill

1960

As Mr. Forsythe

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