Wilfrid Brambell
Birthday
1912/03/22
Day of death
1985/01/18 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also know as
Wilfred Brambell, Wilfred Bramble
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.
Acting
(1964) A Hard Day's Night
as Grandfather
(1984) Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
as Porter
(1972) Steptoe & Son
as Albert Steptoe
(1968) Witchfinder General
as Master Loach
(1962) In Search of the Castaways
as Bill Gaye
(1983) Death and Transfiguration
as Robert Tucker
(1983) The Terence Davies Trilogy
as Robert Tucker (old age)
(1973) Holiday on the Buses
as Bert Thompson
(1973) Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Steptoe / Albert
(1964) Crooks in Cloisters
as Phineas
(1970) Some Will, Some Won't
as Henry Russell
(1948) Another Shore
as Arthur Moore
(1966) Where the Bullets Fly
as Train Guard
(1965) San Ferry Ann
as Grandad
(1959) Captured
as ---
(1960) Urge to Kill
as Mr. Forsythe
(1958) The Salvage Gang
as Tramp
(1969) Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
as Malipieri
(1964) The Importance of Being Earnest
as ---
(1961) The Sinister Man
as Lock-Keeper
(1962) The Boys
as Norman Albert Brewer
(1963) The Small World of Sammy Lee
as Harry
(1961) What a Whopper
as Postie
(1968) Cry WoIf
as Delivery man
(1980) High Rise Donkey
as Ben Foxcroft
(1968) Lionheart
as Dignett
(1964) Go Kart Go
as Junkman Fred
(1971) Catch Me a Spy
as Beech
(1966) Alice in Wonderland
as White Rabbit
(1959) Serious Charge
as Verger
(1954) Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
(1961) Flame in the Streets
as Mr. Palmer senior
(1978) The Adventures of Picasso
as Alice B. Toklas
(1981) The Island of Adventure
as Uncle Jocelyn
(1956) Break-In
as ---
(1969) Carry On Again Doctor
as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
(1947) Odd Man Out
as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)
(1962) Steptoe and Son
as Albert Steptoe
(1977) Citizen Smith
as Jack
(1956) The Buccaneers
as Old Man
(1956) The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Fisherman
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Fisherman
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1970) Never Say Die
as ---
(1958) The Adventures of William Tell
as Josef
(1960) Maigret
as Jacob
(1955) Quatermass II
as Tramp
(1958) The Larkins
as Ernshaw
(1978) All Creatures Great and Small
as Dinsdale's Brother
(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Old Man / Thin Prisoner