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Wilford Brimley

1934 - 2020

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Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s. He became an established character actor in the 1970s and 1980s in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984), and Cocoon (1985). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilford Brimley has received more than 8,110,574 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Wilford Brimley is the 1,285th most popular actor (up from 1,874th in 2019), the 2,238th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,120th in 2019) and the 608th most popular American Actor.

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  • 8.1M

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  • 57.09

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  • 72

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  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wilford Brimley ranks 1,285 out of 13,578. Before him are Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Rachel McAdams, Jason Momoa, James Tolkan, Renée Simonot, and Edward Gordon Craig. After him are Daniel Brühl, Akim Tamiroff, Ernst Busch, Rhea Seehorn, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, and Wade Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Wilford Brimley ranks 118. Before him are Joan Didion, Omar Karami, Kira Muratova, Paul Cohen, Gloria Steinem, and Howard Martin Temin. After him are Jean Chrétien, Dashrath Manjhi, Hank Aaron, William F. Sharpe, Leonard Kleinrock, and Claude Berri. Among people deceased in 2020, Wilford Brimley ranks 121. Before him are Bill Withers, Jack Charlton, Benjamin Mkapa, Daniel arap Moi, George Floyd, and Ilija Petković. After him are James Randi, Alejandro Sabella, Harry Gregg, Mario Bunge, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, and Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wilford Brimley ranks 2,238 out of 20,380. Before him are Jason Momoa (1979), Terry Riley (1935), James Tolkan (1931), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Chris Brown (1989), and Jenna Jameson (1974). After him are Dean Acheson (1893), George Stevens (1904), Rhea Seehorn (1972), Thomas Gordon (1918), Wade Williams (1961), and Charles Eames (1907).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Wilford Brimley ranks 608. Before him are Patrick Duffy (1949), Stockard Channing (1944), Fredric March (1897), Martin Kove (1946), Jason Momoa (1979), and James Tolkan (1931). After him are Rhea Seehorn (1972), Wade Williams (1961), Henry Bergman (1868), Terry O'Quinn (1952), Chazz Palminteri (1952), and Felicity Huffman (1962).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Thing
Blair
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Jun 25o 19828.065 / 10
Cocoon: The Return
Ben Luckett
The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?
Sep 13o 19886.509 / 10
The Firm
William Devasher
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
Jun 30o 19936.7 / 10