Wilfrid Brambell

Known for: Acting

Born: 1912-03-22 – 1985-01-18 (aged 72)

From: Dublin, Ireland

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 (56)

MOVIE★ 5.2
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
as Porter
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Terence Davies Trilogy
1983
as Robert Tucker (old age)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Death and Transfiguration
1983
as Robert Tucker
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Island of Adventure
1981
as Uncle Jocelyn
MOVIE★ 7.0
High Rise Donkey
1980
as Ben Foxcroft
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Adventures of Picasso
1978
as Alice B. Toklas
TV★ 7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Dinsdale's Brother
TV★ 6.8
Citizen Smith
1977
as Jack
MOVIE★ 7.4
Holiday on the Buses
1973
as Bert Thompson
MOVIE★ 6.8
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973
as Albert Steptoe
MOVIE★ 6.3
Steptoe & Son
1972
as Albert Steptoe
MOVIE★ 5.0
Catch Me a Spy
1971
as Beech
TV
Never Say Die
1970
as Albert
MOVIE★ 5.2
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
as Henry Russell
MOVIE★ 6.1
Carry On Again Doctor
1969
as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
1969
as Malipieri
MOVIE
Cry Wolf
1968
as Delivery man
MOVIE★ 6.3
Cry WoIf
1968
as Delivery man
MOVIE★ 6.5
Witchfinder General
1968
as Master Loach
MOVIE★ 6.5
Lionheart
1968
as Dignett
MOVIE★ 5.9
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as White Rabbit
MOVIE★ 5.7
Where the Bullets Fly
1966
as Train Guard
MOVIE
Mano di velluto
1966
as Erwin McGowan
MOVIE★ 6.4
San Ferry Ann
1965
as Grandad
MOVIE
The Importance of Being Earnest
1964
MOVIE★ 7.3
A Hard Day's Night
1964
as Grandfather
MOVIE★ 7.7
Go Kart Go
1964
as Junkman Fred
MOVIE★ 5.4
Crooks in Cloisters
1964
as Phineas
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
as Willie Bannock
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963
as Harry
MOVIE★ 6.5
In Search of the Castaways
1962
as Bill Gaye
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Boys
1962
as Norman Albert Brewer
TV★ 7.8
Steptoe and Son
1962
as Albert Steptoe
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Sinister Man
1961
as Lock-Keeper
MOVIE★ 6.2
What a Whopper
1961
as Postie
MOVIE★ 6.3
Flame in the Streets
1961
as Mr. Palmer senior
TV★ 7.0
They Met in a City
1961
as Pop
TV★ 7.1
Maigret
1960
as Jacob
TV
Theatre '70
1960
as Lon Waley
MOVIE★ 5.8
Urge to Kill
1960
as Mr. Forsythe
TV★ 4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
MOVIE★ 6.2
Serious Charge
1959
as Verger
MOVIE★ 4.2
Captured
1959
TV★ 7.6
The Larkins
1958
as Ernshaw
TV★ 6.8
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Josef
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Salvage Gang
1958
as Tramp
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Government Inspector
1958
as The Postmaster
TV★ 6.4
The Buccaneers
1956
as Old Man
TV★ 7.0
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
as Fisherman
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mr. Finch
MOVIE
Break-In
1956
TV★ 6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Fisherman
MOVIE★ 7.3
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
TV★ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
MOVIE★ 5.7
Another Shore
1948
as Arthur Moore
MOVIE★ 7.3
Odd Man Out
1947
as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)