W ord has just reached me of the death of Wilford Brimley, a fine character actor and a friend of liberty. Brimley died Saturday in a St. George, Utah hospital of a kidney ailment. He was 85 and ...

Wilford Brimley, the mustachioed actor who appeared on the big screen, television shows and Quaker Oats commercials, has died. He was 85. Brimley died Saturday while hospitalized in St. George ...

Shannen Doherty paid tribute to her friend and late co-star Wilford Brimley shortly after his death this week at age 85. The actress appeared alongside Brimley in the 1986 NBC drama “Our House ...

Wilford Brimley, the unlikely character actor who brought both curmudgeonry and geniality to films like Cocoon, The China Syndrome, The Natural and Tender Mercies, has died at the age of 85.

Actor Wilford Brimley has stood toe-to-toe with some pretty good actors. But he's be able to stand out whether he's confronting Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Robert Duvall, Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman ...

Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included "Cocoon," "The ...

Wilford Brimley, the mustached actor known for Cocoon, The Natural and The Firm, has died.He was 85. The actor died Saturday morning at a Utah hospital, according to his manager, Lynda Bensky.

Collaborators and famous fans have been paying tribute to the late actor Wilford Brimley, who died on Saturday in Utah, according to the Associated Press. Brimley's many movie credits included The ...

Anthony Wilford Brimley was born on Sept. 27, 1934, in Salt Lake City. His father, a real estate broker, sold the family farm in 1939 and moved his family to Santa Monica, Calif.

Wilford Brimley, the actor with the walrus mustache whose down-home geniality seen in such films as 'Cocoon,' 'The Natural' and 'Absence of Malice' endeared him to moviegoers, has died. He was 85.