Wilfrid 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.

Known For

No Hiding Place

All Creatures Great and Small

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Maigret

Sunday Night Theatre

The Buccaneers

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

The Adventures of William Tell

All Movies (40)

• Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight1984 · as Porter
• The Terence Davies Trilogy1983 · as Robert Tucker (old age)
• Death and Transfiguration1983 · as Robert Tucker
• The Island of Adventure1981 · as Uncle Jocelyn
• High Rise Donkey1980 · as Ben Foxcroft
• The Adventures of Picasso1978 · as Alice B. Toklas
• Holiday on the Buses1973 · as Bert Thompson
• Steptoe & Son Ride Again1973 · as Albert Steptoe
• Steptoe & Son1972 · as Albert Steptoe
• Catch Me a Spy1971 · as Beech
• Some Will, Some Won't1970 · as Henry Russell
• Carry On Again Doctor1969 · as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
• Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence1969 · as Malipieri
• Cry Wolf1968 · as Delivery man
• Cry WoIf1968 · as Delivery man
• Witchfinder General1968 · as Master Loach
• Lionheart1968 · as Dignett
• Alice in Wonderland1966 · as White Rabbit
• Where the Bullets Fly1966 · as Train Guard
• Mano di velluto1966 · as Erwin McGowan
• San Ferry Ann1965 · as Grandad
• The Importance of Being Earnest1964
• A Hard Day's Night1964 · as Grandfather
• Go Kart Go1964 · as Junkman Fred
• Crooks in Cloisters1964 · as Phineas
• The Small World of Sammy Lee1963 · as Harry
• In Search of the Castaways1962 · as Bill Gaye
• The Boys1962 · as Norman Albert Brewer
• The Sinister Man1961 · as Lock-Keeper
• What a Whopper1961 · as Postie
• Flame in the Streets1961 · as Mr. Palmer senior
• Urge to Kill1960 · as Mr. Forsythe
• Serious Charge1959 · as Verger
• Captured1959
• The Salvage Gang1958 · as Tramp
• The Government Inspector1958 · as The Postmaster
• Break-In1956
• Nineteen Eighty-Four1954 · as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
• Another Shore1948 · as Arthur Moore
• Odd Man Out1947 · as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)

All TV Shows (15)

• All Creatures Great and Small1978 · as Dinsdale's Brother
• Citizen Smith1977 · as Jack
• Never Say Die1970
• Steptoe and Son1962 · as Albert Steptoe
• They Met in a City1961 · as Pop
• Maigret1960 · as Jacob
• No Hiding Place1959
• The Larkins1958 · as Ernshaw
• The Adventures of William Tell1958 · as Josef
• The Buccaneers1956 · as Old Man
• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot1956 · as Fisherman
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mr. Finch
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Rev. Canon Chasuble
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Fisherman
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Old Man / Thin Prisoner