Wilfrid Brambell

Born: 1912-03-22

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.


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A Hard Day's Night

as Grandfather
Released: 1964-07-07

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying...

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In Search of the Castaways

as Bill Gaye
Released: 1962-12-01

Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel...

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
Released: 1954-12-16

A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big...

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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

as Porter
Released: 1984-08-17

Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a...

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Witchfinder General

as Master Loach
Released: 1968-05-17

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the...

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Odd Man Out

as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)
Released: 1947-01-30

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

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Holiday on the Buses

as Bert Thompson
Released: 1973-05-19

Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted...

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Alice in Wonderland

as White Rabbit
Released: 1966-12-28

Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by...

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Carry On Again Doctor

as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
Released: 1969-12-05

Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming...

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Steptoe & Son

as Albert Steptoe
Released: 1972-03-01

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the...

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The Adventures of Picasso

as Alice B. Toklas
Released: 1978-05-20

Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso shows talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of...

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Steptoe & Son Ride Again

as Steptoe / Albert
Released: 1973-05-01

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the...

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The Terence Davies Trilogy

as Robert Tucker (old age)
Released: 1983-11-01

In stark black and white, Terence Davies excavates the life of his fictional alter ego, Robert...

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What a Whopper

as Postie
Released: 1961-10-17

A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher...

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Some Will, Some Won't

as Henry Russell
Released: 1970-04-01

Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical...

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The Boys

as Norman Albert Brewer
Released: 1962-08-31

A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the...

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Serious Charge

as Verger
Released: 1959-04-30

Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The...

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Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence

as Malipieri
Released: 1969-10-30

Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a...

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The Small World of Sammy Lee

as Harry
Released: 1963-04-20

The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he...

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Flame in the Streets

as Mr. Palmer senior
Released: 1961-06-19

Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions...

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Crooks in Cloisters

as Phineas
Released: 1964-01-01

Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out...

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Another Shore

as Arthur Moore
Released: 1948-11-24

A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of...

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Go Kart Go

as Junkman Fred
Released: 1964-06-15

Jimpy leads a gang of kids as they attempt to beat another gang, no matter how underhanded their...

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Lionheart

as Dignett
Released: 1968-01-01

A lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy.

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San Ferry Ann

as Grandad
Released: 1965-07-01

A motley crew of British characters ride The San Ferry Ann to the shores of France where they...

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Captured

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-01

Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph...

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Catch Me a Spy

as Beech
Released: 1971-09-06

While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt...

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Urge to Kill

as Mr. Forsythe
Released: 1960-03-01

A psychopathic killer murders three girls before police catch him.

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Death and Transfiguration

as Robert Tucker
Released: 1983-06-22

A British man on his deathbed recalls moments from his life.

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Where the Bullets Fly

as Train Guard
Released: 1966-09-06

In a spoof of the spy genre a secret agent chases a missing formula that can drain nuclear...

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The Salvage Gang

as Tramp
Released: 1958-08-01

Four children try to raise money to replace a broken saw, taking them on an unexpected journey...

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Break-In

as uncredited
Released: 1956-04-30

A dramatised training film for the Military Police showing the correct methods and procedures...

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The Sinister Man

as Lock-Keeper
Released: 1961-12-01

When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate...

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Cry WoIf

as Delivery man
Released: 1968-12-01

A highly imaginative boy involves his friends in a series of false alarms, with the result that...

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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The Buccaneers

as Old Man
First aired: 1956-09-19

The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make...

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The Adventures of William Tell

as Josef
First aired: 1958-09-15

The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Fisherman
First aired: 1955-09-26

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...

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All Creatures Great and Small

as Dinsdale's Brother
First aired: 1978-01-08

All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...

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Maigret

as Jacob
First aired: 1960-10-31

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...

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The Larkins

as Ernshaw
First aired: 1958-09-19

'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and...

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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

as Fisherman
First aired: 1956-09-15

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced...

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Citizen Smith

as Jack
First aired: 1977-04-12

Classic BBC comedy starring Robert Lindsay as revolutionary leader Wolfie Smith of the Tooting...

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The Beatles Anthology

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1995-11-19

A documentary series on the career of The Beatles.

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Sunday Night Theatre

as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
First aired: 1950-01-01

Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by...

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Steptoe and Son

as Albert Steptoe
First aired: 1962-01-05

Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and...

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Quatermass II

as Tramp
First aired: 1955-10-22

The serial sees Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group being...

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