Wilfrid Brambell
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.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Old Man / Thin PrisonerA man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big...
Movie pageA Hard Day's Night
as GrandfatherCapturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying...
Movie pageWitchfinder General
as Master LoachEngland, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Picasso
as Alice B. ToklasAlready in his childhood, Pablo Picasso shows talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of...
Movie pageSword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
as PorterGawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a...
Movie pageOdd Man Out
as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
Movie pageSteptoe & Son
as Albert SteptoeAlbert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the...
Movie pageIn Search of the Castaways
as Bill GayeTwo teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel...
Movie pageHoliday on the Buses
as Bert ThompsonDue to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted...
Movie pageCarry On Again Doctor
as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming...
Movie pageCatch Me a Spy
as BeechWhile on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt...
Movie pageGiacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
as MalipieriThrough the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a...
Movie pageAlice in Wonderland
as White RabbitAlice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by...
Movie pageSteptoe & Son Ride Again
as Steptoe / AlbertAlbert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the...
Movie pageFlame in the Streets
as Mr. Palmer seniorFlame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions...
Movie pageThe Boys
as Norman Albert BrewerA night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the...
Movie pageCrooks in Cloisters
as PhineasHaving pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out...
Movie pageThe Terence Davies Trilogy
as Robert Tucker (old age)In stark black and white, Terence Davies excavates the life of his fictional alter ego, Robert...
Movie pageThe Small World of Sammy Lee
as HarryThe compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he...
Movie pageSerious Charge
as VergerHoward Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The...
Movie pageCaptured
as uncreditedDirected by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph...
Movie pageWhat a Whopper
as PostieA writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher...
Movie pageDeath and Transfiguration
as Robert TuckerA British man on his deathbed recalls moments from his life.
Movie pageSan Ferry Ann
as GrandadA motley crew of British characters ride The San Ferry Ann to the shores of France where they...
Movie pageThe Salvage Gang
as TrampFour children try to raise money to replace a broken saw, taking them on an unexpected journey...
Movie pageSome Will, Some Won't
as Henry RussellFour people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical...
Movie pageCry WoIf
as Delivery manA highly imaginative boy involves his friends in a series of false alarms, with the result that...
Movie pageAnother Shore
as Arthur MooreA young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of...
Movie pageLionheart
as DignettA lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy.
Movie pageWhere the Bullets Fly
as Train GuardIn a spoof of the spy genre a secret agent chases a missing formula that can drain nuclear...
Movie pageThe Sinister Man
as Lock-KeeperWhen a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate...
Movie pageBreak-In
as uncreditedA dramatised training film for the Military Police showing the correct methods and procedures...
Movie pageGo Kart Go
as Junkman FredJimpy leads a gang of kids as they attempt to beat another gang, no matter how underhanded their...
Movie pageUrge to Kill
as Mr. ForsytheA psychopathic killer murders three girls before police catch him.
Movie pageThe Adventures of Robin Hood
as FishermanThe legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...
TV Show pageNo Hiding Place
as uncreditedNo Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...
TV Show pageAll Creatures Great and Small
as Dinsdale's BrotherAll Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...
TV Show pageMaigret
as JacobBBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...
TV Show pageThe Beatles Anthology
as Self (archive footage)A documentary series on the career of The Beatles.
TV Show pageThe Buccaneers
as Old ManThe adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make...
TV Show pageThe Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as FishermanThe Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced...
TV Show pageThe Adventures of William Tell
as JosefThe Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on...
TV Show pageCitizen Smith
as JackClassic BBC comedy starring Robert Lindsay as revolutionary leader Wolfie Smith of the Tooting...
TV Show pageSteptoe and Son
as Albert SteptoeSteptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and...
TV Show pageThe Larkins
as Ernshaw'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and...
TV Show pageSunday Night Theatre
as Old Man / Thin PrisonerSunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by...
TV Show pageQuatermass II
as TrampThe serial sees Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group being...
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