Wilfrid Brambell
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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
Credits
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
as Grandfather
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
as Porter
Witchfinder General (1968)
as Master Loach
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
as Bill Gaye
Odd Man Out (1947)
as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)
Captured (1959)
Actor
The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
as Alice B. Toklas
Catch Me a Spy (1971)
as Beech
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
as Old Man / Thin Prisoner
Carry On Again Doctor (1969)
as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)
The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
as Willie Bannock
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
as White Rabbit
Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)
as Albert Steptoe
Holiday on the Buses (1973)
as Bert Thompson
Steptoe & Son (1972)
as Albert Steptoe
San Ferry Ann (1965)
as Grandad
The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
as Harry
Break-In (1956)
Actor
Cry Wolf (1968)
as Delivery man
Crooks in Cloisters (1964)
as Phineas
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
as Malipieri
Flame in the Streets (1961)
as Mr. Palmer senior
The Salvage Gang (1958)
as Tramp
The Boys (1962)
as Norman Albert Brewer
What a Whopper (1961)
as Postie
Serious Charge (1959)
as Verger
Mano di velluto (1966)
as Erwin McGowan
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
as Henry Russell
Cry WoIf (1968)
as Delivery man
Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
as Train Guard
Go Kart Go (1964)
as Junkman Fred
The Sinister Man (1961)
as Lock-Keeper
Another Shore (1948)
as Arthur Moore
The Island of Adventure (1981)
as Uncle Jocelyn
The Government Inspector (1958)
as The Postmaster
Death and Transfiguration (1983)
as Robert Tucker
The Importance of Being Earnest (1964)
Actor
The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983)
as Robert Tucker (old age)
High Rise Donkey (1980)
as Ben Foxcroft
Lionheart (1968)
as Dignett
Urge to Kill (1960)
as Mr. Forsythe