Birthday: Mar 22, 1912
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland

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.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
A Hard Day's Night	Grandfather	1964
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	Porter	1984
Steptoe & Son	Albert Steptoe	1972
Witchfinder General	Master Loach	1968
In Search of the Castaways	Bill Gaye	1962
Death and Transfiguration	Robert Tucker	1983
The Terence Davies Trilogy	Robert Tucker (old age)	1983
Holiday on the Buses	Bert Thompson	1973
Steptoe & Son Ride Again	Steptoe / Albert	1973
Crooks in Cloisters	Phineas	1964
Some Will, Some Won't	Henry Russell	1970
Another Shore	Arthur Moore	1948
Where the Bullets Fly	Train Guard	1966
San Ferry Ann	Grandad	1965
Captured		1959
Urge to Kill	Mr. Forsythe	1960
The Salvage Gang	Tramp	1958
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence	Malipieri	1969
The Importance of Being Earnest		1964
The Sinister Man	Lock-Keeper	1961
The Boys	Norman Albert Brewer	1962
The Small World of Sammy Lee	Harry	1963
What a Whopper	Postie	1961
Cry WoIf	Delivery man	1968
High Rise Donkey	Ben Foxcroft	1980
Lionheart	Dignett	1968
Go Kart Go	Junkman Fred	1964
Catch Me a Spy	Beech	1971
Alice in Wonderland	White Rabbit	1966
Serious Charge	Verger	1959
Nineteen Eighty-Four	Old Man / Thin Prisoner	1954
Flame in the Streets	Mr. Palmer senior	1961
The Adventures of Picasso	Alice B. Toklas	1978
The Island of Adventure	Uncle Jocelyn	1981
Break-In		1956
Carry On Again Doctor	Mr. Pullen (uncredited)	1969
Odd Man Out	Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)	1947
Series	Cast	Year
Steptoe and Son	Albert Steptoe	1962
Citizen Smith	Jack	1977
The Buccaneers	Old Man	1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot	Fisherman	1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood	Fisherman	1955
No Hiding Place		1959
Never Say Die		1970
The Adventures of William Tell	Josef	1958
Maigret	Jacob	1960
Quatermass II	Tramp	1955
The Larkins	Ernshaw	1958
All Creatures Great and Small	Dinsdale's Brother	1978
The Beatles Anthology	Self (archive footage)	1995
Sunday Night Theatre	Old Man / Thin Prisoner	1950

Wilfrid Brambell

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