
Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor and singer. After serving in the Marines and taking on a variety of odd jobs, he became an extra for Western films, and in little more than a decade he had established himself as a character actor in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), and The Natural (1984). Brimley was the longtime face of television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related commercials for Liberty Medical.

as Pastor

as Self

as Hawk Jones

as Earl Granger

as Coach Weaver

as Morty

as Governor

as Stu

as Joe Gill

as Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Scraggs

as Self

as Storyteller

as Grandpa Sam Ferrans

as Hawkins

as Dr. David Wetherly

as Jake

as Charlie

as Frank Brackett

as Joe Hollis

as Narrator (uncredited)

as C.C. Tarpley

as Adm. Troy Davis

as Devro

as Security Guard

as William Devasher

as Uncle Douvee

as Grandpa Will

as U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler

as King / Eric

as Gov. Lew Wallace

as Ben Luckett

as Will Haney

as Sheriff Mitchell

as Tony Boyle

as Red Haines

as Floyd Buckman

as Noa Briqualon

as Harold Smith

as Dr. Andrew McCallister

as Benjamin Luckett

as Otis

as Pop Fisher

as George Jansen

as Iowa Bob

as Tom Keach

as Bill Long

as Bradley Tozer

as Clem Malone

as Harry

as Blair

as The Sheriff

as James J. Wells

as Wally Haskell

as Scooter Jackson

as Bingo Gibbs

as Willie Clayton

as Rogers

as Pete Alberts

as Farmer

as President Grover Cleveland

as Ted Spindler

as Marc Corman (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)