
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

Cry Wolf (1968)
as Delivery man

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
as Porter

Witchfinder General (1968)
as Master Loach

The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
as Willie Bannock

Carry On Again Doctor (1969)
as Mr. Pullen (uncredited)

Odd Man Out (1947)
as Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited)

Catch Me a Spy (1971)
as Beech

Holiday on the Buses (1973)
as Bert Thompson

The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
as Alice B. Toklas

The Island of Adventure (1981)
as Uncle Jocelyn

Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
as Train Guard

Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
as Henry Russell

Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)
as Albert Steptoe

Flame in the Streets (1961)
as Mr. Palmer senior

Alice in Wonderland (1966)
as White Rabbit

In Search of the Castaways (1962)
as Bill Gaye

Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
as Malipieri

The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983)
as Robert Tucker (old age)

What a Whopper (1961)
as Postie

The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
as Harry

The Sinister Man (1961)
as Lock-Keeper
The Importance of Being Earnest (1964)
Actor

Steptoe & Son (1972)
as Albert Steptoe

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
as Old Man / Thin Prisoner

Serious Charge (1959)
as Verger

Captured (1959)
Actor

Break-In (1956)
Actor

San Ferry Ann (1965)
as Grandad

The Salvage Gang (1958)
as Tramp

Crooks in Cloisters (1964)
as Phineas

Another Shore (1948)
as Arthur Moore

The Boys (1962)
as Norman Albert Brewer
High Rise Donkey (1980)
as Ben Foxcroft

Death and Transfiguration (1983)
as Robert Tucker

Mano di velluto (1966)
as Erwin McGowan

Go Kart Go (1964)
as Junkman Fred

Urge to Kill (1960)
as Mr. Forsythe

The Government Inspector (1958)
as The Postmaster

Lionheart (1968)
as Dignett





