
Wilfrid Brambell
Department: Acting
Biography
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

A Hard Day's Night
1964

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984

Steptoe & Son
1972

Witchfinder General
1968

In Search of the Castaways
1962

Death and Transfiguration
1983

The Terence Davies Trilogy
1983

Holiday on the Buses
1973

Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973

Crooks in Cloisters
1964

Some Will, Some Won't
1970

Another Shore
1948

Where the Bullets Fly
1966

San Ferry Ann
1965

Captured
1959

Urge to Kill
1960

The Salvage Gang
1958

Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
1969

The Importance of Being Earnest
1964

The Sinister Man
1961

The Boys
1962

The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963

What a Whopper
1961

Cry WoIf
1968

High Rise Donkey
1980

Lionheart
1968

Go Kart Go
1964

Catch Me a Spy
1971

Alice in Wonderland
1966

Serious Charge
1959

Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954

Flame in the Streets
1961

The Adventures of Picasso
1978

The Island of Adventure
1981

Break-In
1956

Carry On Again Doctor
1969

Odd Man Out
1947

The Government Inspector
1958

Cry Wolf
1968

Mano di velluto
1966

Steptoe and Son
1962

Citizen Smith
1977

The Buccaneers
1956

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

No Hiding Place
1959

Never Say Die
1970

The Adventures of William Tell
1958

Maigret
1960

The Larkins
1958

All Creatures Great and Small
1978

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

They Met in a City
1961

Armchair Theatre
1956

Armchair Theatre
1956