Shannen Doherty posts heartfelt Wilford Brimley tribute: 'He taught me a lot'

Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included Cocoon, The Natural and The Firm, has died aged 85.

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Wilford Brimley, the actor with the walrus mustache whose down-home geniality seen in such films as Cocoon, The Natural and Absence of Malice endeared him to moviegoers, has died. He was 85.

Shannen Doherty is paying tribute to Wilford Brimley, who she starred with on Our House.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerDeidre Hall and Shannen Doherty, who appeared with Wilford Brimley on the 1980s NBC series Our House, lovingly remembered him in Instagram posts Sunday.Our House ran for two seasons on NBC from 1986 to 1988.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerDeidre Hall, who appeared with Wilford Brimley on the 1980s NBC series Our House, remembered him as a “great one” in an Instagram post Sunday morning.Our House ran for two seasons on NBC from 1986 to 1988. The drama detailed the life of the Witherspoons, a family adjusting to three generations living in the same house.“We lost a great one yesterday,” Hall wrote.

RIP #WilfordBrimley We didn’t always see eye 2 eye but I owe this Cocoon scene to Wilfred who asked me to throw out the script & let him improvise while fishing w/the boy.

American actor and singer Wilford Brimley, 85, who has appeared on many TV shows like The Firm, and In & Out has died. Brimley died Saturday while hospitalized in St.

Wilford Brimley was a character actor known for his gruff and grumpy persona in movies including “Cocoon” and “The Natural,” television shows such as “The Waltons” and “Our House,” and commercials for Quaker Oats and Liberty Medical’s supplies for diabetes patients. Brimley began his acting career relatively late in life and hadn’t dreamed of being on the silver screen as a young man. Instead, the Salt Lake City native had a career working with horses after serving in the U.S.

Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included “Cocoon”, “The Natural” and “The Firm”, has died. He was 85.

Actor Wilford Brimley, best known for his roles in the Oscar-winning movie “Cocoon” and “The Firm” has died at the age of 85, U.S.

Wilford Brimley has died at the age of 85. The actor - who starred in films such as 'Cocoon', 'The China Syndrome', 'The Thing', and 'The Natural' - died at his home in Utah on Saturday morning (01.08.20).

Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included “Cocoon,” “The Natural” and “The Firm,” has died. He was 85.

Cocoon and The Firm, has died aged 85.His death was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter by his manager Lynda Bensky, who said the actor died on Saturday morning (August 1) in Utah.Brimley had been on dialysis and had other medical issues and was in the intensive care unit in St. George, Utah ahead of his death.“Wilford Brimley was a man you could trust,” Bensky said in a statement.

that he had been sick for two months with a kidney ailment.Brimley became a spokesperson for diabetes education after learning he had the disease in the late 70s.