WILFORD BRIMLEY:
Balding, portly and with a full mustache, Wilford Brimley's
unique presence, sometimes grand-fatherly, at other times
menacing, has been gracing film and TV screens for decades.
Although known to some primarily as the folksy pitchman
in Quaker Oats commercials, Brimley has delivered a series
of well-drawn screen portraits in films like COCOON, THE
END OF THE LINE, and THE FIRM, among many others. He occasionally
plays sharper characters, such as a lawyer in ABSENCE
OF MALICE. Brimley is actually considerably younger than
he looks, no draw-back for a character actor.
