Wilford Brimley Biography
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.
Wilford Brimley Movies
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Wilford Brimley Quotes
The Eleventh Commandment and Its Implications
Conn MacCleary: [to Remo]
You're going to be the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not get away with it.
Conn MacCleary: [to Remo]
Remember, in out, like a duck mating.
Gen. Scott Watson:
So listen to this, George. Lyman four-putts. Four-putts, mind you. I thought he'd have a stroke. And I'd have claimed it if he had.
Harold Smith:
Guard, protect and cherish your land, for there is no afterlife for a place that started out as Heaven. Charles M. Russell, Montana, 1926.
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Subpoenas and Witnesses in Legal Discussions
James J. Wells:
Tell you what we're gonna do. We're gonna sit right here and talk about it. Now if you get tired of talking here, Mr. Marshal Elving Patrick there will hand you one of them subpoenas he's got stuck down in his pocket and we'll go downstairs and talk in front of the grand jury... Elliot? Jim?... Fine. All right, Elving, hand whichever one of these fellas you like a subpoena and we'll go on downstairs and talk in front of the grand jury.
Quinn:
Gallagher's a government witness.
James A. Wells:
Wonderful thing, a subpoena.
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