Wilfrid Brambell
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.445 |
| Birthday | 1912-03-22 |
| Place of Birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Also Known As | Wilfred Brambell, Wilfred Bramble, |
1964
A Hard Day's Night
7.352/668
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent jour...
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A Hard Day's Night
1984
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
5.2/53
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the l...
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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1972
Steptoe & Son
6.4/31
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk ya...
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Steptoe & Son
1968
Witchfinder General
6.4/229
England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness...
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Witchfinder General
1962
In Search of the Castaways
6.4/72
Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the childr...
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In Search of the Castaways
1983
The Terence Davies Trilogy
6.3/15
In stark black and white, Terence Davies excavates the life of his fictional alter ego, Robert Tucker, in a narrative that slips between childhood, mi...
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The Terence Davies Trilogy
1983
Death and Transfiguration
5.9/22
A British man on his deathbed recalls moments from his life.
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Death and Transfiguration
1973
Holiday on the Buses
7.7/54
Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car...
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Holiday on the Buses
1973
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
6.7/31
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at th...
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Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1964
Crooks in Cloisters
5.4/15
Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disuse...
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Crooks in Cloisters
1970
Some Will, Some Won't
6/3
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
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Some Will, Some Won't
1948
Another Shore
5.1/7
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.
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Another Shore
1966
Where the Bullets Fly
4.5/2
In a spoof of the spy genre a secret agent chases a missing formula that can drain nuclear energy from an element named Spurium,
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Where the Bullets Fly
1965
San Ferry Ann
6.9/9
A motley crew of British characters ride The San Ferry Ann to the shores of France where they embark on a weekend of calamity. The campervan family le...
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San Ferry Ann
1959
Captured
4.6/7
Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph Corporation. This tightly plotted drama shows British P...
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Captured
1960
Urge to Kill
2.5/1
A psychopathic killer murders three girls before police catch him.
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Urge to Kill
1958
The Salvage Gang
6.3/3
Four children try to raise money to replace a broken saw, taking them on an unexpected journey through the capital.
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The Salvage Gang
1969
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
6/21
Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice:...
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Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
1964
The Importance of Being Earnest
0/0
TV adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. Jack pretends to be his foolish younger brother, Ernest in order to be a model of moral rectitude to his young...
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The Importance of Being Earnest
1961
The Sinister Man
0/0
When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.
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The Sinister Man
1962
The Boys
7.75/4
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of...
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The Boys
1963
The Small World of Sammy Lee
6.1/17
The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.
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The Small World of Sammy Lee
1961
What a Whopper
6.2/13
A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't reall...
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What a Whopper
1968
Cry WoIf
6/2
A highly imaginative boy involves his friends in a series of false alarms, with the result that nobody will come to his aid when he is involved in a d...
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Cry WoIf
1968
Lionheart
6/1
A lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy.
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Lionheart
1980
High Rise Donkey
0/0
The efforts of three children, who live in high rise flats, to save a donkey from two small-time crooks who want to sell it as horsemeat, by providing...
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High Rise Donkey
1964
Go Kart Go
6.5/2
Jimpy leads a gang of kids as they attempt to beat another gang, no matter how underhanded their tactics are.
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Go Kart Go
1971
Catch Me a Spy
4.6/14
While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture and...
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Catch Me a Spy
1966
Alice in Wonderland
7.3/23
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, th...
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Alice in Wonderland
1959
Serious Charge
6.4/8
Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears bei...
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Serious Charge
1954
Nineteen Eighty-Four
7.4/36
A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
1961
Flame in the Streets
5.8/5
Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets dur...
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Flame in the Streets
1978
The Adventures of Picasso
7.1/49
Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso shows talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live i...
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The Adventures of Picasso
1981
The Island of Adventure
4.5/2
Four British teens on vacation visit an island and discover that a terrorist group is using it as their headquarters.
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The Island of Adventure
1956
Break-In
0/0
A dramatised training film for the Military Police showing the correct methods and procedures that should be used in solving a crime.
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Break-In
1969
Carry On Again Doctor
6.1/54
Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he fli...
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Carry On Again Doctor
1947
Odd Man Out
7.3/188
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
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