Brimley's career spanned six decades across science fiction and drama peaking in the 1980s with iconic films like The Thing (1982), The Natural (1984), and Cocoon (1985).
Barret Oliver and Wilford Brimley in Cocoon (1985) Image courtesy of 20th Century Studios
Brimley made his on-screen debut in an uncredited role in 1969's True Grit, which starred John[...]
