Wilford Brimley

E82878

American actor United States Marine Corps veteran character actor film actor human singer television actor

Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.

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Label	Occurrences
Wilford Brimley canonical	13
Wilford Brimley as a trustworthy grandfatherly figure	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T577790 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wilford Brimley
Context triple: [Cocoon, starredActor, Wilford Brimley]

A. Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
B. Ronald N. Perlman
Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
C. Carroll O’Connor
Carroll O’Connor was an American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Archie Bunker on the groundbreaking television sitcom "All in the Family."
D. Michael O'Laughlen
Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
E. Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitford is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Josh Lyman on the political drama series "The West Wing."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wilford Brimley
Target entity description: Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.

A. Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
B. Ronald N. Perlman
Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
C. Carroll O’Connor
Carroll O’Connor was an American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Archie Bunker on the groundbreaking television sitcom "All in the Family."
D. Michael O'Laughlen
Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
E. Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitford is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Josh Lyman on the political drama series "The West Wing."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American actor ⓘ United States Marine Corps veteran ⓘ character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ singer ⓘ television actor ⓘ
birthName	Anthony Wilford Brimley ⓘ
causeOfDeath	diabetes-related illness ⓘ kidney disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1934-09-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2020-08-01 ⓘ
employer	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English American ⓘ
familyName	Brimley ⓘ
genre	Western film ⓘ
givenName	Anthony ⓘ Wilford ⓘ
knownFor	distinctive mustache ⓘ folksy delivery in commercials ⓘ gruff but warm screen persona ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
name	Wilford Brimley ⓘ
notableWork	Cocoon ⓘ Liberty Medical diabetes commercials ⓘ Our House ⓘ Quaker Oats television commercials ⓘ The China Syndrome ⓘ The Firm ⓘ The Natural ⓘ The Thing ⓘ linked to: Who Goes There?
occupation	actor ⓘ blacksmith ⓘ bodyguard ⓘ film actor ⓘ ranch hand ⓘ singer ⓘ spokesperson ⓘ stuntman ⓘ television actor ⓘ
participatedIn	Western films ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: Salt Lake City
placeOfDeath	St. George, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: St. George, Utah
portrayedCharacter	Ben Luckett ⓘ Dr. Blair ⓘ Gus Witherspoon ⓘ Pop Fisher ⓘ
religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
residence	Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: Utah
workFeaturedIn	Cocoon ⓘ Our House ⓘ The Natural ⓘ The Thing ⓘ linked to: Who Goes There?

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cocoon → starredActor → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

Wilford Brimley → name → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

In & Out → starring → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

The Natural → starring → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

Wilford → notableBearer → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

Brimley → hasNotableBearer → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

Our House → starring → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

Liberty Medical diabetes commercials → mainSpokesperson → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

Liberty Medical diabetes commercials → associatedWith → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

Liberty Medical diabetes commercials → portrayed → Wilford Brimley as a trustworthy grandfatherly figure ⓘ

linked to: Wilford Brimley

Dr. Blair → portrayedBy → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

Gus Witherspoon → portrayedBy → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

Ben Luckett → portrayedBy → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

Anthony Wilford Brimley → name → Wilford Brimley ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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