The star in question was Wilford Brimley, the former Western actor who appeared in touchstones of the genre like "True Grit," "Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid," "Lawman," and more. Though Brimley hadn ...

Hollywood actor Wilford Brimley visited Cedar Rapids in November ... His background led to roles in Westerns in the 1960s. His first big movie role was as a nuclear power plant engineer in the ...

Cocoon is a 1985 American science fiction fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard about a group of elderly people rejuvenated by aliens. The movie stars Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume ...