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.
A Hard Day's Night
(Grandfather)
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
(Porter)
Steptoe & Son
(Albert Steptoe)
Witchfinder General
(Master Loach)
In Search of the Castaways
(Bill Gaye)
The Terence Davies Trilogy
(Robert Tucker (old age))
Death and Transfiguration
(Robert Tucker)
Holiday on the Buses
(Bert Thompson)
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
(Steptoe / Albert)
Crooks in Cloisters
(Phineas)
Some Will, Some Won't
(Henry Russell)
Another Shore
(Arthur Moore)
Where the Bullets Fly
(Train Guard)
San Ferry Ann
(Grandad)
Captured
Urge to Kill
(Mr. Forsythe)
The Salvage Gang
(Tramp)
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
(Malipieri)
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Sinister Man
(Lock-Keeper)
The Boys
(Norman Albert Brewer)
The Small World of Sammy Lee
(Harry)
What a Whopper
(Postie)
Cry WoIf
(Delivery man)
Lionheart
(Dignett)
High Rise Donkey
(Ben Foxcroft)
Go Kart Go
(Junkman Fred)
Catch Me a Spy
(Beech)
Alice in Wonderland
(White Rabbit)
Serious Charge
(Verger)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
(Old Man / Thin Prisoner)
Flame in the Streets
(Mr. Palmer senior)
The Adventures of Picasso
(Alice B. Toklas)
The Island of Adventure
(Uncle Jocelyn)
Break-In
Carry On Again Doctor
(Mr. Pullen (uncredited))
Odd Man Out
(Standing Passenger on Tram (uncredited))
Steptoe and Son
(Albert Steptoe)
Citizen Smith
(Jack)
The Buccaneers
(Old Man)
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
(Fisherman)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(Fisherman)
No Hiding Place
Never Say Die
The Adventures of William Tell
(Josef)
Maigret
(Jacob)
Quatermass II
(Tramp)
The Larkins
(Ernshaw)
All Creatures Great and Small
(Dinsdale's Brother)
Sunday Night Theatre
(Old Man / Thin Prisoner)