Wilford Brimley, ‘Cocoon’ And ‘The Natural’ Actor, Dies At 85
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etcanada.comWilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included “Cocoon”, “The Natural” and “The Firm”, has died.
He was 85. Brimley’s manager Lynda Bensky said the actor died Saturday morning in a Utah hospital. He was on dialysis and had several medical ailments, she said.
The moustached Brimley was a familiar face for a number of roles, often playing characters like his grizzled baseball manager in “The Natural” opposite Robert Redford’s bad-luck phenomenon.
He also worked with Redford in “Brubaker” and “The Electric Horseman”. Brimley’s best-known work was in “Cocoon”, in which he was part of a group of seniors who discover an
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