Wilford Brimley Autographs
Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s. He became an established character actor in the 1970s and 1980s in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984), and Cocoon (1985). Brimley was known for playing characters at times much older than his age. He was the long-term face of American television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related television commercials for Liberty Medical, a role for which he became an Internet meme.
Anthony Wilford Brimley was born in Salt Lake City on September 27, 1934, the son of Lola (née Nelson) and real estate broker Wilford Brimley. His paternal grandfather was an Englishman from Wigan, while his paternal grandmother's parents were a Scottish couple from Glasgow. His mother was half Danish and also had English, German, Swiss, and Welsh ancestry. Prior to a career in acting, he dropped out of high school at age 14 and worked as a cowboy in Arizona, Idaho, and Nevada.
Brimley joined the Marines in 1953 and served in the Aleutian Islands for three years. He also worked as a bodyguard for businessman Howard Hughes as well as a ranch hand, wrangler, and blacksmith. He then began shoeing horses for film and television. At the behest of his close friend and fellow actor Robert Duvall, he began acting in the 1960s as a riding extra and stunt man in westerns. In 1979, he told the Los Angeles Times that the most he ever earned in a year as an actor was $20,000. He had no formal training as an actor, and his first experience in acting in front of a live audience was in a theater group at the Los Angeles Actors' Theater.
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Traded items with a signature of Wilford Brimley
The most expensive item with a signature of Wilford Brimley (Wilford Brimley Autograph The Natural Baseball Bat W/Movie Quote & Pic Proof MLB) was sold in September 2025 for $549.99 while the cheapest item (WILFORD BRIMLEY SIGNED AUTO PHOTO...COCOON...THE FIRM) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2015. The month with the most items sold (11) was March 2017 with an average selling price of $9.99 for an autographed item of Wilford Brimley. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2021 with $180.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was October 2012. In average, an autographed item from Wilford Brimley is worth $9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Wilford Brimley were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Cowboying: A Tough Job in a Hard Land Beckstead & Wilford Brimley HCDJ "SIGNED" | $39.00 |  |
| Cowboying: A Tough Job in a Hard Land Beckstead & Wilford Brimley HCDJ "SIGNED" | $39.00 | |
 | Orig Wilford Brimley Actor Illustrated Portrait Autograph Signature Card | $18.00 | |
| Orig Wilford Brimley Actor Illustrated Portrait Autograph Signature Card | $18.00 | |
| Wilford Brimley (dec) signed autographed 4x6 photo Dr Blair The Thing diabeetus | $6.27 | |
| Wilford Brimley (dec) signed autographed 4x6 photo Dr Blair The Thing diabeetus | $6.27 | |
| Wilford Brimley - Signed Photographs (2) | $87.00 | |
| Wilford Brimley - Signed Photographs (2) | $87.00 | |
| WILFORD BRIMLEY 2019 LEAF POP CENTURY HOLO AUTOGRAPH FINAL PRINT 10/10 | $75.00 | |
| WILFORD BRIMLEY 2019 LEAF POP CENTURY HOLO AUTOGRAPH FINAL PRINT 10/10 | $75.00 | |
| Wilford Brimley Autograph 8x10 SIGNED B/W Photo-FREE US Ship-COCOON: THE RETURN | $30.00 | |
| Wilford Brimley Autograph Signed 1972 Christmas First Day Cover | $11.05 | |
| Wilford Brimley Autograph Signed 1972 Christmas First Day Cover | $11.05 | |
| Wilford Brimley, Original Autographed on his Letterhead | $69.00 | |
| Wilford Brimley, Original Autographed on his Letterhead | $69.00 | |
