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'''Allen Wilford Brimley''' (born [[September 27]], [[1934]], in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[character actor]] who usually plays supporting roles.

Brimley did not become famous until he was older, appearing in such films as ''[[Hotel New Hampshire]]'' and he[[John Carpenter]]'s remake of ''[[The Thing]]''. He often plays a gruff or stodgy old manmen, notably on the 1980s drama series ''[[Our House]]''. This [[typecasting (acting)|typecast]] was parodied by the satirical newspaper [[The Onion]], with a sidebar caption reading "Shotgun Blast To Abdomen Just Pisses Wilfred (sic) Brimley Off More."

Brimley also is well known for the commercials he has made, including a series of commercials he did for Quaker Oats Oatmeal. Recently, Brimley has also made a series of commercials for a diabetic testing supplies company, [[Liberty Medical]]. These commercials appear frequently during the airing of ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', and in them Brimley politely (yet sternly) admonishes viewers to check their blood sugar and to check it often. The commercials were parodied in ''[[Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story]]'' [http://www.familyguyquotes.com/episodes/stewie-griffin-the-untold-story-quotes.html].