Him off that Thing has died RIP

[Guy Profumo]

Wilford Brimley has died aged 85

(You know.

Off of Cocoon and other stuff.)

[Guy Profumo]

So, do I need Snake to amend the title please?

[Satchmo Distel]

I've never heard of the cunt. But commiserations anyway.

[3 Colours Red]

Probably best known to a generation as the "diabeetus" meme.

[jason voorhees]

I mean, I thought he was 85 30 years ago.

Good actor. Had that jolly-old-guy-being-pensive-at-his-life-getting-pissed-away whimsy thing down pat.

[jason voorhees]

Obviously missed the utterly rib-cracking diabeetus thing, but the Brimley/Cocoon line is also quite hilarious

https://twitter.com/brimleyline

[ursus arctos]

https://twitter.com/pat_healy/status/1289768158702612481

Brimley meets John Woo

[Hot Pepsi]

I covered an FDA meeting where he testified.

He wasn’t that old. He was only slightly older than Robert Redford when he played “Pop” in The Natural.

He was great in The Firm and all those oatmeal commercials.

[G-Man]

He was 50 when he played on Old Folks in Cocoon. 50! Practically a kid.

Brimley could do the "jolly-old-guy-being-pensive-at-his-life-getting-pissed-away whimsy" well, but he was scary as fuck in The Firm.

Politically he was a bit of a dick, though. And he supported cock-fighting, so it seems best to give regard to his acting career.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

He was 50 when he played on Old Folks in Cocoon. 50! Practically a kid.

I'll use this as an excuse to mention something I didn't realise til I read it on Twitter recently - Richard Wilson was only 52 when he was cast in One Foot In The Grave (and initially turned it down thinking he was too young, meaning they tried to offer it to Les Dawson). I know that this way lies Dad's Army, but there you go.

[Guy Profumo]

Wasn't the point about OFitG that Victor had been forced to take early retirement?

(much against his will, in a similar manner to Richard Bucket?)

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Wasn't the point about OFitG that Victor had been forced to take early retirement?
(much against his will, in a similar manner to Richard Bucket?)

He'd been made redundant but was still supposed to be 60 apparently.

[Snake Plissken]

I fucking love Hard Target. It is way better than it should be and somehow manages to kick up a gear when Brimley comes into it.

He was 50 when he played on Old Folks in Cocoon. 50! Practically a kid

This Twitter account notes when actors get to the same age of Brimley in Cocoon.

[URL="https://twitter.com/BrimleyLine/status/1288468278432669696"]https://twitter.com/BrimleyLine/stat...68278432669696[/URL]

[G-Man]

That's brilliant.

I had the slightly disconcerting experience recently of being exactly as old as my father was when he died at 54. I might look my age, but he looked much older than I do now. Lifestyle helps in that regard, of course. By the time he was 22, he had lived through the Depression and the Third Reich, fought on the Eastern Front, lost his father to the Gestapo, his brother to the war, and his baby son to who knows what, and was worried what will become of him. By the time I was 22, I had been to Live Aid and was worried whether I should wear the black or the white shirt to the club tonight.

Plus, moisturising!