Wilfrid Brambell

Wilfrid Brambell
Brambell in 1966 (photo by Duffy)
Born
Henry Wilfrid Brambell

(1912-03-22)22 March 1912
Dublin, Ireland
Died18 January 1985(1985-01-18) (aged 72)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1930–1985
Spouse
Mary Hall
(m. 1948; div. 1955)

Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor, best remembered for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son (1962–1965, 1970–1974). He achieved international recognition in 1964 for his appearance alongside the Beatles in A Hard Day's Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney.