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Jun 21, 1985 · Ben Luckett is one of the elderly swimmers who discover the alien cocoons in a pool and gain youthful vigor. Wilford Brimley plays him with humor and warmth in this sci-fi comedy drama directed by Ron Howard.
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- Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Ron Howard
- 1985-06-21
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.
Cocoon is a 1985 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard and written by Tom Benedek from a story by David Saperstein. The film stars Don Ameche , Wilford Brimley , Hume Cronyn , Brian Dennehy , Jack Gilford , Steve Guttenberg , Maureen Stapleton , Jessica Tandy , Gwen Verdon , Herta Ware , Tahnee Welch , and Linda ...
Aug 2, 2020 · Wilford Brimley, the mustached actor known for Cocoon, The Natural and The Firm, has died. He was 85. The actor died Saturday morning at a Utah hospital, according to his manager, Lynda Bensky.
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Aug 1, 2020 · Wilford Brimley, a portly actor with a walrus mustache who found his niche playing cantankerous coots in “Absence of Malice,” “The Natural,” “Cocoon” and other films, died on Saturday in a...
Ben Luckett is a retired farmer who joins a group of seniors in a mysterious experiment that promises eternal youth. Wilford Brimley plays him with humor and charm, and delivers some memorable lines and scenes in this sci-fi comedy-drama.
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Aug 2, 2020 · Wilford Brimley, the unlikely character actor who brought both curmudgeonry and geniality to films like Cocoon, The China Syndrome, The Natural and Tender Mercies, has died at the age of 85.
