Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character
Actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included “Cocoon,” “The Natural” and “The Firm,” has died. Brimley’s manager Lynda Bensky said the actor died Saturday morning in a
Utah hospital. The mustached Brimley was a familiar face for a number of roles, often playing characters like his grizzled
baseball manager in “The Natural” opposite Robert Redford's bad-luck phenomenon.