Early Life
Brimley was born as A. Wilford Brimley in Salt Lake City, Utah, where his father worked as a real estate broker.
Prior to his career in acting, Brimley worked as a ranch hand, wrangler, blacksmith, and a bodyguard for Howard Hughes. He then began shoeing horses for film and television. He began acting in the 1960s as a riding extra in Westerns and as a stunt man at the urging of his friend, actor Robert Duvall.
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