FrameThrower · Actors · Wilfrid Brambell
Wilfrid Brambell
3 films · 167 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1964–1983
Born 22 March 1912 · Dublin, Ireland · died 18 January 1985
Henry Wilfrid Brambell was an Irish television and film actor and comedian, best remembered for his role in the television series Steptoe and Son. He also performed alongside The Beatles in their debut film A Hard Day's Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney.
How their films are shot
Measured across 167 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Wilfrid takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day — the look of the work Wilfrid takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 167 frames from Wilfrid Brambell's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.