Birth of Wilfrid Brambell
Birth of Wilfrid Brambell
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Wilfrid Brambell Biography and Timeline
Follow Wilfrid Brambell through 7 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Wilfrid Brambell, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1912–2008Years on this page
1912
1962
Comedy
Cast in his most famous role, as Albert Steptoe, the irascible father in Steptoe and Son, initially a pilot on the BBCs Comedy Playhouse
1964
Comedy
The success of Steptoe and Son made Brambell a high profile figure on British television, and earns him the major role of Paul McCartneys grandfather in The Beatles first film, "A Hard Days Night"
1965
Comedy
Tellls the BBC he does not want to do another Steptoe and Son series and in September goes to New York to appear in the Broadway musical Kelly at the Broadhurst theatre, however it closes after just one perfomance
1985
Death of Wilfrid Brambell
Death of Wilfrid Brambell
2002
Comedy
Channel 4 broadcast a documentary film on the off-screen life of Brambell and his relationship with Harry H. Corbett, who played Harold Steptoe in Steptoe and Son, "When Steptoe met son", revealed that the two men detested each other
2008
Comedy
The Curse of Steptoe, a BBC TV play about Brambell and his co-star Harry H Corbett, is broadcast on digital BBC channel BBC FOUR, featuring Phil Davis as Brambel
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.