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| 4 | Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish film and television actor, who is mostly known for being Albert Steptoe in ''Series/SteptoeAndSon''. He was often characters older than him and gained a reputation for being old men on screen, but went through LeslieNielsenSyndrome. His role as Steptoe gained him enough popularity to be Music/PaulMcCartney's grandfather in the ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' movie, however, he never seemed to [[IAmNotSpock pull himself away from the role]], despite being in popular British comedies and top-billing many theatre performances. Brambell and Creator/HarryHCorbett were said to have had a rocky relationship, and Brambell once said in an interview that he didn't want to do another season. One fall-out was over Brambell's alcoholism during a tour in Australia, and the two men left the country on different planes. |
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| 6 | What many never knew was that Brambell was gay and was once arrested for cottaging in a public restroom during the 1960s, which was when being homosexual was illegal in the UK [[note]]He was, however, married once but it ended in divorce after his wife cheated on him with a lodger and gave birth to his child[[/note]]. This possibly led to an unintentional MetaCasting[=/=]RealitySubtext when one of his later roles was a pensioner trying to come out of the closet in ''Death and Transfiguration'', a Terrence Davies-directed film; Brambell appeared in three of his movies. |
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| 8 | He died of cancer at the age of 72. |
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