Wilfrid Brambell

Irish actor, born 1912. Best known for starring as Albert Steptoe, the cantankerous rag-and-bone man in the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son (1962-1974). Despite playing a dirty old man on television, Brambell was famously fastidious in real life. He also appeared in the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night (1964) as Paul McCartney's grandfather. He died in 1985.