In 1985, Wilford Brimley starred in the well liked movie "Cocoon"

[NewJeffCT]

He was 51 years old



In 2018, Tom Cruise is starring in Mission Impossible 6 at 56 years old.

(saw the meme on Facebook and checked the numbers this morning.

[mrs_p]

1. Love Simon Pegg!

I didn’t know he was in the MI movies because I refuse to watch anything with TC. But, yeah, he sure has kept himself up.

[Historic NY]

2. Quaker oats makes you fat?

[Downtown Hound]

3. It's his Diabeetus.

[red dog 1]

4. In 1997, Wilford Brimley co-starred in the movie "In & Out".

.playing Kevin Kline's father and Debbie Reynolds' husband.
He was 63 at the time.

[IrishEyes]

5. I think it is an unfair comparision

People age differently. It is a combination of genetics, lifestyle and luck. Yes, Tom Cruise still looks pretty good but he has always been an attractive man. It is not like Wilford Brimley was a heart throb that lost his looks. There are many attractive people who aged terribly and many average looking people who aged well.

Personally, I prefer Simon Pegg to Tom Cruise.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. I agree, although Brimley looked liked hell for 51

However, he's still alive at age 83, so even with his obesity and diabetes, he's defying the odds.

[NewJeffCT]

8. it's the Quaker Oats, obviously

that have allowed him to live so long

[Mendocino]

7. The Manchurian Candidate

Angela Lansbury was born in 1925, Lawrence Harvey in 1928. She portrayed his mother.