David Bradley
Born: 1953-09-27 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Born to a miner father and a seamstress mother in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in 1953, David Bradley is best known for playing Billy Casper in Ken Loach's 1969 film, Kes. Prior to this starring role, Bradley had only ever acted in school pantomimes and secured the lead in an open audition against thousands of children. Following the success of Kes, Bradley had to change his name to Dai Bradley on account of the actor David Bradley already having an Equity card in that name. Bradley turned to television appearing as the lead in two children's series The Flaxton Boys and The Jensen Code and guest roles in Z Cars, Nearest and Dearest and A Family at War. He appeared in several other movies as a young man in the tail end of the 70s including All Quiet on the Western Front, Zulu Dawn and Absolution but by the following decade Bradley decided to retire from acting and tried his hand as a writer instead. In recent years he has returned to the profession as David Bradley once more and has had roles in the film Hummingbird and the children's TV series The Dumping Ground.
Filmography
2019
- Greg Davies: Looking for Kes as Self
2018
- Macbeth as Porter
2016
- Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach as Self / Billy
2013
- Hummingbird as Billy
2010
- Making Kes as Self
2003
- Asylum as Father Michael
1983
- Those Glory Glory Days as 1961 Spurs Team Member
- The Battle of Waterloo as Ferris
1982
- The World Cup: A Captain's Tale as Ticer Thomas
1979
- All Quiet on the Western Front as Albert Kropp
- Zulu Dawn as Pte Williams
1978
- Absolution as Arthur Dyson
1974
- Bedtime Stories as Lennie Burr
1973
- The Jensen Code as Terry
- Malachi's Cove as Barty
1972
- That Quiet Earth as The Evangelist
1970
- Kes as Billy
1969
- The Flaxton Boys as Peter Weekes
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Kropp