David Bradley
Known For
Acting
Born
1953-09-27 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Most Known For
Hummingbird
as Billy
The Flaxton Boys
as Peter Weekes
Absolution
as Arthur Dyson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Kropp
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Albert Kropp
Kes
as Billy
Zulu Dawn
as Pte Williams
The Jensen Code
as Terry
Bedtime Stories
as Lennie Burr
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self / Billy
Those Glory Glory Days
as 1961 Spurs Team Member
Macbeth
as Porter
Malachi's Cove
as Barty
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as Ticer Thomas
That Quiet Earth
as The Evangelist
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
as Self
The Battle of Waterloo
as Ferris
Asylum
as Father Michael
Making Kes
as Self