David Bradley
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday27 September 1953 (72 years old)
Place of birthBarnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Known credits18
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 …
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
2019 · Self
Macbeth
2018 · Porter
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016 · Self / Billy
Hummingbird
2013 · Billy
Making Kes
2010 · Self
Asylum
2003 · Father Michael
Those Glory Glory Days
1983 · 1961 Spurs Team Member
The Battle of Waterloo
1983 · Ferris
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982 · Ticer Thomas
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979 · Albert Kropp
Zulu Dawn
1979 · Pte Williams
Absolution
1978 · Arthur Dyson
Bedtime Stories
1974 · Lennie Burr
Malachi's Cove
1973 · Barty
The Jensen Code
1973 · Terry Connor
Kes
1970 · Billy
The Flaxton Boys
1969 · Peter Weekes
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Kropp
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