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.
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Movie | Your Christmas or Mine 2 | Jack | 2023-12-07 |
Movie | Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Fowler (voice) | 2023-12-08 |
Movie | Catherine Called Birdy | Lord Gideon Sidebottom | 2022-09-23 |
Movie | Criminal | Headmaster | 2022 |
Movie | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Geppetto (voice) | 2022-10-22 |
Movie | Your Christmas or Mine? | Jack | 2022-12-02 |
Movie | Jolt | Gareth Fizel | 2021-07-15 |
Series | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Merlin (voice) | 2020-08-07 |
Movie | Doctors Assemble | The First Doctor (voice) | 2020-05-23 |
Movie | Greg Davies: Looking for Kes | Self | 2019-11-19 |
Series | After Life | Ray | 2019-03-08 |
Series | Les Misérables | Gillenormand | 2018-12-30 |
Movie | Await Further Instructions | Grandad | 2018-08-26 |
Movie | Macbeth | Porter | 2018-03-13 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time | The Doctor (1) | 2017-12-25 |
Movie | The Lodgers | Bermingham | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | Edmund the Magnificent | Farmer | 2017-03-01 |
Movie | The Young Messiah | Old Rabbi | 2016-03-10 |
Movie | Broadcast Signal Intrusion _ | James' Father | 2016-09-18 |
Movie | How to Make a Ken Loach Film | Interviewee | 2016-12-01 |
Movie | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Himself | 2016-06-30 |
Movie | Broadcast Signal Intrusion | James' Father | 2016-09-18 |
Series | The Strain | Professor Abraham Setrakian | 2014-07-13 |
Movie | An Adventure in Space and Time | William Hartnell | 2013-11-21 |
Movie | The World's End | Basil | 2013-07-18 |
Movie | Hummingbird | Billy | 2013-05-07 |
Series | Broadchurch | Jack Marshall | 2013-03-04 |
Series | World Without End | Brother Joseph | 2012-09-04 |
Movie | Bad Sugar | Ralphfred Cauldwell | 2012-08-26 |
Series | Prisoners' Wives | Frank | 2012-01-31 |
Movie | Frankenstein: A Modern Myth | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2012-10-31 |
Movie | The Holding | Cooper | 2011-09-09 |
Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Tower Keeper | 2011-07-22 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Argus Filch | 2011-07-12 |
Movie | Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self | 2010-01-24 |
Movie | Another Year | Ronnie | 2010-11-05 |
Movie | Making Kes | Himself | 2010-09-01 |
Series | Five Daughters | Patrick Palmer | 2010-04-25 |
Movie | Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 2: Characters | Argus Filch | 2009-11-17 |
Movie | Harry Brown | Leonard Attwell | 2009-11-11 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Argus Filch | 2009-07-15 |
Movie | I Know You Know | Mr Fisher | 2009-02-05 |
Movie | The Daisy Chain | Sean Cryan | 2008-11-09 |
Series | The Colour of Magic | Cohen the Barbarian | 2008-03-23 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Argus Filch | 2007-07-08 |
Series | True Dare Kiss | Stanley Tyler | 2007-06-28 |
Movie | Hot Fuzz | Arthur Webley | 2007-02-14 |
Movie | Sweeney Todd | Sweeney's Father | 2006-01-03 |
Movie | Lycanthropy | Club Owner | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Red Mercury | Neil Ashton | 2005-05-13 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Argus Filch | 2005-11-16 |
Movie | Mr Harvey Lights a Candle | 2005-03-26 | |
Series | Blackpool | 2004-11-11 | |
Movie | Exorcist: The Beginning | Father Gionetti | 2004-08-20 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Argus Filch | 2004-05-31 |
Movie | Asylum | Father Michael | 2003-01-19 |
Movie | Nicholas Nickleby | Nigel Bray | 2002-12-27 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Argus Filch | 2002-11-13 |
Series | Wild West | Old Jake | 2002-10-22 |
Movie | The Intended | The Priest | 2002-06-06 |
Movie | Blow Dry | Noah | 2001-03-01 |
Movie | Gabriel & Me | Grandad | 2001-08-13 |
Movie | Altered Species | Frank | 2001-09-01 |
Series | The Way We Live Now | Mr Broune | 2001-11-11 |
Movie | Station Jim | Elliot | 2001-12-30 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Argus Filch | 2001-11-16 |
Series | The Wilsons | 2000-01-16 | |
Movie | The King Is Alive | Henry | 2000-05-11 |
Movie | Doomwatch: Winter Angel | Angel | 1999-12-07 |
Movie | Tom's Midnight Garden | Abel | 1999-05-15 |
Series | Vanity Fair | 1998-11-01 | |
Movie | Left Luggage | Concierge | 1998-03-30 |
Series | Our Mutual Friend | 1998-03-09 | |
Movie | Reckless: The Sequel | Arnold Springer | 1998-10-11 |
Series | Reckless | Arnold Springer | 1997-02-06 |
Movie | The Moth | Dave Waters | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Crisis | Alex | 1997-03-19 |
Movie | Total Reality | Anthony Rand | 1997-04-03 |
Movie | Expect to Die | Dr. Vincent MacInlyre | 1997-04-16 |
Movie | In Your Dreams | Tutor | 1997-12-13 |
Movie | White Cargo | Det. Joe Hargatay | 1996-12-10 |
Movie | Exit | Charles | 1996-07-02 |
Series | Our Friends in the North | Eddie Wells | 1996-01-15 |
Movie | Kiss and Tell | Superintendent Hines | 1996-11-09 |
Movie | Hard Justice | Nick Adams | 1995-07-15 |
Series | Martin Chuzzlewit | David Crimple | 1994-11-07 |
Movie | Measure for Measure | Barnadine | 1994-11-05 |
Movie | Cyborg Cop II | Jack Ryan | 1994-09-01 |
Movie | Criminal | Headmaster | 1994-06-22 |
Movie | Fair Game | Whitby Policeman | 1994-06-11 |
Movie | Blood Run | Brad Kingsbury | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | American Ninja 5 | Joe Kastle | 1993-04-02 |
Series | The Buddha of Suburbia | Helen's Father | 1993-11-03 |
Movie | Blood Warriors | Wes Healey | 1993-12-15 |
Movie | Cyborg Cop | Jack Ryan | 1993-10-05 |
Movie | Bad Girl | Mike Preach | 1992-07-14 |
Movie | American Samurai | Andrew 'Drew' Collins | 1992-12-22 |
Movie | Lower Level | Sam | 1991-10-05 |
Movie | American Ninja 4: The Annihilation | Sean Davidson | 1990-10-30 |
Movie | A Master of the Marionettes | Harry | 1989-04-18 |
Movie | American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt | Sean Davidson | 1989-02-24 |
Movie | Prick Up Your Ears | Undertaker | 1987-04-17 |
Movie | King of the Ghetto | Ralph | 1986-05-01 |
Movie | Those Glory Glory Days | 1961 Spurs Team Member | 1983-11-17 |
Movie | Tartuffe, or The Imposter | Cleante | 1983-07-28 |
Movie | The Battle of Waterloo | Ferris | 1983-02-13 |
Movie | The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | Ticer Thomas | 1982-06-13 |
Movie | The Union | Communist speaker | 1981-02-24 |
Movie | All Quiet on the Western Front | Albert Kropp | 1979-11-14 |
Movie | Zulu Dawn | Pte Williams | 1979-05-14 |
Movie | The Frisco Kid | Julius Rosensheine | 1979-07-06 |
Movie | Absolution | Arthur Dyson | 1978-06-05 |
Series | Bedtime Stories | Lennie Burr | 1974-03-03 |
Movie | Malachi's Cove | Barty | 1973-10-01 |
Series | The Jensen Code | Terry | 1973-02-28 |
Movie | Kisses at Fifty | Policeman | 1973-01-22 |
Movie | Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. | Parker Street Goalie | 1972-01-09 |
Movie | Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising | 1970-09-12 | |
Movie | Kes | Billy Casper | 1970-04-03 |
Series | The Flaxton Boys | Peter Weekes | 1969-09-21 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Kropp | 1951-12-24 |