
David Bradley
- Date of Birth: 1953-09-27
- Place of Birth: 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, Br... 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.

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Drama • 1951 December

Kes
Drama • 1970 April

Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Documentary, TV Movie • 2019 November

The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
Action, Drama • 1982 June

Macbeth
Drama • 2018 March

All Quiet on the Western Front
War, Drama, TV Movie • 1979 November

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Documentary • 2016 June

Absolution
Drama, Thriller, Mystery • 1978 June

Hummingbird
Action, Thriller • 2013 May

Malachi's Cove
Drama • 1973 October