David Bradley
Birthday
1953/09/27 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
Dai Bradley
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 telev...Read more
Acting
(1983) The Battle of Waterloo
as Ferris
(1970) Kes
as Billy
(1979) Zulu Dawn
as Pte Williams
(2016) Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self / Billy
(1979) All Quiet on the Western Front
as Albert Kropp
(1978) Absolution
as Arthur Dyson
(1982) The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as Ticer Thomas
(2013) Hummingbird
as Billy
(1983) Those Glory Glory Days
as 1961 Spurs Team Member
(2018) Macbeth
as Porter
(2003) Asylum
as Father Michael
(2019) Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
as Self
(1973) Malachi's Cove
as Barty
(2010) Making Kes
as Self
(1974) Bedtime Stories
as Lennie Burr
(1969) The Flaxton Boys
as Peter Weekes
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Kropp
(1973) The Jensen Code
as Terry