Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/27/1953
Place of Birth
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Dai Bradley
David 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 television appearing as the lead in two children's series The Flaxton Boys and The Jensen Code and guest ...
Known For
Kes
as Billy
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Albert Kropp
Malachi's Cove
as Barty
Hummingbird
as Billy
Absolution
as Arthur Dyson
Zulu Dawn
as Pte Williams
Those Glory Glory Days
as 1961 Spurs Team Member
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as Ticer Thomas
Making Kes
as Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self / Billy
The Battle of Waterloo
as Ferris
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
as Self
Macbeth
as Porter
Asylum
as Father Michael