David Bradley
Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK — Sep 27 1953
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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 Fla…
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kropp
Hummingbird
Billy
Bedtime Stories
Lennie Burr
All Quiet on the Western Front
Albert Kropp
Kes
Billy
The Flaxton Boys
Peter Weekes
The Jensen Code
Terry
Zulu Dawn
Pte Williams
Absolution
Arthur Dyson
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self / Billy
Macbeth
Porter
That Quiet Earth
The Evangelist
Those Glory Glory Days
1961 Spurs Team Member
Malachi's Cove
Barty
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Self
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
Ticer Thomas
The Battle of Waterloo
Ferris
Making Kes
Self
Asylum
Father Michael