
David Bradley
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Macbeth
as Porter
Hummingbird
as Billy
Asylum
as Father Michael
Those Glory Glory Days
as 1961 Spurs Team Member
The Battle of Waterloo
as Ferris
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as Ticer Thomas
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Albert Kropp
Zulu Dawn
as Pte Williams
Absolution
as Arthur Dyson
Malachi's Cove
as Barty
That Quiet Earth
as The Evangelist
Kes
as Billy