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David Bradley
David Bradley was on the 17th April in 1942 in York in North Yorkshire.
He became an actor in 1971, and first appeared the successful comedy Nearest and Dearest playing a police officer.
He was awarded a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1991 for his supporting actor role in King Lear at the Royal National Theatre, and has appeared in the Harold Pinter play called The Caretaker.
He also starred in the comedy series called "Wild West" as Jake. David played the fictional Labour MP Eddie Wells, in the award-winning series Our Friends In The North in 1996.
David had a part in the musical drama called Blackpool, and as the father of Sweeney Todd, playing opposite Ray Winstone.
He has also had a small part in an episode of Taggart, and a leading character Tom, in an episode of "Midsummer Murders."
He has also appeared as the character Stemroach, in the comedy series, called Ideal, as Electric in Thieves Like Us, and appeared in the series True Dare Kiss.
David had a small part in the film called Hot Fuzz, alongside Simon Pegg, and has become best known for his role as Argus Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films.
David played Cohen the Barbarian in the Sky One adaptation of The Colour Of Magic by Terry Pratchett. David stars alongside Sir David Jason as Rincewind, and Sean Astin as Two Flower ( of Click and Lord Of The Rings fame).
David Bradley is the active President of Second Thoughts Drama Group in Stratford-upon-Avon.
He is starring in a movie callied The Daisy Chain as Sean Cryan, which will be out soon.
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David Bradley - filmography
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Prisoners' Wives - Series 2
on DVD
(2013)
Starring: Polly Walker, Pippa Haywood, Sally Carman
Director: Harry Bradbeer
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All four episodes from the second series of the BBC crime drama following the lives of women whose loved ones are serving prison sentences. In this series, two new characters appear - happily married Kim (Sally Carman), whose world is rocked when her husband is remanded after being accused of a ..read more »
 
68%
from 19 members
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The Holding
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Georgia Groome, Vincent Regan, Kierston Wareing
Director: Susan Jacobson
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Tense thriller set on a remote farm in which a woman's murder of her husband leads to chaos. Cassie (Kierston Wareing) killed her husband, Dean (Christopher Brand), to protect herself and her two daughters, Amy (Maisie Lloyd) and Hannah (Skye Lourie), from his abusive ways. Eight months later, just ..read more »
54%
from 440 members
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Another Year
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville
Director: Mike Leigh
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Mike Leigh writes and directs this observational comedy drama depicting a year in the life of a contented middle-aged London couple. Medical counsellor Gerri (Ruth Sheen) is happily married to Tom (Jim Broadbent). The film follows Gerri over the course of the year as she opens her home and heart to ..read more »
63%
from 20,976 members
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I Know You Know
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, David Bradley, Aaron Fuller
Director: Justin Kerrigan
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Charlie is highly charged and on the edge — an undercover agent, always on an important mission, always on the move. Jamie, his son, is fascinated by his father’s espionage work, until the world of spies becomes all too real. Charlie is unpredictable, explosive, yet kind hearted and fiercely ..read more »
50%
from 1,627 member
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Harry Brown
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Iain Glen
Director: Daniel Barber
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Gritty British thriller starring Michael Caine. Harry Brown (Caine) is a widowed ex-serviceman living a quiet, modest life on a London housing estate. When his only friend Leonard (David Bradley) is brutally murdered by a gang of thugs on the estate, Harry becomes intent on avenging his death, and ..read more »
77%
from 46,699 members
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Harry Brown - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Iain Glen
Director: Daniel Barber
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Gritty British thriller starring Michael Caine. Harry Brown (Caine) is a widowed ex-serviceman living a quiet, modest life on a London housing estate. When his only friend Leonard (David Bradley) is brutally murdered by a gang of thugs on the estate, Harry becomes intent on avenging his death, and ..read more »
77%
from 15,536 members
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The Colour Of Magic - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Roger Ashton-Griffiths, David Jason, Sean Astin
Director: Vadim Jean
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Effects-strewn, feature-length, TV adaptation of the first two novels in Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' series of comic fantasies. Sir David Jason stars as the jaded, incompetent wizard, Rincewind, who unwittingly finds himself playing guide to naive tourist, Twoflower (Sean Astin), when the two are ..read more »
63%
from 2,075 members
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The Colour Of Magic
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: David Jason, Richard da Costa, Sean Astin
Director: Vadim Jean
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The Discworld - a magical realm quite unlike, yet hauntingly familiar to, ours - has got it's first tourist - Twoflower (Sean Astin). Rincewind (David Jason), an inept ex-student wizard is given the task of guiding Twoflower (Sean Astin) through the city state of Ankh Morpork. Rincewind has two ..read more »
67%
from 11,424 members
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Hot Fuzz
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Tim Barlow, Bill Ni, Jim
Director: Edgar Wright
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Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost follow up SHAUN OF THE DEAD with another collaboration in HOT FUZZ. This time around Pegg and Frost are mismatched cops who are reluctantly forced to work together, with hilarious results.
73%
from 105,438 members
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Gabriel And Me
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Iain Glen, Sean Landless, Billy Connolly
Director: Udayan Prasad
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Jimmy Spud (Sean Landless) is an 11-year-old boy from Newcastle who decides he wants to become an angel. His unemployed dad (Iain Glen) disapproves of his plans, thinking he should get into football and girls instead, but when the Archangel Gabriel (Billy Connolly) comes for a visit, young Jimmy ..read more »
53%
from 283 members
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The King Is Alive
(2001)
Starring: Jennifer Jason L, Romane Bohringer, Janet McTeer
Director: Kristian Levring
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Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus passengers shelter in the elements of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play? However, the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of ..read more »
55%
from 281 members
Currently unavailable
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Altered Species
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Leah Rowan, Allen Lee Haff, David Bradley
Director: Miles Feldman
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On a moonlit night in a remote research laboratory, a major scientific breakthrough is about to have some disastrous side effects. A chemical compound that was created to 'hunt and destroy' deadly cancer cells has leaked from the buildings waste disposal system into the basement. Suddenly, the ..read more »
34%
from 104 members
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Tom's Midnight Garden
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: James Wilby, Greta Scacchi, Nigel Le Vaillant
Director: Willard Carroll
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Film adaptation of the classic children's tale in which a young boy finds access to a magical midnight garden. When his brother comes down with the measles, Tom (Anthony Way) is sent to stay with his Aunt Gwen (Greta Scacchi) and his Uncle Alan (James Wilby) in the dilapidated old manor they ..read more »
66%
from 832 members
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Total Reality
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Thomas Kretschmann, David Bradley, Misa Koprova
Director: Philip J. Roth
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It is two hundred years in the future and the Earth has been devastated in its war against an alliance of colonies. Realising that it stands no chance of winning, the government of Earth sends its fascist leader General Tunis back in time to the 1990's where he attempts to replicate himself in the ..read more »
31%
from 35 members
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Our Friends In The North
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Mark Strong, Christopher Eccleston, Malcolm McDowell
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The entire series of the popular BBC Television series charting the lives of a group of four Geordie friends from their teens until middle-age: Nicky is a radical socialist, determined to devote his life to the class struggle; Tosker a Jack-the-lad with dreams of pop stardom; Mary, courted by Nicky ..read more »
80%
from 3,755 members
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Cyborg Cop 2
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Morgan Hunter, David Bradley, Jill Pierce
Director: Sam Firstenberg
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Sequel to 'Cyborg Cop' with David Bradley again in the role of DEA agent Jack Henderson. This time the Cyborgs are able to regenerate and mutate themselves to become much more powerful warriors. Henderson must now confront his worst nightmares as the Cyborgs go on the rampage.
37%
from 109 members
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Cyborg Cop
(1993)
Starring: Rufus Swart, John Rhys-Davies, Alonna Shaw
Director: Sam Firstenberg
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Ex DEA agent Jack gets an urgent SOS from his brother Phillip, whose team has been ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack arrives in St. Keith to find his brother, but discovers he has been turned into a cyborg by the drug runner he was tracking.
42%
from 101 members
Not currently released
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American Ninja 4 - The Annihilation
(1991)
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley
Director: Cedric Sundstrom
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CIA agent Sean Davidson and his sidekick Carl are sent into the stronghold of sadistic British ex-soldier Mulgrew to rescue some Delta Force commandoes who have been captured and tortured. When Sean, Carl and pretty doctor Sarah run into some problems, Peace Corps vet Joe Armstrong is lured out of ..read more »
54%
from 41 members
Currently unavailable
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Another Sunday And Sweet FA
(1988)
Starring: Gordon McRae, Fred Feast, Freddie Fletcher
Director: Michael Apted
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TV comedy drama, written by Jack Rosenthal, that originally featured in ITV's 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand. Long-suffering weekend referee Mr. Armistead (David Swift) refuses to give up on trying to teach the rougher elements of Co-op Albion and Parker Street Depot about fairness, sportsmanship, ..read more »
52%
from 7 members
Not available for rental
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Absolution
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley
Director: Anthony Page
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Father Goddard (Richard Burton) hears confessions at a catholic school. In confession, student Benjamin Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally murdered his friend (Billy Connolly) and buried him in the forest. Goddard investigates the matter and finds a buried scarecrow.
Shortly after, ..read more »
57%
from 253 members
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The Jensen Code - Complete
(1973)
Starring: Robin Wentworth, Milton Johns, Dan Meaden
Director: Jonathan Wright-Miller
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All 13 episodes of the 1970s children's mystery series that follows unusual events at an outdoor activity centre. When Terry Connor (David Bradley), a 16-year-old visitor to the centre, sets off with instructor Alex (Tony Wright) to go potholing, he is unprepared for the disturbing day he will face...read more »
10%
from 1 member
Not available for rental
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Kes
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Colin Welland, David Bradley, Brian Glover
Director: Ken Loach
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Acclaimed drama from director Ken Loach following a young boy from a working-class Northern town who begins training a falcon to find relief from his problems. Billy (David Bradley) appears to have little hope in his life. He is bullied by his brother, Jud (Freddie Fletcher), and neglected by his ..read more »
70%
from 12,719 members
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They Saved Hitler's Brain
(1963)
Starring: Walter Stocker, Audrey Caire, Carlos Rivas
Director: David Bradley
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At the end of World War II, Nazi officials spirited the living head of Adolf Hitler out of Germany to a hiding place in the South American country of Mandoras, in order to revive the Third Reich at a later date. By the 1960s these men believed the time had come, so they kidnap a top scientist in ..read more »
10%
from 1 member
Currently unavailable
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This Is Not A Love Song
on DVD
Starring: David Bradley, Michael Colgan, Kenny Glennan
Director: Billie Eltringham
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Tense and violent rural thriller, set on the moors in the north of England. Spike (Michael Colgan) and Heaton (Kenny Glenaan) are two mismatched loners travelling together. When the disturbed Spike accidentally commits a violent crime, Heaton decides that his only option is to help the younger man ..read more »
42%
from 650 members
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