David Bradley
Bradley as Argus Filch in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Born	April 17, 1942 (1942-04-17) (age 65) York, England

David Bradley (born April 17, 1942) is an English character actor. He has recently become known for playing the caretaker of Hogwarts, Argus Filch, in the hugely popular Harry Potter series of films. Image File history File links This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Argus Filch is the caretaker and (effectively) hall monitor in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of books. ... Starring Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Produced by David Heyman Distributed by Warner Brothers Release date November 15, 2002 Runtime 161 min. ... is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... In the wizarding world, a fictional universe developed by J.K. Rowling and presented in her best-selling Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic for witches and wizards aged between eleven and eighteen. ... Argus Filch is the caretaker and (effectively) hall monitor in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of books. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ...

Bradley was born in York, England. He became an actor in 1971, first appearing on television that year in 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. He has appeared in a production of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker. York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Nearest and Dearest was a British situation comedy (sit-com) set in and around a pickle factory in Colne, Lancashire, in the North West of England. ... The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ... King Lear and the Fool in the Storm by William Dyce (1806-1864) King Lear is based on the legend of King Lear, a legendary king of Britain, and is considered to be one of William Shakespeares greatest tragedies. ... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a building complex and theatre company located on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ... The Caretaker is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, first published in 1959. ...

Bradley starred in BBC comedy series Wild West as Jake. He played fictional Labour MP Eddie Wells in the award-winning BBC Two serial Our Friends in the North in 1996. Other television appearances include the 2004 musical drama serial Blackpool on BBC One, in 2006 playing the father of Sweeney Todd opposite Ray Winstone on the BBC drama, and a small part in a 2006 episode of Taggart. He also appears as the character Stemroach in the BBC comedy series Ideal and as Electric in the BBC's Thieves Like Us. Great Basin region, typical American West The Western United States has played a significant role in history and fiction. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The opening titles sequence of Our Friends in the North. ... Blackpool is a British television drama serial, produced in-house by the BBC and screened on their BBC One channel in six one-hour episodes on Thursday nights at 9pm from November 11 to December 16, 2004. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... Sweeney Todd is a fictional villain/antihero. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Taggart is a long-running Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler (who has written many of the episodes), and made by SMG Productions (STV) for the ITV network. ... iDEAL is an Internet payment method in The Netherlands, based on online banking. ... Thieves Like Us is a six part sitcom showing on BBC Three based on the book The Burglar Diaries which was first broadcast in 2007. ...

Bradley had a small part in the 2007 comedy film Hot Fuzz as a farmer who illegally hoarded weapons including a sea mine which later proves important to the story. Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British police action/comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, who were previously in the motion picture Shaun of the Dead and the television series Spaced. ...

External links

• David Bradley at the Internet Movie Database