Richard Bradford (actor)
Richard Bradford ( born November 10, 1937 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas ) is an American actor.
Life
Bradford first visited the Texas A & M University with an American football scholarship, but an injury prevented a possible early sports career. He moved to the University of Texas and tried his hand at a career in baseball. As well as this failed, he moved to New York and studied there from 1957 drama at the Berghoff Studios in 1962, he spent two years at Lee Strasberg's The Actors Studio. He had hunted in 1966 in Arthur Penn's film drama A man is his feature film debut; on the side of Marlon Brando, Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, he had a large supporting role.
However, instead of a Hollywood career to pursue, he moved to Britain, where the British spy series, he was the man with the suitcase the lead role. Between 1967 and 1968, a season with 30 episodes of the series, which was set then arose. He returned to the United States, where in the pilot he starred opposite Edward G. Robinson, one of the main roles To life and death of Boris Sagal, his role in the subsequently produced under the name of Medical Center series did not resume.
In the first half of the 1970s Bradford was mainly in guest roles in various television series such as High Chaparral, The Waltons and Kojak - to see use in Manhattan. In Arthur Penn's late Western The Missouri Breaks 1975 he played alongside Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando, two years later, he acted under Nicholsons Director in the Western comedy Goin. In 1982, he starred in Wim Wenders ' first Hollywood film Hammet. In the late 1980s he had a major supporting role in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables - The Untouchables with Sean Connery and Kevin Costner, as well as a starring role in Robert Redford's film comedy Milagro - The war in the bean field. He was cast as a police officer or sheriff Frequently, including in Harlem, NYC - The price of power by Bill Duke.
Bradford was a witness of Jack Nicholson. 1986 The Smiths used a photo of Bradford on the cover of their single " Panic ".