Richard Bradford (actor)

Richard Bradford
Born
Richard Edwin Bradford Jr.

(1934-11-10)November 10, 1934
DiedMarch 22, 2016(2016-03-22) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesDick Bradford
OccupationActor
Years active1963–2005
Spouse
Eileen Elliott
(m. 1965; div. 1984)
PartnerMillie Perkins
Children1

Richard Edwin Bradford Jr.[1] (November 10, 1934 – March 22, 2016[2]) was an American actor. He is best known for his leading role in the television series Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968) and supporting role in the film The Untouchables (1987).

  1. ^ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V69X-XKX : 1 January 2015), Richard Edwin Jr. Bradford, 10 Nov 1934; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
  2. ^ Hayward, Anthony (April 14, 2016). "Obituaries: Richard Bradford". The Scotsman. p. 34. ProQuest 2024788993. Richard Bradford, American actor who played the enigmatic McGill in Man in a Suitcase. Born: 10 November 1934, in Tyler, Texas. Died: 22 March 2016, in Los Angeles, aged 81. [...] Bradford was born in Tyler, Texas, the son of Richard and Rose (nee Flaxman). [...] By the time he was five, his parents had divorced and he and his mother were living in Conroe with her Russian-born parents, Will and Sarah, who ran a grocery store. [...] [A]fter being educated at a San Antonio high school, he attended the city's Peacock Military Academy. He then won a football scholarship to Texas A&M University. [...] [W]hen an injury ended his career, [he] switched to baseball and Texas University, only to find that he did not have enough semester hours to make him eligible for the baseball team. An admirer of method actors Marlon Brando and James Dean, Bradford decided on acting as a career and headed for New York in 1957.