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Harold Bradley in Maciste, il gladiatore più forte del mondo (1962)
Multi-talented Harold Bradley is an American, a former professional football player, who moved to Italy in 1959 to study art and pursue careers in music and acting, getting his foot in the door of the latter by appearing in stuntman roles in a succession of peplum films.

He was born on October 13th 1929 in Chicago, USA. He celebrated his 90th birthday in 2019 and he is still performing today as a singer, while his most recent acting role was in 2016. His son Oliver does a good job of keeping his father in the public eye via his Facebook page, where he publishes details of concerts, videos and photos (there you can see a selection of pics from Harold's 90th birthday celebrations).

Visit Harold's Facebook page, Harold Bradley: Actor, Singer & Visual Artist

There is a well-researched biography of Harold by Matt Blake on his The Wild Eye website, for which he interviewed Harold, so I feel sure the details can be relied upon. Rather than repeating all the details here I suggest you take a look at the page (our filmography, however, is a lot more complete).

Harold Bradley biography on The Wild Eye


FILMOGRAPHY

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1961

1. Barabba (uncredited) .... Gladiator
   
   1962
2. Il gladiatore di Roma (uncredited) .... Gladiator
3. Lo Sparviero dei Caraibi (uncredited) .... Torturer
4. Maciste, il gladiatore più forte del mondo (credited) .... Tucos
   
   1963
5. Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Servant (scene deleted)
6. Il grande coltello (TV mini-series) (credited) .... Russel
7. Io Semiramide (credited) .... Slave of Semiramis
8. Jason and the Argonauts (uncredited) .... Palace guard
9. L'eroe di Babilonia (uncredited) .... Mursuk
10. Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo (credited?) .... Regia's servant
11. Peppino Girella (TV mini-series) - episode 6 (credited) .... American marine
    
    1964
12. 00-2 agenti segretissimi (uncredited) .... Bodybuilder
13. Anthar l'invincibile (uncredited) .... Slave carrying pillow with sword
14. Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan (credited) .... Genghis Khan's bodyguard
15. Roma contro Roma (uncredited) .... Hondo
16. Tarzak contro gli uomini leopardo (credited) .... Libar
    
    1965
17. La capanna dello zio Tom (Onkel Toms Hütte) (poster credit) .... Harris
18. La donna di fiori (TV mini-series, episodes 1,4,5 & 6) (credited) .... The barman
19. Questa sera parla Mark Twain (TV mini-series, all episodes) (credited) .... George
20. Sette contro tutti (credited) .... Tucos
    
    1966
21. Missione Apocalisse (credited as Harold W. Bradley) .... King Joe
    
    1967
22. Abramo Lincoln (TV mini-series) (credited) .... William
23. I giorni della violenza (credited?) .... Nathan
24. La fiera delle vanità (TV mini-series, episode 1) (credited) .... Sambo
25. Per amore.. per magia.. (credited) .... Hassan
26. Troppo per vivere... poco per morire (uncredited) .... Photographer's assistant
    
    1979
27. The Chisholms (TV series, season 1, episode 1) (uncredited) .... Jethro
    
    1988
28. Buy & Cell (credited) .... Detective
    
    1993
29. Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto (credited) .... Gambler whose drink is drugged
    
    1996
30. Daylight (credited) .... Police chief (not found)
    
    2006
31. In ascolto (credited) .... NSA Psychiatrist
    
    2011
32. Habemus Papam (credited) .... Cardinal
    
    2016
33. The Young Messiah (credited) .... Shepherd No.2 (not found)

More Harold!

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There are still a few movies where Harold is credited by various online sources that I have been unable to find, so if anybody has images of him in the films below you know what to do.

• La tragica notte di Assisi (1961) (The Wild Eye)
• Memsaab (1996)
• Solo x te (1999) TV movie, as Angel of the supermarket
• Valeria medico legale (2002) TV series, season 2, episode 1
• Miss Wolf and the Lamb (2012) Short film
• Watch Them Fall (2016) as The Artist
  (all titles here listed on IMDb except where noted)

Barabba (1961) as Gladiator

Il gladiatore di Roma (1962) as Gladiator

Lo Sparviero dei Caraibi (1962) as Torturer Yvonne Monlaur's "18th century" costume never fails to make me laugh.

Maciste, il gladiatore più forte del mondo (1962) credited, as Tucos Nice to see Umberto Felici in the Spanish lobby card too

Il grande coltello (1963) TV mini-series, credited, as Russel. Harold is credited in the cast list printed in the TV magazine Radiocorriere TV, originally broadcast on October 7th 1963.

Io Semiramide (1963) credited, as Slave of Semiramis

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) as Palace guard

L'eroe di Babilonia (1963) as Mursuk

Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo (1963) credited, as Regia's servant. Harold should be credited here, but the US DVD print has no actor credits Harold featured prominently on the cover of the German programme