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'''Bradley Walsh'''
{{TV cast stub}}{{real world}}
{{Infobox Person
|image          = Bradley Walsh.jpg
|aka            =
|birth date    = [[4 June (people)|4 June]] [[1960 (people)|1960]]
|role          = [[Graham O'Brien]]
|job title      = [[Actor]]
|story          = [[#Credits|See credits]]
|time          = 2008, 2018-22
|non dwu        = ''The Chase'', ''Blankety Blank'', ''[[Coronation Street (series)|Coronation Street]]'', ''Law & Order UK'', ''The Larkins''
|imdb          = 0909569
|official site  = www.bradleywalsh.co.uk/
|twitter        = BradleyWalsh
|clip          = Doctor Who S11 Is Like Star Trek Bradley Walsh Interview
}}{{You may|Bradley Walsh (in-universe)|n1=his DWU counterpart}}
'''Bradley Walsh''' (born [[4 June (people)|4 June]] [[1960 (people)|1960]]<ref>[https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/bradley-walsh.html Famous Birthdays]</ref>) played the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] [[companion]] [[Graham O'Brien]] in [[Series 11 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 11]] and [[Series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Walsh also played [[Pied Piper|Elijah Spellman]]/[[Pied Piper|Odd Bob the Clown]]/[[Pied Piper]] in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', in the story ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]''.


Bradley Walsh is a famous english actor/comedian who has played parts in many famous TV shows including the soap opera ''Coronation Street''. His link to Doctor Who is the fact that he played three characters in the Sarah Jane Adventures episode '''The Day of the Clown'''. He played Oddbob The Clown, the Pied Piper and Spellman.
He was the only [[actor]] who portrayed a member of [[Team TARDIS|Team Tardis]] who didn't have to audition unlike his co-stars.
 
Walsh is the oldest actor to play an ongoing companion on ''Doctor Who'', though [[Lindsay Duncan]] and [[Bernard Cribbins]] were older when they played one-off companions [[Adelaide Brooke]] and [[Wilfred Mott]], respectively.
 
== Career ==
Outside of ''Doctor Who'', Walsh is best known for presenting the ITV game show ''[[The Chase]]'' and the TV revival of ''Blankety Blank''. He also appeared in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' between 2004 and 2006 as Mike Baldwin's nephew Danny, and presented ''Wheel of Fortune'', another ITV game show, in 1997. He also appeared alongside son Barney Walsh in the 2020 ITV travelogue series ''Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad'', which was referenced in the DWM 549 edition of ''[[The Daft Dimension (DWM 549 comic story)|The Daft Dimension]]''.
 
== In the DWU ==
[[Bradley Walsh (in-universe)|Bradley Walsh]] was mentioned in passing (but not by name) in the [[2018 (releases)|2018]] novel ''[[The Good Doctor (novel)|The Good Doctor]]'' by [[Juno Dawson]]. He also had a visual cameo in ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'', released in [[2020 (releases)|2020]].
 
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
As [[Graham O'Brien]]
* ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]''
* ''[[The Ghost Monument (TV story)|The Ghost Monument]]''
* ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]''
* ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]''
* ''[[The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)|The Tsuranga Conundrum]]''
* ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]''
* ''[[Kerblam! (TV story)|Kerblam!]]''
* ''[[The Witchfinders (TV story)|The Witchfinders]]''
* ''[[It Takes You Away (TV story)|It Takes You Away]]''
* ''[[The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (TV story)|The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos]]''
* ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]''
* ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]''
* ''[[Orphan 55 (TV story)|Orphan 55]]''
* ''[[Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)|Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror]]''
* ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]''
* ''[[Praxeus (TV story)|Praxeus]]''
* ''[[Can You Hear Me? (TV story)|Can You Hear Me?]]''
* ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]''
* ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'' / ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''
* ''[[Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Revolution of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]''
 
Other Roles
==== The Sarah Jane Adventures ====
* ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' - [[Pied Piper|The Pied Piper]] / [[Elijah Spellman]] / [[Odd Bob the Clown]]
 
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=0909569}}
{{official website|www.bradleywalsh.co.uk/}}
{{twitter|BradleyWalsh}}
 
== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Doctor Who regular cast]]
[[Category:SJA guest actors]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed companions of the Doctor]]
[[Category:Actors who were credited in the Doctor Who opening titles]]
[[Category:National Television Award nominees]]
[[Category:Actors interviewed on Access All Areas]]
[[Category:Doctor Who actors that exist in the DWU]]
[[Category:Doctor Who webcast actors]]
[[Category:BAFTA award nominees]]

Latest revision as of 21:03, 2 June 2024

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Bradley Walsh (born 4 June 1960[1]) played the Thirteenth Doctor companion Graham O'Brien in series 11 and series 12 of Doctor Who. Walsh also played Elijah Spellman/Odd Bob the Clown/Pied Piper in The Sarah Jane Adventures, in the story The Day of the Clown.

He was the only actor who portrayed a member of Team Tardis who didn't have to audition unlike his co-stars.

Walsh is the oldest actor to play an ongoing companion on Doctor Who, though Lindsay Duncan and Bernard Cribbins were older when they played one-off companions Adelaide Brooke and Wilfred Mott, respectively.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Outside of Doctor Who, Walsh is best known for presenting the ITV game show The Chase and the TV revival of Blankety Blank. He also appeared in Coronation Street between 2004 and 2006 as Mike Baldwin's nephew Danny, and presented Wheel of Fortune, another ITV game show, in 1997. He also appeared alongside son Barney Walsh in the 2020 ITV travelogue series Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad, which was referenced in the DWM 549 edition of The Daft Dimension.

In the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bradley Walsh was mentioned in passing (but not by name) in the 2018 novel The Good Doctor by Juno Dawson. He also had a visual cameo in The Zygon Isolation, released in 2020.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Graham O'Brien

Other Roles

The Sarah Jane Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Famous Birthdays
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