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Simon Bamford

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  • Producer
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Simon Bamford
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Spotted playing 'The Fool' in a London production of 'King Lear' Simon was invited by writer and director Clive Barker to join the 'Dog Company' a theatre group based in London. Eventually also working for Clive on the first two 'Hellraiser' movies. The success of the 'Hellraiser' franchise led to Simon playing the ill fated 'Ohnaka' in 'Nightbreed' at Pinewood Studios.

More recently he has worked with Jonas Armstrong and Sophie Ward on 'Book of Blood' in Edinburgh, with 'Tony Todd aka The Candyman' on 'Dead of the Nite' and in 2016 with Golden Globe winner 'Joanne Froggatt' on the true drama 'Starfish'.

TV films include 'The Real Mamils' with Joe McGann and Gwyneth Strong, and as actor and producer on the Dark Ditties series' with Bruce Jones, Kenneth Cranham & Mark Wingett. Episodes 1 - 3; The Offer, Mrs Wiltshire & Finders Keepers can be seen on Amazon Prime.

Simon's career has taken him around the world; Karachi to Dubai, London to Los Angeles, Bucharest to Stockholm as actor, director, designer and producer.
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Simon Bamford
Nightbreed
Leslie Topper in The Witching Hour.
Mrs Wiltshire, Dark Ditties Episode 2. Doris M F Bonam (anagram)
Simon Bamford
Simon Bamford
Simon Bamford and Corrine Hickey in Werewolf of Moldavia (2016)
Simon Bamford in Resurrection of Dracula (2016)
Simon Bamford in Resurrection of Dracula (2016)
Simon Bamford and Stephen Maguire in Resurrection of Dracula (2016)
Simon Bamford and Nicholas Vince in Psychedelic Death (2016)
Simon Bamford and Corinne Hickey in Psychedelic Death (2016)

Known for

Joanne Froggatt and Tom Riley in Starfish (2016)
Starfish
6.6
  • Senior Consultant
  • 2016
Book of Blood (2009)
Book of Blood
5.2
  • Derek
  • 2009
Nightbreed (1990)
Nightbreed
6.5
  • Ohnaka
  • 1990
Doug Bradley in Hellraiser (1987)
Hellraiser
6.9
  • 'Butterball' Cenobite
  • 1987

Credits

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Actor

  • Book of Blood: The Book Begins
    • Derek
    • 2024
  • Mosaic
    • DI Eliot Foley
    • Post-production
  • Aftermath
    • Alpha (voice)
    • Post-production
  • Resire
    • Jacob Cardot
    • Pre-production
  • Project Skyquake (2022)
    Project Skyquake
    • Andrew
    • 2022
  • Simon Bamford, Dale Roberts, Hans Michael Anselmo Hess, David Hastings, Ernest Vernon, Charles O'Neill, L.J. 'Stark' Greenwood, Steve Salt, Kiah Reeves, Jonathan Butler, Charlie Clarke, Rosemary Manjunath, Joshua Baggott, Jack Knight, and Joseph Hennion in You Are My Sunshine (2021)
    You Are My Sunshine
    • Martin
    • 2021
  • Dark Ditties Presents 'Stained' (2021)
    Dark Ditties Presents 'Stained'
    • Dr. Rhiner
    • Alison Wiltshire
    • 2021
  • Simon Bamford, Ian Beattie, Tim Dry, Ian Gelder, Michael Higgs, Bruce Jones, Barbie Wilde, Mark Wingett, Neil Cole, Gary Smart, Jamila Wingett, Corin Silva, Neil Morris, Stanley Rawlings, and Gemma Gordon in Dark Ditties Presents 'Dad' (2021)
    Dark Ditties Presents 'Dad'
    • Keith Jacobs
    • 2021
  • 14 Ghosts (2021)
    14 Ghosts
    • Mr. Peindre
    • 2021
  • The Haunting of Margam Castle (2020)
    The Haunting of Margam Castle
    • The Witchfinder General
    • 2020
  • Steven Arnold, Simon Bamford, Stuart Conran, Kenneth Cranham, Ian Gelder, Bruce Jones, Mark Wingett, Neil Cole, Sean Schafer Hennessy, Ethan Mckinley, Danny Stewart, Gary Smart, Jamila Wingett, Adam Evans, Christopher Griffiths, Corin Silva, Neil Morris, Stanley Rawlings, Gemma Gordon, and Siobhan Kilmartin in Dark Ditties Presents: The Witching Hour (2019)
    Dark Ditties Presents: The Witching Hour
    • Leslie Topper
    • 2019
  • Simon Bamford, Kenneth Cranham, Bruce Jones, Oliver Smith, Mark Wingett, Neil Cole, Ethan Mckinley, Corin Silva, and Stanley Rawlings in Dark Ditties Presents 'Finders Keepers' (2018)
    Dark Ditties Presents 'Finders Keepers'
    • Mr. Wainwright
    • 2018
  • Simon Bamford, Stuart Conran, Bruce Jones, Gary Smart, Nicholas Helmsley, Adam Evans, Christopher Griffiths, Neil Morris, Darnell Spence, Terrence Wilkins, Stanley Rawlings, Gemma Gordon, Ray Skeemer, Siobhan Kilmartin, Rocky Morris, Doris M.F. Bohnam, Charlie Smart, and Kiera McNulty in Dark Ditties Presents 'Mrs Wiltshire' (2018)
    Dark Ditties Presents 'Mrs Wiltshire'
    • Jonathan Brook-Davis
    • 2018
  • Dark Ditties Presents 'The Offer' (2017)
    Dark Ditties Presents 'The Offer'
    • Jonathan Brook-Davis
    • 2017
  • Simon Bamford, Nicholas Vince, Neil Morris, and Corrine Hickey in Werewolf of Moldavia (2016)
    Werewolf of Moldavia
    • Peter Vincent
    • Video
    • 2016
  • Resurrection of Dracula (2016)
    Resurrection of Dracula
    • Peter Vincent
    • Video
    • 2016
  • Simon Bamford, Nicholas Vince, Stephen Maguire, and Corinne Hickey in Psychedelic Death (2016)
    Psychedelic Death
    • Peter Vincent
    • Video
    • 2016
  • Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Chris Sarandon, Stephen Geoffreys, William Ragsdale, and Jonathan Stark in You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016)
    You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
    • Peter Vincent
    • 2016
  • Joanne Froggatt and Tom Riley in Starfish (2016)
    Starfish
    • Senior Consultant
    • 2016

Producer

  • Dark Ditties Presents 'Stained' (2021)
    Dark Ditties Presents 'Stained'
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Simon Bamford, Ian Beattie, Tim Dry, Ian Gelder, Michael Higgs, Bruce Jones, Barbie Wilde, Mark Wingett, Neil Cole, Gary Smart, Jamila Wingett, Corin Silva, Neil Morris, Stanley Rawlings, and Gemma Gordon in Dark Ditties Presents 'Dad' (2021)
    Dark Ditties Presents 'Dad'
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Ian Gelder and Mark Wingett in The Invisible Collection (2020)
    The Invisible Collection
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Steven Arnold, Simon Bamford, Stuart Conran, Kenneth Cranham, Ian Gelder, Bruce Jones, Mark Wingett, Neil Cole, Sean Schafer Hennessy, Ethan Mckinley, Danny Stewart, Gary Smart, Jamila Wingett, Adam Evans, Christopher Griffiths, Corin Silva, Neil Morris, Stanley Rawlings, Gemma Gordon, and Siobhan Kilmartin in Dark Ditties Presents: The Witching Hour (2019)
    Dark Ditties Presents: The Witching Hour
    • executive producer
    • 2019
  • Simon Bamford, Kenneth Cranham, Bruce Jones, Oliver Smith, Mark Wingett, Neil Cole, Ethan Mckinley, Corin Silva, and Stanley Rawlings in Dark Ditties Presents 'Finders Keepers' (2018)
    Dark Ditties Presents 'Finders Keepers'
    • executive producer
    • 2018
  • Simon Bamford and Emma Fernell in Arcade (2015)
    Arcade
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2015
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Demo Reel 2020/21
Demo Reel 3:52
Demo Reel 2020/21
2017-19 Demo
Demo Reel 4:11
2017-19 Demo
Jurassic Era-2015
Demo Reel 4:49
Jurassic Era-2015
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:14
Official Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 2:11
Trailer
Book of Blood -- Greenband Trailer
Trailer 1:45
Book of Blood -- Greenband Trailer
Book of Blood -- Redband Trailer
Trailer 1:48
Book of Blood -- Redband Trailer
Dead of the Nite
Trailer 1:55
Dead of the Nite
Dark Ditties Series Trailer
Trailer 1:30
Dark Ditties Series Trailer

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  • Height
    • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Freeserve
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    • 8 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 6 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Gender / Gender identity
    • Male

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    When writing his first published work 'The Books of Blood' author Clive Barker used Simon as inspiration for his hero 'Simon McNeal'. Although too old to play the 19 year old when the movie was eventually shot 25 years later, Simon appeared in a specially created cameo role.

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