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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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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Joanne Froggatt and Tom Riley in Starfish (2016)
    Starfish
    6.6
    • Senior Consultant
    • 2016
    Doug Bradley in Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
    Hellbound: Hellraiser II
    6.4
    • Butterball
    • 1988
    Nightbreed (1990)
    Nightbreed
    6.5
    • Ohnaka
    • 1990
    Doug Bradley in Hellraiser (1987)
    Hellraiser
    6.9
    • 'Butterball' Cenobite
    • 1987

    Credits

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    Actor



    • The Black-Eyed Children 2
      • (rumored)
      • Pre-production
    • Benoit
      • Dick Edmunds
      • In Production
    • Resire
      • Jacob Cardot
      • Pre-production
    • The Witches of the Sands
      • Sloane Horne, DI Foley
      • Post-production



    • The Black-Eyed Children (2025)
      The Black-Eyed Children
      7.5
      • John
      • 2025
    • Video Shop Tales of Terror II: Lust and Revenge (2025)
      Video Shop Tales of Terror II: Lust and Revenge
      4.1
      • Talking VHS (segment "Video Dungeon II") (voice)
      • 2025
    • The South Jersey Horror Podcast (2020)
      The South Jersey Horror Podcast
      6.9
      Podcast Series
      • 2024
    • Fruzsina Nagy and Edward Apeagyei in Aftermath (2024)
      Aftermath
      5.2
      • Alpha (voice)
      • 2024
    • Mosaic (2024)
      Mosaic
      5.2
      • DI Eliot Foley
      • 2024
    • A Midsummer Nightmare! (2023)
      A Midsummer Nightmare!
      Short
      • Mr. Puck
      • 2023
    • Project Skyquake (2022)
      Project Skyquake
      4.0
      • Andrew
      • 2022
    • Class Horror Cast (2020)
      Class Horror Cast
      7.2
      TV Series
      • 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
      5.7
      • 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'
      8.1
      • Keith Jacobs
      • 2021
    • 14 Ghosts (2021)
      14 Ghosts
      5.3
      • Mr. Peindre
      • 2021
    • The Haunting of Margam Castle (2020)
      The Haunting of Margam Castle
      2.5
      • 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
      6.6
      • 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'
      8.3
      • Mr. Wainwright
      • 2018

    Producer



    • Benoit
      • producer
      • In Production



    • 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'
      8.1
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Ian Gelder and Mark Wingett in The Invisible Collection (2020)
      The Invisible Collection
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 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
      6.6
      • 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'
      8.3
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Simon Bamford and Emma Fernell in Arcade (2015)
      Arcade
      7.8
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 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
    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

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

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      • 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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