Notable roles included Richard Barthelmess' romantic rival in both Classmates (1924) and The Drop Kick (1927),[3] as well as appearances in numerous budget westerns such as Cheyenne (1929),[5] Smilin' Guns (1929)[6] and The Cisco Kid (1931).

[7] Bradbury also co-authored, with Edward Poland, one of his own stage vehicles, a well-received vaudeville playlet entitled "Psycho Bill",[8] which debuted in June 1921 at Proctor's 23rd Street Theatre in Manhattan.

"[15] Not quite two months later, it was reported by Oakland Tribune that the two were on the verge of being paired by an undisclosed "big studio" as a comedy team in a series of upcoming films,[16] a project which evidently never got beyond the planning stage.

[17] On June 21, 1936, after having concluded that the "buddy" to whom he had recently entrusted over two hundred fifty dollars for the purpose of purchasing travelers checks had simply absconded with the funds, Bradford made an attempt to kill himself by turning on the gas in his room on West 11th Street in Los Angeles.

Eventually growing impatient, he lit a match, setting off a gas explosion, thus turning himself, as reported by the Los Angeles Daily News, "into a human torch."