Bradford Emerson Meade is a fictional character in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty, portrayed by Alan Dale.
12 Facts About Bradford Meade
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Bradford Meade is a famous publishing mogul whose company, Meade Publications, publishes the popular fashion magazine MODE.
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Bradford Meade is the ex-husband of recovering alcoholic Claire Meade and the father of Daniel Meade, the womanizing editor-in-chief of MODE, and Alexis Meade, his transgender daughter.
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Bradford Meade is responsible for getting Betty Suarez hired as Daniel's personal assistant because he didn't want his son to be tempted to sleep with his assistants anymore.
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Bradford Meade learns Fey is still alive and Steve is actually working for her.
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Bradford Meade is actually innocent; it is revealed in the episode "Brothers", that Claire in fact killed her.
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When Claire visits him at Rikers Island and tells him she will turn herself in, Bradford Meade begs her not to, but in the end she does and he is released immediately.
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Bradford Meade is able to do this as Bradford had put the magazine under her name to evade taxes.
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Bradford Meade succeeded in convincing Bradford to divorce Claire after Wilhelmina made Marc beat her up, and told Bradford the injuries were caused by someone Claire hired.
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Unbeknownst to Bradford Meade, Claire had just escaped while en route to prison, hoping to stop him from marrying Wilhelmina.
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The latter would cause major friction when Bradford Meade begins to favor Alexis over Daniel.
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Bradford Meade appears in a video message for Alexis and Daniel in "Bananas for Betty", recorded weeks before his death.