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Bill Cashmore (actor)

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Bill Cashmore
Born(1961-04-17)17 April 1961
London, England
Died9 November 2017(2017-11-09) (aged 56)
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • journalist
  • playwright
  • actor
Years active1989–2017
Websitebillcashmore.co.uk

Bill Cashmore (17 April 1961 – 9 November 2017) was an English actor and playwright, as well as director and co-founder of the organisation Actors in Industry.[1]

Acting

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Cashmore was born in Nottingham[2] and attended Denstone College, Uttoxeter, and Downing College, Cambridge, where he read English.[2] He started his acting career in the Cambridge Footlights and went on to have roles in The Bill, Casualty, All Creatures Great and Small, Fist of Fun, and other programmes.[2]

Writer and playwright

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Cashmore was a writer and performer for Gimme 5, the live ITV children's programme. He has written several plays with Andy Powrie, including Trip of A Lifetime, published by Samuel French, which has been performed around the world.[citation needed]

Cashmore wrote the following full-length plays and pantomimes: What's in a name?, Amber, Trip of a Lifetime, Time Please, A Breed Apart, Amy is Four, Unaccommodated, Bride or Groom?, Seating Plan, New Year's Resolution.[2]

Cashmore wrote three one-act plays: Past Lives, Daughter, and Him, Her and Them. He also performed in two one-man shows, An Everyday Actor and Bill's Clothes.[2]

Politics

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In 2017, he was selected as the Green Party candidate for Chelsea and Fulham, where he stood for the parliament in the 2017 general election, finishing fourth with 1.9% of the vote.[3]

Death

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Cashmore died on 9 November 2017, of a stroke, aged 56.[4][5]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 All Creatures Great and Small Freddie Trueman Episode: "Big Fish, Little Fish"
1991 The Sharp End Man in Pub Episode: #1.7
1991 The Play on One Phil Episode: "Out of the Blue"
1992 Moon and Son Kennedy Episode: "Her Death Was So Sudden"
1992 Resnick Michael Taylor Episode: "Lonely Hearts: Part 1"
1993 Dancing Queen Policeman Television film
1994 Grange Hill Political Campaigner Episode: #17.8
1989–1994 The Bill Various 3 episodes
1994 Screen One Ches Episode: "Meat"
1994 Knightmare Various 9 episodes
1995 Kavanagh QC DS Cadbury Episode: "Nothing But the Truth"
1995 Live with the Goggles TV Expert Episode: #1.2
1995–1996 Fist of Fun Various 8 episodes
1996 Men Behaving Badly Workman Episode: "The Good Pub Guide"
1996 Sharman Barry Episode: "Hearts of Stone"
1997 Brass Eye Various 2 episodes
1997 Does China Exist? Television film
1997 Wycliffe Smith Episode: "Dance of the Scorpions"
1993–1998 Casualty Gordon

Trevor

2 episodes
2017 The Magical Music Box Various 3 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Actors in Industry website; accessed 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Autobiography". billcashmore.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. ^ Chelsea and Fulham 2017 election result, BBC News; accessed 21 June 2018.
  4. ^ News: Brass Eye, Fist Of Fun Actor Bill Cashmore Dies, beyondthejoke.co.uk; accessed 1 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Bill Cashmore Biography". en.notrecinema.com.
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