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.Actors in Industry website; accessed 1 December 2017.
Acting Cashmore was born in Nottingham and attended Denstone College, Uttoxeter, and Downing College, Cambridge, where he read English. 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.
Writer and playwright 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.
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.
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.
Politics 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.Chelsea and Fulham 2017 election result, BBC News; accessed 21 June 2018.
Death Cashmore died on 9 November 2017, of a stroke, aged 56.News: Brass Eye, Fist Of Fun Actor Bill Cashmore Dies, beyondthejoke.co.uk; accessed 1 December 2017.
Filmography
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1989All Creatures Great and SmallFreddie TruemanEpisode: "Big Fish, Little Fish"1991The Sharp EndMan in PubEpisode: #1.71991The Play on OnePhilEpisode: "Out of the Blue"1992Moon and SonKennedyEpisode: "Her Death Was So Sudden"1992ResnickMichael TaylorEpisode: "Lonely Hearts: Part 1"1993Dancing QueenPolicemanTelevision film1994Grange HillPolitical CampaignerEpisode: #17.81989–1994The BillVarious3 episodes1994Screen OneChesEpisode: "Meat"1994KnightmareVarious9 episodes1995Kavanagh QCDS CadburyEpisode: "Nothing But the Truth"1995Live with the GogglesTV ExpertEpisode: #1.21995–1996Fist of FunVarious8 episodes1996Men Behaving BadlyWorkmanEpisode: "The Good Pub Guide"1996SharmanBarryEpisode: "Hearts of Stone"1997Brass EyeVarious2 episodes1997Does China Exist?Television film1997WycliffeSmithEpisode: "Dance of the Scorpions"1993–1998CasualtyGordon Trevor2 episodes2017The Magical Music BoxVarious3 episodes
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