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.

Acting

Cashmore was born in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

and attended

Denstone College Denstone College is a mixed, independent, boarding and day school in Denstone, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. It is a Woodard School, having been founded by Nathaniel Woodard, and so Christian traditions are practised as part of Colleg ...

, Uttoxeter, and

Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 650 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the olde ...

, where he read English. He started his acting career in the

Cambridge Footlights Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, founded in 1883 and run by the students of Cambridge University. History Footlights' inaugural ...

and went on to have roles in ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...

'', ''

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'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''

Fist of Fun ''Fist of Fun'' was a British comedy show, initially a BBC Radio 1 series in 1993 and then a BBC2 television series in 1995. It was written by and starred Lee and Herring (the comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring). Each episode of ''Fist o ...

'', 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 Chelsea and Fulham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation. It is currently represented by Greg Hands of the Conservative Party. He was the MP for the former neighbouring constituency ...

, where he stood for the parliament in the

2017 general election This national electoral calendar for 2017 lists the national/federal elections held in 2017 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. January *5 November ...

, finishing fourth with 1.9% of the vote.

Death

Cashmore died on 9 November 2017, of a stroke, aged 56.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cashmore, Bill 1961 births 2017 deaths British male television actors British dramatists and playwrights British directors British male dramatists and playwrights Green Party of England and Wales parliamentary candidates Male actors from Nottingham Place of death missing