Bill Cashmore


Bill Cashmore was an English actor and playwright, as well as director and co-founder of the organisation Actors in Industry.

Acting

Cashmore 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 , 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 parliament in the 2017 General Election.

Death

Cashmore died on 9 November 2017, aged 56.