Portrait of Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas

Acting

Biography

Bill Thomas is a retired English actor of stage and screen. His body of work encompassed 18 feature films, 31 short films, 130 Television productions, 74 theatre productions, 166 adverts. From 2010 he struggled to remember lines and gave up acting in 2016 to become the doorman at Selfridges, the famous department store in London's Oxford Street, effectively his West End debut, and the most glamorous job he ever had.

Born: July 4, 1952

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Filmography

2018
Dodgy Dave

as Albert

2017
Loving Vincent

as Dr. Mazery

2016
Lighthouse

as Gilbert

2012
The Sky in Bloom

as Branick Hammond

2012
Pusher

as Jack

2010
Canoe Man

as Farmer

2008
Merlin

as Cylferth

2008
Ripple

as The Samaritan

2007
Outnumbered

as Mr Blain

2006
Mayo

as Wimp

2006
Waterloo Road

as Taxi Driver

2004
The Calcium Kid

as Mr. Bennet

2004
New Tricks

as Michael Evans

2002
Wire in the Blood

as Jack Rowland

2002
Wire in the Blood

as Paranoiac Neighbour (uncredited)

2002
Foyle's War

as Willis

2002
Cutting It

as Tom Henshall

2001
1999
1998
Vanity Fair

as Mr. Chopper

1997
Trial & Retribution

as Norman Gladstone

1997
Metroland

as Middle-Aged Commuter

1997
The Missing Postman

as DCI Weatherall

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Ray Dorset

1996
Crossing the Floor

as Boozer McGill

1996
Dalziel & Pascoe

as Phil Cooper

1996
Silent Witness

as Old Man (uncredited)

1996
Silent Witness

as Old Man

1995
Queen's Nose

as Taxi Driver

1995
Bramwell

as Wallace

1994
Harry Enfield and Chums

as Tory Boy's Dad

1994
Syrup

as George T. Foreman

1992
Heartbeat

as Clerk of Court

1992
Heartbeat

as Mr. Lennox

1992
Heartbeat

as Trevor Harris

1991
The House of Eliott

as Charles Quance

1989
The Paradise Club

as Neville Wickens

1987
The Interrogation of John

as Desmond Holder

1987
1986
Lovejoy

as Justin Small

1985
Howards' Way

as Steve Windom

1984
The Chain

as Postman

1981
Bergerac

as Gervaise

1979
Minder

as Ronnie