Person
Bill Thomas
Acting · Born 1952-07-04 · London, England, UK
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.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Ray Dorset
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Steward
Silent Witness
Old Man (uncredited)
Heartbeat
Clerk of Court
Minder
Ronnie
Merlin
Cylferth
Waterloo Road
Taxi Driver
Bergerac
Gervaise
Foyle's War
Willis
New Tricks
Michael Evans
Filmography
- 2018Dodgy DaveAlbert
- 2017Loving VincentDr. Mazery
- 2016Alice Through the Looking GlassDriver
- 2016LighthouseGilbert
- 2012The Sky in BloomBranick Hammond
- 2012PusherJack
- 2012All Men's DeadAlfred Jessup
- 2011BabysittingVet
- 2010Fairytale of London TownAlan
- 2010Canoe ManFarmer
- 2008MerlinCylferth
- 2008RippleThe Samaritan
- 2007OutnumberedMr Blain
- 2006MayoWimp
- 2006Waterloo RoadTaxi Driver
- 2004The Calcium KidMr. Bennet
- 2004New TricksMichael Evans
- 2002Wire in the BloodJack Rowland
- 2002Foyle's WarWillis
- 2002Cutting ItTom Henshall
- 2001The Affair of the NecklaceTailor
- 2001Anybody's NightmareJohn Soan
- 2001Weak at Denise
- 2000A Christmas CarolTed
- 2000Hero of the HourVictor
- 1999Great ExpectationsTailor
- 1998Vanity FairMr Chopper
- 1997I'm Alan PartridgeBill
- 1997MetrolandMiddle-Aged Commuter
- 1997The Missing PostmanDCI Weatherall
- 1997Midsomer MurdersRay Dorset
- 1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersLancaster Innkeeper
- 1996Crossing the FloorBoozer McGill
- 1996Silent WitnessOld Man (uncredited)
- 1995The Queen's NoseTaxi Driver
- 1995The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the HawkmenMax
- 1995BramwellWallace
- 1995Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de LuneMotel Clerk
- 1995The Last PostClerk
- 1994Harry Enfield and ChumsTory Boy's Dad
- 1994SyrupGeorge T. Foreman
- 1993Frank Stubbs PromotesDennis
- 1992HeartbeatClerk of Court
- 1991The House of EliottCharles Quance
- 1989The Paradise ClubNeville Wickens
- 1989Bodger and BadgerMr. Tucknott
- 1989The Nineteenth HoleThe Drunk
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSteward
- 1987The Interrogation of JohnDesmond Holder
- 1987Harry's KingdomDoug
- 1986LovejoyJustin Small
- 1985Howards' WaySteve Windom
- 1984The ChainPostman
- 1981BergeracGervaise
- 1979MinderRonnie
- 1974The Fight For Shelton Bar
- 1973Second City Firsts
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