Bill Thomas
Date of birth: 1952-07-04
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
The Fight For Shelton Bar
1974-11-18
The right to work ... The words and actions of the people fighting' to keep open the steelworks at S
Weak at Denise
2001-05-31
Colin (Bill Thomas) flies remote-controlled model aeroplanes and plods away as a bureaucrat in a loc
The Affair of the Necklace
2001-11-30
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in th
Lighthouse
2016-01-01
Gilbert, an alcoholic old man, has been living on a cliff saving people from committing suicide for
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016-05-25
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Ripple
2008-01-04
A random act of malice sets in motion a domino run of coincidences and catastrophes turning one man'
The Missing Postman
1997-03-28
When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But o
Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune
1995-02-12
Comedy thriller notable for the remarkably un-manic and restrained performance by Rik Mayall as sing
The Last Post
1995-01-01
A man and a woman both frantically try to catch the last post, but could be connected beyond the out
The Interrogation of John
1987-09-30
A suspect is brought to a London police station charged with gross indecency. Police at the station
Syrup
1994-05-01
An Oscar nominated short film about a man's life changing when he gets a hairpiece.
Babysitting
2011-09-05
When Maggie is asked to babysit for her boss' wife, an unfortunate incident alters her outlook on lo
Loving Vincent
2017-06-22
A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist'
Hero of the Hour
2000-03-12
A security guard foils an armed robbery and becomes a national hero, but his new-found fame cannot a
Pusher
2012-10-12
In London, a drug dealer grows increasingly desperate over the course of a week after a botched deal
Anybody's Nightmare
2001-09-28
Based on the true story of Shelia Bowler, accused of murdering her elderly aunt.
Crossing the Floor
1996-10-05
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservat
Canoe Man
2010-03-30
The story of the "Canoe Man" John Darwin who faked his own death and tried to start a new life with
Dodgy Dave
2018-09-06
A pre-teen needs to learn the ropes, and drug-dealing Dave is the only one who can teach him.
The Chain
1984-11-01
Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving da
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
1995-10-08
Working with the French Secret Service, Indy joins the legendary Lafayette Escadrille flying unit an
A Christmas Carol
2000-11-20
Loan shark Eddie Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable
All Men's Dead
2012-01-01
“As the German blitz raids reach their 39th day further air raids are to be expected at anytime…” At
Metroland
1997-08-30
In late-1970s suburban London, Chris and Marion have settled into a comfortable yet all-too-predicta
The Sky in Bloom
2012-11-17
A successful human trafficker and dedicated family man is dying, but that's the least of his problem
Fairytale of London Town
2010-12-20
Harry's Kingdom
1987-09-27
It's the most important night of the year for the dynamic salesmen of King Double Glazing - the com
The Calcium Kid
2004-04-30
When milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain's contender for the World title out of action,