William Maxwell(1937-2022)
- Actor
Born in Liverpool, William moved to Oldham at the age of nine. His
theatre work includes the part of Toby Belch in 'Twelfth Night' with
the Royal Shakespeare Company, Valk in 'The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs',
Snawley and Tompkins in 'Nicholas Nickleby' in productions in London
and New York and the Club Secretaty in 'Comedians' with the legendary
Jimmy Jewel at the Old Vic Theatre. Bill also starred in his own
one-man show of Brendan Behan. On television, he played The Duke of
Cleves in the series "The Wives of Henry VIII", Sergeant Petty in "The
Case of the Frightened Lady" and Crookes in "Strangers". His television
work also includes appearances in "Coronation Street", "The Dustbin
Men", "Z Cars", "When the Boat Comes In", "Funnyman", "Softly, Softly",
"Dempsey and Makepeace" and "Brookside". His film credits include "The
Ploughmans Lunch", "Cicero", "Blood Beast Terror" and "The Witchfinder
General".
