Multi-award-winning actor Bill Ward, probably best known for his work on two of the country’s leading soaps, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, is headlining this year’s Bridlington Spa pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. Starring as the giant’s sidekick, Fleshcreep, Bill brings his bad boy behaviour to Bridlington from
14 December to 5 January 2025.
14 December to 5 January 2025. Photo: Echo Media Group.
Known to millions as Charlie Stubbs, the builder who bulldozed his way through manipulative relationships and affairs, is one of the vilest villains the street has ever seen. During his three-year stint as Stubbs, Bill won numerous awards, including British Soap Awards Winner Best Exit, Best Storyline, Best Showstopper, and Inside Soap Awards Winner Best Bad Boy. His final episode in 2007 was the second most watched programme with over 13 million viewers.
Since turning professional in 2000, Bill has completed a substantial body of work with over 30 TV programmes and films and 50 plays. In Emmerdale, Bill played the hopeless farmer James Barton, and has appeared in TV staples such as The Bill, Holby City, Jonathan Creek, Footballers’ Wives and The Hunt for Raoul Moat. In the West End, Bill appeared as Loco Chanelle in the hit musical Everybody’s Talking about Jamie, (Apollo Theatre), Viva Forever (Piccadilly Theatre), Million Dollar Quartet (Noel Coward Theatre), Spamalot (Palace Theatre) and Japes (Theatre Royal Haymarket). Extensive UK tours have included The Full Monty, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Glee Club, Shakespeare in Love and Legally Blonde, to name a few.
When not in front of the camera, Bill is a multi-award-winning creative landscape photographer. His work has been exhibited in numerous fine art galleries around the UK, and he raised thousands of pounds for the Theatres Trust during the pandemic with his book #TheatresInDanger. He’s proud to be a judge for UK Landscape Photographer of the Year, runs workshops and tours for Light and Land, and gives talks and seminars on photography all over the world.
Bill joins a pantomime cast featuring Bridlington favourites Troy Harris as Muddles with Joe Standerline returning as Dame Trott and Brian Blessed as the voice of Giant Blunderbore.
