Bill Thorpe

Actor's contact info (email and phone or agent):

Phone 617-426-8806
Email info@sharpley-and-taylor.com

Actor's web site:

http://www.sharpley-and-taylor.com/billthorpe/

Actor's age range:

51-55, 56-60

Actor's Unions:

SAG-AFTRA, AEA

Actor's PHYSICAL TRAITS (format is under "How To..." tab)

PHYSICAL TRAITS:
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 6' 1"
Eyes: Hazel
Hair length: Short
Hair color: Brown
Suit: 46L
Inseam: 34
Waist: 35

Actor's Performance Skills:

Boating - engine, Boating - sail, Bowling, Canoeing, Cycling, Driving - car, Driving - stick shift-standard, Equestrian - general, Ice Skating, In-line Skating, Kayaker, Rollerblading, Sailing, Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Swimming - general ability, Swimming - back stroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - freestyle, Weight Lifting, Autoharp, Bongos, Guitar - 6 string, Piano, Singer - Baritone, Singer - Bass

Recent acting experience (Use headings: TV, FILM, THEATER, INDUSTRIALS), include title, Director, your role. Training or acting classes (class name, where, when):

FILM & TV:
"In Your Eyes" - Role: Stan - 2012 - Dir. Brin Hill
"R.I.P.D." - Role: Cemetery Worker - 2013 release - Dir. Robert Schwentke
"Whaling City" - Role: Driscoll - 2011 - Dir. Jay Burke
"Slip & Fall" - Role: Court Bailiff - 2011 - Dir. Marc Colucci
"Edge of Darkness" - Role: Watch Sergeant (scene with Mel Gibson) - Dir. Martin Campbell
"The Box" - Role: NASA Administrator - Dir. Richard Kelly
"Mysic River" - Role: Neighbor at Barricade (scene with Sean Penn) - Dir. Clint Eastwood
"Leaving Scars - Role: Hollywood Producer - Dir. Brad Jacques
"The Darien Gap" - Role: Personnel Director - Dir. Brad Anderson
"Brotherhood" (Showtime Network) - Role: Capt. Miller - Dir. Nick Gomez
"Damrell's Fire" (documentary) - Role: Nathaniel Bradlee - Dir. Bruce Twickler

NATIONAL & WORLD TV COMMERCIALS (principal roles):
Mastercard - Role: Sports Fan - Dir. Errol Morris / McCann-Erickson, NY, NY
Quick & Reilly Investments (Fleet Bank) - Role: Dad - Dir. James Gartner / Hill Holliday
H&R Block - Role: Investor - Picture Park Productions
The Mormon Church - Role: Father - Bonneville Productions, Salt Lake City
Stoneyfield Farm Yoghurt - Role: Farmer - Picture Park Productions
The History Channel - Role: Roman torch bearer - Kilowatt Films
American Movie Classics - Role: Movie Character - Big Brother Productions

REGIONAL TV COMMERCIALS (principal roles):
Hood Ice Cream - Role: Lobsterman - Picture Park
Citizens Energy - Role: Father - James Gartner / Hill Holliday
Homefield Telecom - Role: Mainer - USA Telephone
NH State Lottery - Role: Store Clerk - O'Neil Griffin Bodi, Inc.
W.B. Mason - Role: Customer - Boston Productions / Baldwin & Stone
MA Dept. of Health - Role: Executive - Kevion Smith, CA / Arnold Worldwide
Boston Red Sox - Role Fan - New England Sports Network
Boston Bulldogs Pro Soccer - Role: Airline Pilot - Picture Park / Hill Holliday
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Role: Basketball Player - Picture Park Productions
Massachusetts State Lottery - Role: Airline Pilot - Picture Park / Hill Holliday
Beverly Hospital - Role: Patiet - Picture Park Productions
The Boston Foundation - Role: Driver - Picture Park Productions
Interstate Transmission - Mechanic - Greater Cable Media
Union Hospital / Lahet Clinic - Role: Husband - Time Warner Cable
Foy-Poloquin Insurance - Role: Husband - Time Warner Cable
Newport Jai Alai - Role: Customer - Fleming Communications
South Shore Hospital - Role: Construction Worker - Picture Park Productions
Boston Publis Library - Role: Mayor Menino's bodyguard - Picture Park
W.B. Mason Company - Role: Army Sergeant - Boston Productions Inc.
Heywood Hospital - Role: Patient - John Stimpson Productions

THEATER:
"Sound of Music" - Role: Von Trapp - Carousel Dinner Theater, Akron OH
"Meet Me in Saint Louis" - Role: Father - Merry-Go-Round Theater, Auburn NY
"Showboat" - Role: Jim (also played piano onstage) - Northshore Music Theater, Beverly MA
"Kiss Me Kate" - Role: Petruccio - Ocean City Pops Orchestra, New Jersey
"Sweeney Todd" - Role" Jonas Fogg - Northshore Music Theater, Beverly MA
"Lady Audley's Secret" - Role: onstage piano player - Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence RI

SINGING
Toured the U.S. and China for two decades singing the music of Cole Porter through American Artists Managment, NY, and the Cole Porter Trusts, NY. Was soloist on CBS Television Network tribute to Cole Porter and for the U.S. Post Office release of the Cole Porter commemorative first class postage stamp. Also guest soloist with numerous eastcoast orchestras.

OPERA
"The Bartered Bride" (Smetana) - Role: Micha - Opera Boston
"La Fanciulla del West" (Puccini) - Role: Billy Jackrabbit - Opera Boston
"Lucrezia Borgia" (Donizetti) - Role: Astolpho - Opera Boston
"Capriccio" (Strauss) - Role: La Roche - Four-S Festival
"The Impressario" (Mozart) - Role: Herr Bluff - Boston Lyric Opera
"The Beggar's Opera" (John Gay) - Role: Lockit - Opera Boston

Other work, hobbies, charities, etc. in which this actor is involved:

Active professional classical musician and music publisher

Illustrative words describing this actor's voice range (e.g. Boston & southern accents, conversational, announcer, etc.):

ACCENTS: As a professional classical singer (bass-baritone), I regularly sing in German, French, Italian, and Spanish and can apply pronunciation rules for these languages to English to create accurate foreign accents.