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William Ash

Cast & creator

William Ash

1977-01-13 (age 49) Chadderton, Greater Manchester, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Coronation Street, Doctor Who, Death in Paradise

William Ash, (born 13 January 1977) is a British TV and film actor. His appearances include Mad About Mambo, Lilies, Burn It, All the King's Men, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Doctor Who and more recently Hush and Waterloo Road. He began his career in the ITV series Where the Heart Is. His stage credits include the premiere production of How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found with Sheffield Theatres. In 2009, Ash played the leading role of "Zakes Abbott" in the British horror film HUSH. Ash also has minor roles in programmes such as Coronation Street and has completed voice-over work for TV advertisements. He also appeared in Heartbeat back in 1992 where he played a cheeky school boy for one episode. He is currently playing Deputy Headteacher 'Chris Mead' in Waterloo Road. On 12th April 2011, Ash played a young Yuri Gagarin in the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play; Titatium, broadcast in honour of the 50th anniversary of the first manned flight into space. He prefers to be known as "Will". His second cousin is Peter Ash, who is also an actor.

Also known as: Will Ash

Movies

21

film credits

Series

41

television credits

Career

60

1960–2023 · acting roles

Credit score

6.8

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Spike · 1960

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Riley Vashtee · 2005

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Frank Mellor · 2011

Casualty

Casualty

Kevin Eccles · 1986

Casualty

Casualty

Harry Reynolds · 1986

Across film & television

Filmography (62)

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Showing 62 of 62 credits

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Spike

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Riley Vashtee

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Frank Mellor

Casualty

Casualty

Kevin Eccles

Casualty

Casualty

Harry Reynolds

Emmerdale

Emmerdale

Caleb Miligan

Vera

Vera

Linus Campion

Father Brown

Father Brown

RSM Reginald Davis

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Paul Allenby

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Joe Norton

Shameless

Shameless

Jesus O'Toole

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Jack Smith

Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road

Chris Mead

Soldier Soldier

Soldier Soldier

Jack Stubbs

Inspector George Gently

Inspector George Gently

Mark Tanner

Scott & Bailey

Scott & Bailey

Craig

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

Mark

Moving On

Moving On

John

Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

Stephen Snow

The Tunnel

The Tunnel

Boleslaw 'BB' Borowski

Children's Ward

Children's Ward

Darren Walsh

Making Out

Making Out

Clocking Off

Clocking Off

Nick Anderson

How We Used To Live

Peter Hodgkins

ShakespeaRe-Told

ShakespeaRe-Told

Wanderlust

Wanderlust

Marvin Walters

Paranoid

Paranoid

Henry Appley

The Loch

The Loch

Leighton Thomas

Lilies

Lilies

Nazzer

The Rising

The Rising

Michael Wyatt

Wolfe

Wolfe

Jeff

Totally Doctor Who

Totally Doctor Who

Self

Until Death

Until Death

Serge

Jericho

Jericho

Johnny Swan

Burn It

Burn It

Jon Marr

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

Frank Cheeryble

The Window

The Window

John Maslin

Standing Room Only

Standing Room Only

Simon

Being Eileen

Being Eileen

Ray Cooper

Born to Run

Born to Run

Sammy Fitch

Conviction

Conviction

Chrissie Fairburn

Significant Other

Significant Other

Paul

Great Night Out

Great Night Out

Beggsy

Stories of Lost Souls

Stories of Lost Souls

Simon

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

Sgt. Ted Grimes

Beck

Beck

Ralph

The Sign of Four

The Sign of Four

Jack Smith

Mad About Mambo

Mad About Mambo

Danny Mitchell

Hush

Hush

Zakes Abbot

Lapland

Lapland

Ray Cooper

Raining Stones

Raining Stones

Joe

Fanny & Elvis

Fanny & Elvis

Rick

The Bare Necessities

The Bare Necessities

Tony

Habit

Habit

Ian

Daddy's Girl

DC Neil Hallam

Perfect 10

Perfect 10

Rob

The Last Witch

The Last Witch

Howard Greenwood

Magnolia

Magnolia

Ed

Anorak of Fire

Tim Buxton

The Bully Boys

The Bully Boys

Woody

Joey

Joey

Writer

Joey

Joey

Director