TV.com

William Simons

FavoritedFavorite

9.6

Avg Rating: Superb

5 votes

Your Rating: 10

"Perfect"
Your Rating: 9.5

"Superb"
Your Rating: 9

"Superb"
Your Rating: 8.5

"Great"
Your Rating: 8

"Great"
Your Rating: 7.5

"Good"
Your Rating: 7

"Good"
Your Rating: 6.5

"Fair"
Your Rating: 6

"Fair"
Your Rating: 5.5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 4.5

"Poor"
Your Rating: 4

"Poor"
Your Rating: 3.5

"Bad"
Your Rating: 3

"Bad"
Your Rating: 2.5

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 2

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 1.5

"Abysmal"
Your Rating: 1

"Abysmal"

Rate Now!

Biography

Born

11/17/1940, Mumbles, South Wales, UK

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (8)

Role
- Heartbeat
  Alf Ventress
  - S 18: Ep 24 Sweet Sorrow
    9/12/10
  - S 18: Ep 23 Pass the Parcel
    9/5/10
  - S 18: Ep 22 The Open Door
    8/29/10
  - S 18: Ep 21 My One and Only
    8/22/10
  - S 18: Ep 20 Jobs for the Boys
    8/15/10
  - + 49 More Credits
- Heartbeat
  PC/Alf Ventress
  - S 16: Ep 18 The Dreams that You Dream
    6/24/07
  - S 16: Ep 17 Out of Africa
    6/3/07
  - S 16: Ep 16 No Laughing Matter
    5/27/07
  - S 16: Ep 14 Another Little Piece of My Heart
    5/13/07
  - S 16: Ep 13 Sleeping Dogs
    5/6/07
  - + 120 More Credits
- Heartbeat
  PC Alf Ventress
  - S 13: Ep 23 Muck and Brass
    5/23/04
  - S 13: Ep 20 Swansong
    5/2/04
  - S 13: Ep 17 No Hard Feelings
    4/11/04
  - S 13: Ep 4 Fool for Love
    10/5/03
  - S 13: Ep 1 Speed
    9/7/03
  - + 143 More Credits
- Heartbeat
  PC Ventress
  - S 7: Ep 19 Appearances
    1/18/98
  - S 6: Ep 2 Old Colonials
    9/8/96
- Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
  Inspector Fox
  - S 2: Ep 3 Scales of Justice
    8/29/94
  - S 2: Ep 2 Dead Water
    4/1/94
  - S 2: Ep 1 Hand in Glove
    1/10/94
  - S 1: Ep 5 Death in a White Tie
    5/16/93
  - S 1: Ep 4 Death at the Bar
    5/9/93
  - + 4 More Credits
- Haggard
  Landlord
  - S 2: Ep 6 Wicked Lady
    8/22/92
  - S 2: Ep 3 Mad Jack
    8/1/92
  - S 2: Ep 2 Beau Haggard
    7/25/92
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Claimant
    7/18/92
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Bellman
    2/17/90
  - + 2 More Credits
- Cribb
  Constable Thackery
  - S 2: Ep 6 Invitation to a Dynamite Party
    5/10/81
  - S 2: Ep 5 Murder Old Boy
    5/3/81
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Choir that Wouldn't Sing
    4/19/81
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
    4/12/81
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Last Trumpet
    4/5/81
  - + 8 More Credits
- Crown Court
  Martin O'Connor
  - S 4: Ep 38 Contempt Of Court : Part 3
    3/28/75
  - S 4: Ep 37 Contempt Of Court : Part 2
    3/27/75
  - S 4: Ep 36 Contempt Of Court : Part 1
    3/26/75
  - S 3: Ep 97 Not Dead But Gone Before : Part 1
    8/14/74
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- The Royal
  P.C. Ventress
  - S 3: Ep 8 Cliffhanger
    1/4/04
  - S 3: Ep 3 Doing the Rounds
    11/30/03
  - S 3: Ep 2 If Not for You
    11/23/03
- The Royal
  PC Ventress
  - S 3: Ep 6 Famous for a Day
    12/21/03
  - S 2: Ep 5 One of Those Days
    6/22/03
- The Royal
  Alf Ventress
  - S 1: Ep 6 Kiss and Tell
    2/23/03
- Heartbeat
  PC Alf Ventress
  - S 4: Ep 8 Fair Game
    10/23/94
  - S 2: Ep 6 Bang to Rights
    5/23/93
  - S 2: Ep 5 Over the Hill
    5/16/93
  - S 2: Ep 4 Bitter Harvest
    5/9/93
  - S 2: Ep 3 Manhunt
    5/2/93
  - + 12 More Credits
Guest Star (30)

Role
- The Royal
  P.C. Ventress
- Heartbeat
  PC Alf Ventress
  - S 2: Ep 7 A Talent for Deception
    5/30/93
- Lovejoy
  Dave Goodis
  - S 3: Ep 12 Highland Fling
    3/29/92
- Love Hurts
  Eddie Boyd
  - S 1: Ep 10 Let's Do It*
    3/6/92
- The Darling Buds of May
  Ted Watson
  - S 2: Ep 4 Stranger at the Gates (Part 2 of 2)
    2/16/92
  - S 2: Ep 3 Stranger at the Gates (Part 1 of 2)
    2/9/92
- The Bill
  Michael McGee
  - S 8: Ep 3 Whose Side Are You On?
    1/9/92
- Boon
  Tom
  - S 6: Ep 3 Work, Rest & Play
    10/9/90
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
  Det Insp Baker
  - S 3: Ep 6 A Sleeping Life, Part Three
    11/26/89
  - S 3: Ep 5 A Sleeping Life, Part Two
    11/19/89
- A Bit of a Do
  Dale Monsal
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Farewell Party
    11/10/89
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Dentists' Dinner Dance
    1/20/89
- The Bill
  Ch. Supt. Pearson
  - S 5: Ep 17 In the Frame
    2/28/89
- Bergerac
  Chater
  - S 6: Ep 6 A Man of Sorrows
    2/6/88
- The New Statesman
  Catchpole
  - S 1: Ep 5 Friends of St. James
    10/11/87
- Rumpole of the Bailey
  Det. Sgt. Wilmer
  - S 4: Ep 1 Rumpole and the Old, Old, Story
    1/19/87
- Boon
  Appleby
  - S 1: Ep 7 Northwest Passage to Acock's Green
    2/25/86
- Juliet Bravo
  Chief Superintendent Jim Catley
  - S 6: Ep 15 In a Man's World
    12/14/85
- Dempsey and Makepeace
  Tenant
  - S 1: Ep 8 Blind Eye
    3/8/85
- Blott on the Landscape
  Jackson
  - S 1: Ep 4 Part four
    2/27/85
- Minder (1979)
  Pongo Harris
  - S 4: Ep 8 Willesden Suite
    2/29/84
- Screenplay (ITV)
  Constable Thackery
  - S 1: Ep 4 Waxwork
    9/19/79
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Trebonius
  - S 1: Ep 4 Julius Caesar
    2/11/79
- The Sweeney
  Maurice Shaw
  - S 4: Ep 6 Money, Money, Money
    10/12/78
- Enemy at the Door
  Kapitanleutnant Erlich
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Laws and Usages of War
    2/18/78
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Mandrel
  - S 15: Ep 16 The Sun Makers, Part Four
    12/17/77
  - S 15: Ep 15 The Sun Makers, Part Three
    12/10/77
  - S 15: Ep 14 The Sun Makers, Part Two
    12/3/77
  - S 15: Ep 13 The Sun Makers, Part One
    11/26/77
- Secret Army
  Lebrun
  - S 1: Ep 11 A Question Of Loyalty
    11/16/77
- Yanks Go Home
  Jack Sankey
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Liaison Committee
    1/3/77
- The Legend of Robin Hood
  Thurkill
  - S 1: Ep 4 Part 4
    12/14/75
- Crown Court
  John Wellby
  - S 1: Ep 16 Regina V Vennings and Vennings : Part 1
    11/15/72
- The Guardians
  Quarmby
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Logical Approach
    7/31/71
- Hadleigh
  Merton
  - S 2: Ep 4 Bow to the Lady
    1/29/71
- Mr Rose
  Landlord
  - S 3: Ep 5 Free and Easy
    12/5/68

Trivia and Quotes

See All

Trivia
ADD TRIVIA
- William lives in Goathland, where Heartbeat is filmed.
  Edit Share Hide
- Despite playing a heavy smoker in Heartbeat, in real life he doesn't smoke.
  Edit Share Hide
Quotes
ADD QUOTES
- William: Being involved in a long-running series hasn't prevented me from accepting other work. I was very lucky in the first two years of Heartbeat to be able to do another series for the BBC, at the same time, playing another policeman. It was fortunate that I was able to do both, with careful juggling of my working days. It's not so easy now but I would prefer to be in this (Heartbeat) than in anything else.
  Edit Share Hide