Bill Blackwood

Bill Blackwood. Actor: Vera. Bill was born at home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire to a coal miner father and a mill worker mother in 1960. Aged 10 he was fortunate to meet Frances Cox a very accomplished character actor who taught him drama at school but also taught him the discipline required by an actor. He won a scholarship to Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in 1974, one of the finest in the...