Actor
William Cameron
January 21, 1955 · Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
William Cameron is best known as the author of Violet Sharp, winner of the 2007 Julie Harris Playwriting Prize. Violet Sharp, a drama of the Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, received its world premiere at Theatre 40 in Los Angeles in 2009 and was published by Samuel French in 2012. More recently, Bill’s drama Truth Be Told has received national attention. A taut, two-character drama exploring the aftermath of a mass shooting, Truth Be Told won both the 2020 Stanley Drama Award from Wagner College and the W. Keith Hedrick Playwriting Contest from HRC Showcase Theatre. Truth Be Told was also featured in this year’s Ashland New Plays Festival in Ashland, Oregon, as well as the Dayton Playhouse's FutureFest 2021.
Bill’s plays have been performed around the country, including off-off Broadway at the Harold Clurman Theatre, the Source Theatre in Washington, DC, the Pittsburgh New Works Festival, and numerous community and academic theatres. Professor emeritus of Theatre and Communication Arts at Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, William has written several plays tailored specifically to his students. These include Intersect, a drama about racial tensions at a small college, and Cease to Exist, a chronicle of the Manson murders. Bill lives in Washington, Pennsylvania with his wife, artist and actress Susan Martinelli.
Notable work
Often works with
Larry John Meyers
3 titles together
The Dark Half, Criminal Justice, The Assassination File
David Early
3 titles together
The Dark Half, Bump in the Night, No Place Like Home
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Zachary Mott
3 titles together
Night of the Living Dead, Bump in the Night, Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Tony Todd
2 titles together
Night of the Living Dead, Criminal Justice
James Rebhorn
2 titles together
Lorenzo's Oil, Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Joe Lisi
2 titles together
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace, Criminal Justice
Full filmography · 13
The Assassination File
as Agent #2
1996
Sudden Death
as Secret Service Agent
19956
A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story
as Newsman
1994
The Dark Half
as Officer Hamilton
19936
Lorenzo's Oil
as Pellerman
19927.1
Hoffa
as State Trooper
19926.3
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
as Howard Blum
1991
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
as Nat Laurendi
1991
Bump in the Night
as Roger Freemantle
1991
Night of the Living Dead
as The Newman
19906.9
Criminal Justice
as Mitchell
1990
No Place Like Home
as Fireman Johnson
1989