William Hope

**William "Bill" Hope** (born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 2nd March 1955) is a Canadian actor and voice artist who provides voices for characters in the US and UK dubs of the CGI series of Thomas and Friends.

He is best known for playing Lieutenant Gorman from "Aliens" and John Standish from "Sherlock Holmes" starring Robert Downey, Jr. Hope is also known for playing as Harry Ramos in the award winning drama documentary "9/11: The Twin Towers".

## Voices

### US

* Edward
* Toby
* Whiff
* Bash
* Rocky
* Stephen Hatt (*thirteenth and fourteenth series only*)
* The Duke of Boxford
* The Maithwaite Stationmaster (*Double Trouble and Wonky Whistle only*)
* The Knapford Stationmaster (*A Blooming Mess*)
* The Dock Manager (*Misty Island Rescue onwards, excluding the nineteenth series*)
* A Wellsworth Station Worker (*Percy's Lucky Day*)
* The Blond-haired Boy (*fourteenth series and The Way She Does It*)
* Some Sodor United Football Players (*Pingy Pongy Pick Up*)

### UK/US

* Bert (*sixteenth series onwards*)
* Two Troublesome Trucks (*Journey Beyond Sodor*)
* Farmer McColl (*US; thirteenth series onwards, UK; Philip's Number*)
* A Steamworks Worker (*Wonky Whistle*)
* The Farm Hands (*Wonky Whistle*)
* A Railway Inspector (*US; Thomas in Charge, UK/US; Too Many Fire Engines*)
* A Sodor Search and Rescue Centre Worker (*Toad and the Whale*)
* A Passenger (*Unscheduled Stops*)
* The Photographer (*Phillip’s Number*)
* A Miner (*A Shed for Edward*)

## Songs

* Will You Won't You (*performed*)
* The Most Important Thing is Being Friends (*performed*)
* Where in the World is Thomas? (*performed*)

## Filmography

* The Lords of Discipline (1983)
* Aliens (1986)
* Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
* Shining Through (1992)
* Dropping the Baby (1993)
* The Saint (1997)
* Obedience (2000)
* xXx (2002)
* Cockroach Blue (2003)
* Never Say Never Mind: The Swedish Bikini Team (2003)
* Labyrinth (2003)
* Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
* Submerged (2005)
* The Marksman (2005)
* Free Jimmy (2006)
* The Detonator (2006)
* 9/11: The Twin Towers (2006)
* The Walker (2007)
* Trade Routes (2007)
* Finding Rin Tin Tin (2007)
* Dark Floors (2008)
* Autopsy (2008)
* Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2009)
* Sherlock Holmes (2009)
* Legacy: Black Ops (2010)
* Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue (2010)
* The Whistleblower (2010)
* Shooting Earth (2010)
* Dust (2010)
* Cold Fusion (2011)
* Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
* The Lady (2011)
* Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (2011)
* Dark Shadows (2012)
* Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (2012)
* Gladiators of Rome (2012)
* Spiders 3D (2013)
* Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013)
* Walking with the Enemy (2013)
* Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave (2014)
* 2/11 Het spel van de wolf (2014)
* Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins (2015)
* Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015)
* The Alpha Invention (2015)
* Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (2016)
* Slumber (2017)
* Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (2017)
* Tout là-haut (2017)
* The Catcher Was a Spy (2017)
* Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! (2018)

TV* Flickers (1980)
* Nancy Astor (1982)
* Lace (1984)
* Tender Is the Night (1985)
* Behind Enemy Lines (1985)
* The Last Days of Patton (1986)
* Screen Two (1987)
* The Shell Seekers (1989)
* Sweating Bullets (1992)
* Scales of Justice (1993)
* The Hidden Room (1993)
* Street Legal (1993)
* To Save the Children (1994)
* As Time Goes By (1995)
* Drop the Dead Donkey (1996)
* The Vanishing Man (1996)
* Bodyguards (1997)
* Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999)
* The Ambassador (1999)
* Animated Epics: Moby Dick (2000)
* Sword of Honour (2001)
* Fields of Gold (2002)
* Dunkirk (2004)
* Coming Up (2005)
* Egypt (2005)
* Broken News (2005)
* The Eagle Falls (2006)
* Surviving Disaster (2006)
* Avenger (2006)
* If... (2006)
* Ultimate Force (2006)
* Midsomer Murders (2007)
* Lewis (2008)
* Bonekickers (2008)
* Holby City (2008)
* Thomas & Friends (2009-present)
* Moonshot (2009)
* The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009)
* Episodes (2011)
* Spooks (2011)
* Upstairs Downstairs (2012)
* Burton and Taylor (2013)
* Agatha Christie's Marple (2013)
* Rãmâi cu mine (2013-2014)
* The Syndicate (2015)
* Thunderbirds Are Go (2015)
* Tokyo Trial (2016)
* Deep State (2018)

Video Games* C-12: Final Resistance (2000)
* Aliens vs. Predator 2 (2001)
* Vietcong: Fist Alpha (2004)
* Headhunter: Redemption (2004)
* Constantine (2005)
* Evil Dead: Regeneration (2005)
* Ultimate Spider-Man (2005)
* Kameo: Elements of Power (2005)
* X3: Reunion (2005)
* Hitman: Blood Money (2006)
* CR: Alien vs. Predator (2007)
* Aliens vs. Predator 3 (2010)
* Driver: San Francisco (2011)
* Killzone: Mercenary (2013)
* Alien: Isolation (2014)