Actor Bill Cashmore, who appeared in a number of classic comedy shows, has died. He was 56.

Cashmore appeared in various sketches in the Stewart Lee and Richard Herring BBC series Fist of Fun in 1994 & 1995, most notably as "The Piemaster". 

He also appeared in Brass Eye, The Day Today, Men Behaving Badly and the children's series Knightmare, in which he played Honesty Bartram, Snapper-Jack and Bhal-Shebah.

He was also a successful playwright and public speaker and had been a member of the Cambridge Footlights. He stood as a candidate for the Green Party for the constituency of Chelsea and Fulham in the last General Election.

Read more about Bill Cashmore including a tribute here.

Watch Bill Cashmore as the Piemaster below.

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