Bill Moores

Bill Moores was born on 16 October 1934 to George and Lillian Moore but he became Moores after his father accidentally wrote an extra S on the birth certificate He grew up in Old Swan and Huyton Quarry and lived in Prescot until his death on Monday 13 April 2015 at the age of 80 He began his acting career in local amdram performing with the Rainhill Garrick Society and the Rainhill Amateur Operatic Society On TV he was bestknown for a long stint as Cedric perpetually drunk and always propping up the bar in the Liverpoolset sitcom Watching 19871993 He also starred in Our Day Out 1977 The Spongers 1978 The Muscle Market 1981 Boys from the Blackstuff 1982 No Surrender 1987 and RiffRaff 1991 Alongside his TV and theatre work he was head of the Liverpool division of actors union Equity for several years He was also a familiar face behind the counter at HLS Motor Factors on Warrington Road Prescot and KLS on Hall Lane In his later years he toured retirement homes with an acting company