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Bill Cable (born William Laurence Cumpanas;[1] May 2, 1946 – March 7, 1998) was an American actor, model, and stunt performer.

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Bill Cable
Born	William Laurence Cumpanas (1946-05-02)May 2, 1946 Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Died	March 7, 1998(1998-03-07) (aged 51) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Model, actor and film stuntman
Years active	1970–1996

Biography

Cable was the grandchild of Thomas Ante and Katherine Pezo.[1][2] In 1914 his grandfather left the village of Klenovac in Dalmatia, Croatia, and moved to Gary, Indiana. He became a member of the former Hrvatski Sinovi CFU Lodge 396 and would eventually serve as the lodge's president. After Cable's grandfather died in 1950, his family moved to California.

Cable was a standout football player for North Hollywood High School as an offensive tackle, and became a varsity captain in his senior year. He continued playing football after enrolling at the University of Nevada, but eventually stopped after a serious head injury. His other hobbies included motorcycles and guns.

He married Shirley Cumpanas in Nevada in 1985[3] and she had an affair with Christian Brando, son of actor Marlon Brando, which led to their divorce,[4] according to an interview and essay with Shirley to Penthouse magazine.[5][6][7][8] He and Cable remained friends.[9] In 1987, both were interviewed by Skip E. Lowe on the Skip E. Lowe Globe.[10][11]

In October 1996, Cable was involved in a motorcycle accident in Laurel Canyon in which he sustained a fractured vertebra in his neck, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. Cable died of these injuries on March 7, 1998, at the age of 51. His funeral was attended by Cassandra Peterson and Paul Reubens. Cable was cremated. The William Laurence Cumpanas Fund[12] was established after his death, supporting the Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge 170 in Merrillville, Indiana.

Model

From 1970, Cable was a model for COLT Studio Group, where he was photographed by Jim French.[13] He was photographed by Bob Mizer for the Athletic Model Guild.[14] Cable later posed for the book More Nudes, photographed by Kenn Duncan, whose collection was donated to the New York Public Library by Kenn Duncan's brother and sister in 2003.[15] He was also photographed by Tommy Marshall, Ray Allen, Robert Scott Hooper, Dave Sands, Jeff Dunas and for Playgirl by David Meyer, Raul Vega and Mr. Blackwell. Pornographic pictures of Cable having sex with women were published in Hollywood Hotline, Star Nudes, and Hollywood Rated X in the 1970s.

Photos of him were also published in Playgirl, Playboy, Oui, Ah Men catalog, That Look! catalog, Frederick's of Hollywood catalog, QQ Magazine, After Dark, California Scene, Honcho, The Best of Gallery, Manpower!, David, In Touch, Blueboy, Barfly, Groovy Guy, Vector, Celebrity Sleuth, H.E.L.P. Drummer, Drummer, Body, International, Entertainment West, Hit & Fun, Scream Queens, Playgirl Advisor, Olympus (first edition in January 1972)[16][17] and Mandate (first edition in April 1975).[18]

Actor

Cable acted in mainstream films, including gay and straight erotic films, as a film stuntman and for TV productions. His first cinematic movie, Bijou (1972),[19] was directed by Wakefield Poole.[20] Cable starred in the short erotic gay film Cooling It in 1973.[21] Cable's most famous role in mainstream film was the rock star Johnny Boz, who is murdered with an ice pick in the opening scene of the suspense film Basic Instinct.[22]

He worked on Elvira's Movie Macabre in 1984 (Episode: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks).[23] Cable also appeared in the films Pee-wee's Big Adventure,[24] Elvira, Mistress of the Dark,[25] La Posta in Gioco, The Last Tango in Acapulco,[26][27] Jungle Blue,[28] What's Love,[29][30] Flesh and Bullets[31][32] and The Deadly Cure.[33]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971		Bill Cable	Untitled making of, posing nude with a motorcycle for Bob Mizer
1972	Bijou	Bearded man with whip	Using the pseudonym Cable
1973	Cooling It	Stoner	Using the pseudonym Stoner. Reissued in the collection Sex Rated Home Movies (Colt, 1989)
1973	The Last Tango in Acapulco	Miguel Torres	Released in Europe in VHS with the titles Quella Viziosa di Susan and Susan et les Hommes
1978	Jungle Blue	Evor	Using the pseudonym Bigg John
1984	Elvira's Movie Macabre	The Hunk	Season 4, Episode 3 #110 - (Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks)
1985	Flesh and Bullets	Policeman	Released in Europe in VHS with the title The Wife Contract
1985	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Policeman #1
1987	What’s Love
1988	La Posta in Gioco	Policeman	With his ex-wife Shirley Cumpanas and Christian Brando in the cast
1988	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark	Cop
1992	Basic Instinct	Johnny Boz
1996	The Deadly Cure	Alex	Relaunched on DVD in 2007

References

Citations

External links

• Bill Cable at IMDb
• Bill Cable at the TCM Movie Database

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