The Bill's Sergeant Bob Cryer actor Eric Richard - 19 years since show exit and unimaginable tragedy
ok.co.ukTV icon Eric Richard shot to fame after playing the role of Sergeant Bob Cryer in the hit ITV show The Bill. Eric starred as the copper for more than 789 episodes between 1984 and 2004.
His character left the show after he was accidentally shot and injured by PC Dale Smith. But Eric would go on to make a number of guest appearances over the years in different storylines.
After the success of his role on The Bill, the now 81-year-old actor went on to star in two episodes of BBC soap EastEnders in 2018.
He took on the role of ex-cabbie Maurice - a friend of Kat Moon’s father who made claims about sexual abuse in the family. Kat was left devastated when Maurice told her more information about the sexual abuse she suffered from her uncle Harry as a child, claiming that her dad Charlie may have known about it.
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