William Hope

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

He is best known for playing Lieutenant Gorman from "Aliens" and John Standish from "Sherlock Holmes" staring Robert Downey, Jr.

US

 * Edward
 * Toby
 * Whiff
 * Dash
 * Rocky
 * Stephen Hatt
 * Farmer McColl
 * Farmer Trotter
 * The Duke of Boxford
 * The Maithwaite Stationmaster (Double Trouble and Wonky Whistle only)
 * The Dock Manager
 * A Wellsworth Station Worker (Percy's Lucky Day)
 * The Blond-haired Boy (fourteenth season only)

UK/US

 * Bert (sixteenth season onwards)
 * A Steamworks Worker (Wonky Whistle)
 * The Farm Hands (Wonky Whistle)
 * A Railway Inspector (Too Many Fire Engines)

Trivia

 * In 2011, he appeared in "Captain America: The First Avenger" with Michael Brandon and Martin Sherman.
 * He also provides voices for video games.
 * Both he and Togo Igawa appeared in the same episode of "Drop the Dead Donkey".