Autographs of William Simons

Current items with a signature of William Simons

These are the most current items with a signature of William Simons that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	DEREK FOWLDS & WILLIAM SIMONS SIGNED 8x10 HEARTBEAT PHOTO UACC RD AUTOGRAPH	£39.99
	William Simons (Alf Ventress in Heartbeat) hand signed RARE	£30.00
	WILLIAM SIMONS *Alf Ventress* HEARTBEAT PRE-SIGNED AUTOGRAPH FAN CAST PHOTO CARD	£9.99

Simons was born on 17 November 1940 in Swansea where his father was stationed in the Second World War and he grew up in South Wales until the family moved to North London. He started acting as a child, appearing in the films No Place for Jennifer (1950), Where No Vultures Fly (1951) and West of Zanzibar (1954). He then suffered from severe acne, which caused him to prefer working backstage as a stage manager for four years before deciding to become an adult actor. Later in life, he would become a patron of the charity Changing Faces, which supports people with facial deformities.

He played PC Ventress for the entire 18-year run of Heartbeat. Although playing a heavy smoker, Simons was a non-smoker in real life and was given herbal cigarettes to play the part. The character is a policeman that lacks in the physical side but makes up for that with his ‘local knowledge’. Ventress is the longest serving officer for much of the drama and occasionally in a role as acting sergeant when Blaketon, Craddock and Merton are absent. In later series of the drama, Ventress is forced to retire from the force but continues as a civilian member of the team and also helps Oscar Blaketon (Derek Fowlds) in a private investigatory role. Simons was only absent from 4 subsequent episodes of Heartbeat throughout his entire stint playing constable Alf Ventress; during series 3. Read even more about William Simons at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of William Simons

In total, we tracked 114 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of William Simons (WILLIAM SIMONS (HEARTBEAT) SIGNED HEARTBEAT CHRISTMAS CARD) was sold in September 2020 for £25.00 while the cheapest item (William Simons Signed Card - Doctor Who - G50) found a new owner for £0.25 in September 2012. The month with the most items sold (9) was June 2019 with an average selling price of £3.99 for an autographed item of William Simons. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2021 with £18.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.55 was April 2013. In average, an autographed item from William Simons is worth £3.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of William Simons were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Heartbeat - William Simons Signed Promotional Card	£12.99
	WILLIAM SIMONS (HEARTBEAT) SIGNED CAST CARD	£5.50
	WILLIAM SIMONS *Alf Ventress* HEARTBEAT PRE-SIGNED AUTOGRAPH FAN CAST PHOTO CARD	£4.99
	WILLIAM SIMONS *Alf Ventress* HEARTBEAT PRE-SIGNED AUTOGRAPH FAN CAST PHOTO CARD	£4.99
	WILLIAM SIMONS *Alf Ventress* HEARTBEAT PRE-SIGNED CAST CARD AUTOGRAPH	£7.99
	WILLIAM SIMONS *Alf Ventress* HEARTBEAT PRE-SIGNED FAN CAST CARD AUTOGRAPH	£4.99
	William Simons Alf Ventress Heartbeat Pre-Signed Cast Card Autograph	£2.00
	William Simons Dr Who, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Heartbeat Signed Letter Card Autogra	£1.50
	William Simons Hand Signed Photo Heartbeat As Alf Ventress & Crown Court 21	£7.50
	WILLIAM SIMONS SIGNED HEARTBEAT CAST CARD	£4.99