Bill Cable

From 1970, Cable was a model for COLT Studio Group, a producer of gay male erotica and pornography, where he was photographed by Jim French.[3] He was also photographed by Bob Mizer for the Athletic Model Guild.[4] During this time, he used the alias “Stoner”.

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.[5] 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. He also appeared in straight softcore pictorials, published in Hollywood Hotline, Star Nudes, and Hollywood Rated X in the 1970s.

Photos of him have been published in many magazines and catalogues, such as: Vanity Fair, 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, Q International, Entertainment West, Hit & Fun, Scream Queens, Playgirl Advisor, Torso, Olympus (first edition in January 1972)[6][7] and Mandate (first edition in April 1975).[8]

Through his associations with the gay erotica scene, Cable found work in both straight and gay erotic films (both softcore and hardcore), as well as a stunt performer and body double in mainstream productions.

His first appearance as a whip-wielding leatherman in Bijou (1972),[9] was directed by Wakefield Poole.[10] Cable starred in the short erotic gay film Cooling It in 1973.[11] Though he appeared in several hardcore films, Cable rarely, if ever, performed in the unsimulated sex scenes, which were performed by body doubles (including John Holmes) via insert shots.

Cable made a handful of mainstream acting appearances, including in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988). His best-known role was as rock star Johnny Boz in the Paul Verhoeven erotic thriller Basic Instinct (1992), where he is memorably murdered in the opening scene, mid-coitus, with an ice pick.[12]

He worked on Elvira's Movie Macabre in 1984 (Episode: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks).[13] Cable also appeared in the films Pee-wee's Big Adventure,[14] Elvira, Mistress of the Dark,[15] La Posta in Gioco,[16] The Deadly Cure[17] and in 4 films with director Carlos Tobalina: The Last Tango in Acapulco,[18][19] Jungle Blue,[20] Flesh and Bullets[21][22] and What's Love.[23][24]