Career
Bill "Billy" Cable was the grandchild of Thomas Ante and Katherine Pezo. 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 serious head injury.
His other hobbies included motorcycles and guns. He and Cable remained friends.
In 1990, both were interviewed by Skip East. Lowe on the Skip East. Lowe Globe. In October 1996, Cable was involved in a motorcycle accident in Laurel Canyon in which he sustained a fractured vertebrae 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 Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman). Cable was cremated. The William Laurence Cumpanas Fund was established after his death, supporting the Croatian Sons CFU Lodge 170 in Merrillville, Indiana. Model From 1970, Bill was a model for COLT Studio Group, where he was photographed by Jim French.
He was also photographed by Bob Mizer for the Athletic Model Guild.
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 - Clothing Catalog, That Look! - Clothing Catalog, Frederick"s of Hollywood - Clothing Catalog, QQ Magazine, After Dark, California Scene, Honcho, The Best of Gallery, MANPOWER!, DAVID, In Touch, Blue Boy, BARFLY, GROOVY GUY, VECTOR, Celebrity Sleuth, H.E.L.P. Drummer, DRUMMER, BODY, International, Olympus (first edition in January 1972) and Mandate (first edition in April 1975).