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Actor
Bill Dean
Acting
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Movies: 30Series: 16
TMDB ID: 216245
IMDb ID: nm0212674
Known for: Acting
Born: September 3, 1921
Died: April 20, 2000
Age: 78
Place of birth: Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1965 - 1996
Years active: 32
Average TMDB rating: 6.85
Wikidata: Q4908731
Biography
Bill Dean was a British actor who was born in Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire. He was born Patrick Anthony Connolly, but took his stage name in honour of Everton football legend William 'Dixie' Dean. After a atring of jobs, it was his work as a Lancashire club comedian that saw him spotted by Ken Loach who gave him his breakthrough role in his TV play The Golden Vision. Famous for his flat but penetrating Scouse tones, Dean went on to star as miserable pensioner Harry Cross in the long running Channel 4 soap Brookside from its inception in 1983 to 1990. He briefly returned to the series in 1999 for three episodes, when his character re-appeared in Brookside Close suffering from Alzheimer's disease and wrongly believing that he still lived there. The same character was the inspiration behind the 1980s group 'Jegsy Dodd and the sons of Harry Cross' who hailed from the Wirral and Dean himself appeared in the video of the Liverpudlian band The Farm's Groovy Train as Cross, who was a former train driver. He did of a heart attack aged 78 in 2000.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Bill Dean.
7.2
Hillsborough
as Additional Cast
1996 Movie
6.3
Priest
as Altar Boy
1995 Movie
1.0
Skallagrigg
as Old Man
1994 Movie
6.7
Let Him Have It
as Foreman of the Jury
1991 Movie
4.2
Slayground
as Compere
1983 Movie
7.5
Going Gently
as Painter
1981 Movie
A Turn for the Worse
as (voice)
1981 Movie
5.5
Rising Damp
as Workman
1980 Movie
6.1
The Mirror Crack'd
as Man in Village Hall (uncredited)
1980 Movie
7.1
Scum
as Mr Duke
1979 Movie
Night People
as Ted
1978 Movie
Freedom of the Dig
as Sid
1978 Movie
Beasts: What Big Eyes
as Duggie Jeb
1976 Movie
Bag of Yeast
as Teddy
1976 Movie
Break In
as Dixie
1975 Movie
In Sickness and in Health
as Mr Jackson
1975 Movie
Waiting at the Field Gate
as Ted
1975 Movie
7.1
Flame
as Club Owner (uncredited)
1975 Movie
Match of the Day
as Father
1974 Movie
6.2
Night Watch
as Inspector Walker
1973 Movie
Speech Day
as George
1973 Movie
6.2
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
as Bert
1973 Movie
Bank Holiday
as Father
1972 Movie
6.3
Gumshoe
as Tommy Wright
1971 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Bill Dean.
7.1
Heartbeat
as Harry Capshaw • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.3
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1 eps
1983 Series
The Gathering Seed
as Billy Eccles • 6 eps
1983 Series
6.8
Minder
as Police Sgt. • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.7
Pennies from Heaven
as Alf • 2 eps
1978 Series
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Ted • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.0
Beasts
as Duggie Jebb • 1 eps
1976 Series
5.5
The Wackers
as Charlie • 7 eps
1975 Series
7.8
The Sweeney
as Charlie Norton • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.3
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
as Jack • 15 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as Painter • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.0
Justice
as Charlie Keen • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
Budgie
as Dutchie Holland • 1 eps
1971 Series
10.0
The Expert
as Leslie Stevens • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.0
Man in a Suitcase
1 eps
1967 Series
7.8
Public Eye
as Mr. Steadman • 1 eps
1965 Series