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Bill Dean

Bill Dean

Actor, Music Department

Born September 3, 1921 in Everton, Liverpool, England, UK

Died April 20, 2000

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Hillsborough
BritBox
Priest
Amazon Prime Video
Heartbeat
BritBox
Let Him Have It
Amazon Prime Video
Slayground
Netflix
Partners in Crime
BritBox
Brookside
All 4
The Mirror Crack'd
BritBox
Rising Damp
BritBox
Scum
Amazon Prime Video
Minder
BritBox
Slade in Flame
Netflix
The Sweeney
BritBox
Night Watch
Plex
The Tomorrow People
BritBox
Gumshoe
BritBox
Family Life
Netflix
Play for Today
BritBox
Kes
Watcha
The Wednesday Play
BBC iPlayer
Coronation Street
Hulu

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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.

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Filmography

Actor

80

Type

Year

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades Poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades Video2000

Brookside: Friday the 13th Poster

Brookside: Friday the 13th Video1998

Bloomin' Marvellous TV Series1997

The Lily Savage Show Poster

The Lily Savage Show TV Series1997

Hillsborough Poster

Hillsborough TV Movie1996

Priest Feature Film1994

Three Seven Eleven TV Series1993

Heartbeat Poster

Heartbeat TV Series1992

Clarissa Poster

Clarissa Mini-Series1991

Let Him Have It Poster

Let Him Have It Feature Film1991

The Word Poster

The Word TV Series1990

Screen Two Poster

Screen Two TV Series1985

Lovers of the Lake TV Movie1983

Partners in Crime Poster

Partners in Crime Mini-Series1983

Slayground Poster

Slayground Feature Film1983

The Gathering Seed TV Series1983

Brookside Poster

Brookside TV Series1982

Maybury TV Series1981

God's Wonderful Railway Poster

God's Wonderful Railway TV Series1980

Juliet Bravo Poster

Juliet Bravo TV Series1980

Nobody's Perfect TV Series1980

Rising Damp Poster

Rising Damp Feature Film1980

Sounding Brass TV Series1980

The Good Companions Poster

The Good Companions Mini-Series1980

The Mirror Crack'd Poster

The Mirror Crack'd Feature Film1980

Minder TV Series1979

Scum Feature Film1979

Law & Order Poster

Law & Order Mini-Series1978

Pennies from Heaven Poster

Pennies from Heaven Mini-Series1978

BBC2 Play of the Week Poster

BBC2 Play of the Week TV Series1977

Premiere Poster

Premiere TV Series1977

Beasts Mini-Series1976

Red Letter Day Poster

Red Letter Day TV Series1976

Rocky O'Rourke TV Series1976

When the Boat Comes In Poster

When the Boat Comes In TV Series1976

Slade in Flame Poster

Slade in Flame Feature Film1975

The Wackers Poster

The Wackers TV Series1975

The Wild West Show TV Series1975

A Little Bit of Wisdom Poster

A Little Bit of Wisdom TV Series1974

BBC2 Playhouse Poster

BBC2 Playhouse TV Series1974

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt Poster

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt TV Series1974

Rooms TV Series1974

The Sweeney Poster

The Sweeney TV Series1974

Armchair Cinema Poster

Armchair Cinema TV Series1973

Night Watch Poster

Night Watch Feature Film1973

Putting on the Agony TV Movie1973

Second City Firsts Poster

Second City Firsts TV Series1973

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business Poster

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business Feature Film1973

The Tomorrow People Poster

The Tomorrow People TV Series1973

Emmerdale Farm Poster

Emmerdale Farm TV Series1972

New Scotland Yard Poster

New Scotland Yard TV Series1972

Six Days of Justice Poster

Six Days of Justice TV Series1972

The Challengers TV Series1972

Whodunnit? Poster

Whodunnit? TV Series1972

Budgie TV Series1971

Family Life Poster

Family Life Feature Film1971

Follyfoot Poster

Follyfoot TV Series1971

Gumshoe Feature Film1971

Justice TV Series1971

The Last of the Baskets TV Series1971

A Family at War Poster

A Family at War TV Series1970

Play for Today Poster

Play for Today TV Series1970

Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition Poster

Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition Feature Film1970

The Lovers Poster

The Lovers TV Series1970

In Loving Memory Poster

In Loving Memory TV Series1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre Poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre TV Series1969

Kes Feature Film1969

Softly Softly: Task Force Poster

Softly Softly: Task Force TV Series1969

The Dustbinmen Poster

The Dustbinmen TV Series1969

The Liver Birds Poster

The Liver Birds TV Series1969

Her Majesty's Pleasure TV Series1968

Nearest and Dearest Poster

Nearest and Dearest TV Series1968

Scene TV Series1968

The Expert Poster

The Expert TV Series1968

Public Eye Poster

Public Eye TV Series1965

The Wednesday Play Poster

The Wednesday Play TV Series1964

Z Cars TV Series1962

Coronation Street Poster

Coronation Street TV Series1960

Dixon of Dock Green Poster

Dixon of Dock Green TV Series1955

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1955

Music Department

1

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt Poster

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt TV Series1974

Thanks

1

Roy Chubby Brown TV Series1990

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