Bill Dean

Bill Dean

Known For:Acting
Gender:Male
Birthday:1921-09-03
Place of Birth:Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
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Known For: Acting Gender: Male Birthday: 1921-09-03 More

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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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Hillsborough
Drama TV Movie
Priest
Drama Romance
Skallagrigg
Drama TV Movie Fantasy
Heartbeat
Crime Drama Comedy
Slayground
Action Crime Thriller
Going Gently
Drama TV Movie
The Mirror Crack'd
Mystery Crime Thriller
Minder
Comedy Drama Action & Adventure Crime
Scum
Drama Crime
Night People
Drama TV Movie
Beasts: What Big Eyes
Horror TV Movie Drama Mystery
Beasts
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama
Flame
Drama Music
The Sweeney
Action & Adventure Drama Crime
Night Watch
Mystery Thriller Horror
Speech Day
TV Movie Drama
Gumshoe
Drama Comedy Crime
After a Lifetime
Drama TV Movie
The Big Flame
Drama TV Movie
The Golden Vision
Comedy TV Movie Drama
Man in a Suitcase
Action & Adventure Drama
  • name:Bill Dean
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Male
  • Birthday:1921-09-03
  • Place of Birth:Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
  • Also Known As:
  • 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.
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