Bill Dean

Bill Dean

Acting
Born 1921-09-03 Died 2000-04-20 Everton, Liverpool, England, UK 52 credits
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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
Acting 49 credits
Play for Today
Play for Today
1970 · Billy
Minder
Minder
1979 · Police Sgt.
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
1992 · Harry Capshaw
The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play
1964 · John Coyne
Playhouse
Playhouse
1974 · Painter
The Sweeney
The Sweeney
1975 · Charlie Norton
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Uncle Sid
BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Ted
Public Eye
Public Eye
1965 · Mr. Steadman
Justice
Justice
1971 · Charlie Keen
The Expert
The Expert
1968 · Leslie Stevens
New Scotland Yard
New Scotland Yard
1972 · Bernard Hobbs
Budgie
Budgie
1971 · Dutchie Holland
Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven
1978 · Alf
The Mirror Crack'd
The Mirror Crack'd
1980 · ★ 6.1 · Man in Village Hall (uncredited)
Priest
Priest
1995 · ★ 6.3 · Altar Boy
Kes
Kes
1970 · ★ 7.4 · Fish and Chip Shop Man
Beasts
Beasts
1976 · Duggie Jebb
Scum
Scum
1979 · ★ 7.1 · Mr Duke
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974 · Jack
Rising Damp
Rising Damp
1980 · Workman
Night Watch
Night Watch
1973 · Inspector Walker
Going Gently
Going Gently
1981 · Painter
The Wackers
The Wackers
1975 · Charlie
The Gathering Seed
The Gathering Seed
1983 · Billy Eccles
Bank Holiday
Bank Holiday
1972 · Father
Let Him Have It
Let Him Have It
1991 · Foreman of the Jury
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · ★ 7.3 · Mr. Baildon
Break In
Break In
1975 · Dixie
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
1973 · Bert
Gumshoe
Gumshoe
1971 · Tommy Wright
Hillsborough
Hillsborough
1996 · Additional Cast
Night People
Night People
1978 · Ted
Skallagrigg
Skallagrigg
1994 · Old Man
Flame
Flame
1975 · Club Owner (uncredited)
Slayground
Slayground
1984 · Compere
Brookside: Friday the 13th
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998 · Harold Cross
The Big Flame
The Big Flame
1969 · Landlord
Roll On Four O'Clock
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970 · Arthur Foster
Beasts: What Big Eyes
Beasts: What Big Eyes
1976 · Duggie Jeb
The Rank and File
The Rank and File
1971 · Billy
Freedom of the Dig
Freedom of the Dig
1978 · Sid
A Turn for the Worse
A Turn for the Worse
1981 · (voice)
Match of the Day
Match of the Day
1974 · Father
Speech Day
Speech Day
1973 · George
In Sickness and in Health
In Sickness and in Health
1975 · Mr Jackson
Waiting at the Field Gate
Waiting at the Field Gate
1975 · Ted
Bag of Yeast
Bag of Yeast
1976 · Teddy
The Golden Vision
The Golden Vision
1968 · John Coyne
Other credits 3 credits
The Word
The Word
1990
Man in a Suitcase
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
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