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Bill Dean
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1921-09-03,Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Match of the Day

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Match of the Day
1974-03-18

Waiting at the Field Gate

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Waiting at the Field Gate
1975-04-03

In Sickness and in Health

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In Sickness and in Health
1975-05-21

7.2

Flame
1975-02-13

7.173

Family Life
1971-11-17

Beasts: What Big Eyes

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Beasts: What Big Eyes
1976-11-13

5

Going Gently
1981-06-05

Brookside: Friday the 13th

5.5

Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998-11-14

6.3

Night Watch
1973-11-08

7.097

Scum
1979-09-12

6.425

Priest
1995-03-24

0

Break In
1975-11-06

0

Night People
1978-12-06

The Rank and File

5

The Rank and File
1971-05-20

The Golden Vision

5

The Golden Vision
1968-04-17

6.3

Gumshoe
1971-12-01

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Speech Day
1973-03-26

7.5

Kes
1970-04-03

4.6

Slayground
1983-12-01

5

The Big Flame
1969-02-19

7

Hillsborough
1996-09-11

Let Him Have It

6.6

Let Him Have It
1991-10-04

5.5

Rising Damp
1980-05-03

The Mirror Crack'd

6.1

The Mirror Crack'd
1980-09-19

1

Skallagrigg
1994-03-09

0

Bag of Yeast
1976-02-22

After a Lifetime

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After a Lifetime
1971-07-18

Roll On Four O'Clock

6

Roll On Four O'Clock
1970-12-19

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

6.2

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
1973-02-01

A Turn for the Worse

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A Turn for the Worse
1981-04-28

0

Bank Holiday
1972-03-02

Freedom of the Dig

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Freedom of the Dig
1978-10-23

7

Heartbeat
1992-04-10

6.8

Beasts
1976-10-16

Pennies from Heaven

7.75

Pennies from Heaven
1978-03-07

Man in a Suitcase

7

Man in a Suitcase
1967-09-27

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

6.143

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983-10-09

10

The Expert
1968-07-05

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

6.333

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974-09-30

7

Playhouse
1974-03-13

5.5

The Wackers
1975-03-19

6.7

Minder
1979-10-29

6

Justice
1971-10-08

The Gathering Seed

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The Gathering Seed
1983-09-07

7.8

Public Eye
1965-01-23

7.7

The Sweeney
1975-01-02