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Bill Dean
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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

0

In Sickness and in Health
1975-05-21

7.308

Flame
1975-02-13

7.3

Family Life
1971-11-17

Beasts: What Big Eyes

10

Beasts: What Big Eyes
1976-11-13

7.5

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

7.073

Scum
1979-09-12

6.24

Priest
1995-03-24

0

Break In
1975-11-06

0

Night People
1978-12-06

The Rank and File

6.667

The Rank and File
1971-05-20

The Golden Vision

6.25

The Golden Vision
1968-04-17

6.3

Gumshoe
1971-12-01

9

Speech Day
1973-03-26

7.439

Kes
1970-04-03

4.7

Slayground
1983-12-01

6.667

The Big Flame
1969-02-19

7.19

Hillsborough
1996-09-11

Let Him Have It

6.7

Let Him Have It
1991-10-04

5.639

Rising Damp
1980-05-03

The Mirror Crack'd

6.1

The Mirror Crack'd
1980-02-06

4

Skallagrigg
1994-03-09

0

Bag of Yeast
1976-02-22

Roll On Four O'Clock

6

Roll On Four O'Clock
1970-12-19

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

6.333

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

A Turn for the Worse

0

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

7.2

Heartbeat
1992-04-10

7

Beasts
1976-10-16

Man in a Suitcase

7.222

Man in a Suitcase
1967-09-27

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

6.412

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

9

The Expert
1968-07-05

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

6.5

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

7

Playhouse
1974-03-13

6.333

The Wackers
1975-03-19

7.1

Minder
1979-10-29

7.333

Justice
1971-10-08

The Gathering Seed

10

The Gathering Seed
1983-09-07

8.167

Public Eye
1965-01-23

8

The Sweeney
1975-01-02

7.167

Budgie
1971-04-09

BBC2 Play of the Week

7

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977-09-21

Pennies from Heaven

7.625

Pennies from Heaven
1978-03-07

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

7

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969-01-11

New Scotland Yard

6.3

New Scotland Yard
1972-04-22

The Wednesday Play

5.2

The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30