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Bill Dean

Acting

September 3, 1921

Everton, Liverpool, England, UK

31 movies

4.6 avg

1

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...

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

Kes

Kes

as Fish and Chip Shop Man

Family Life

Family Life

as Mr. Baildon

Scum

Scum

as Mr Duke

Filmography

1990s

5 films

Brookside: Friday the 13th

as Harold Cross

Hillsborough

Hillsborough

as Additional Cast

Priest

Priest

as Altar Boy

Skallagrigg

Skallagrigg

as Old Man

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Priest

6.3

Priest

as Altar Boy

The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

as Man in Village Hall (uncredited)

Let Him Have It

Let Him Have It

as Foreman of the Jury

1980s

5 films

Slayground

Slayground

as Compere

Going Gently

Going Gently

as Painter

A Turn for the Worse

A Turn for the Worse

as (voice)

Rising Damp

Rising Damp

as Workman

The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

as Man in Village Hall (uncredited)

1970s

19 films

Scum

Scum

as Mr Duke

Night People

Night People

as Ted

Freedom of the Dig

Freedom of the Dig

as Sid

Beasts: What Big Eyes

Beasts: What Big Eyes

as Duggie Jeb

Bag of Yeast

Bag of Yeast

as Teddy

Break In

Break In

as Dixie

In Sickness and in Health

In Sickness and in Health

as Mr Jackson

Waiting at the Field Gate

Waiting at the Field Gate

as Ted

Flame

Flame

as Club Owner (uncredited)

Match of the Day

Match of the Day

as Father

Night Watch

Night Watch

as Inspector Walker

Speech Day

Speech Day

as George

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

as Bert

Bank Holiday

Bank Holiday

as Father

Gumshoe

Gumshoe

as Tommy Wright

Family Life

Family Life

as Mr. Baildon

The Rank and File

The Rank and File

as Billy

Roll On Four O'Clock

Roll On Four O'Clock

as Arthur Foster

Kes

Kes

as Fish and Chip Shop Man

1960s

2 films

The Big Flame

The Big Flame

as Landlord

The Golden Vision

The Golden Vision

as John Coyne