Bill Dean
- Schauspiel
- 3. September 1921 · Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
- 20. April 2000
Biografie
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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Filmografie
- Brookside: Friday the 13th · Harold Cross
- Hillsborough · Additional Cast
- Der Priester · Altar Boy
- Skallagrigg · Old Man
- Heartbeat · Harry Capshaw
- Gib's ihm Chris · Foreman of the Jury
- The Word
- Slayground · Compere
- Detektei Blunt · Mr Hove
- The Gathering Seed · Billy Eccles
- Going Gently · Painter
- A Turn for the Worse · Stimme
- Nobody's Perfect · Mr Barrington
- Rising Damp · Workman
- Mord im Spiegel · Man in Village Hall (uncredited)
- God's Wonderful Railway · Ted Jarvis
- Der Aufpasser · Police Sgt.
- Abschaum - Höllenloch der Gewalt! · Mr Duke
- Night People · Ted
- Freedom of the Dig · Sid
- Pennies from Heaven · Alf
- BBC2 Play of the Week · Ted
- Beasts: What Big Eyes · Duggie Jeb
- Beasts · Duggie Jebb
- Bag of Yeast · Teddy
- Break In · Dixie
- In Sickness and in Health · Mr Jackson
- Waiting at the Field Gate · Ted
- The Wackers · Charlie
- Flame · Club Owner (uncredited)
- Die Füchse · Charlie Norton
- Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! · Jack
- Match of the Day · Father
- Playhouse · Painter
- Die Nacht der tausend Augen · Inspector Walker
- Speech Day · George
- The Best Pair of Legs in the Business · Bert
- New Scotland Yard · Bernard Hobbs
- Bank Holiday · Father
- Auf leisen Sohlen · Tommy Wright
- Family Life · Mr. Baildon
- Justice · Charlie Keen
- The Rank and File · Billy
- Budgie · Dutchie Holland
- Roll On Four O'Clock · Arthur Foster
- Play for Today · Billy
- Kes · Fish and Chip Shop Man
- The Big Flame · Landlord
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Uncle Sid
- The Expert · Leslie Stevens
- The Golden Vision · John Coyne
- Der Mann mit dem Koffer
- Public Eye · Mr. Steadman
- The Wednesday Play · John Coyne