Bill Dean

Bill Dean

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.

Tentang

Stage Name: Bill Dean

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.1969

Jenis Kelamin: Laki-laki

Tanggal Lahir: 1921-09-03

Lokasi Lahir: Everton, Liverpool, England, UK

Riwayat Perfilman

1996

Hillsborough

Additional Cast

1995

Priest

Altar Boy

1994

Skallagrigg

Old Man

1992

Heartbeat

Harry Capshaw

1991

Let Him Have It

Foreman of the Jury

1983

Slayground

Compere

1983

The Gathering Seed

Billy Eccles

1981

Going Gently

Painter

1980

The Mirror Crack'd

Man in Village Hall (uncredited)

1980

Rising Damp

Workman

1979

Minder

Police Sgt.

1979

Scum

Mr Duke

1976

Beasts: What Big Eyes

Duggie Jeb

1976

Beasts

Duggie Jebb

1976

Bag of Yeast

Teddy

1975

Break In

Dixie

1975

The Wackers

Charlie

1975

Flame

Club Owner (uncredited)

1975

The Sweeney

Charlie Norton

1974

Match of the Day

Father

1973

Night Watch

Inspector Walker

1973

Speech Day

George

1972

Bank Holiday

Father

1971

Gumshoe

Tommy Wright

1971

Family Life

Mr. Baildon

1971

Justice

Charlie Keen

1971

After a Lifetime

Uncle Sid

1971

Budgie

Dutchie Holland

1970

Roll On Four O'Clock

Arthur Foster

1970

Kes

Fish and Chip Shop Man

1969

The Big Flame

Landlord

1968

The Expert

Leslie Stevens

1968

The Golden Vision

John Coyne

1965

Public Eye

Mr. Steadman