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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1921-09-03
Place of Birth: Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
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Movies List of Bill Dean

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Match of the Day

1974 Movie
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Flame

1975 Movie
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Family Life

1971 Movie
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Beasts: What Big Eyes

1976 Movie
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Going Gently

1981 Movie
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Night Watch

1973 Movie
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Scum

1979 Movie
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Priest

1995 Movie
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Break In

1975 Movie
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Night People

1978 Movie
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The Rank and File

1971 Movie
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The Golden Vision

1968 Movie
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Gumshoe

1971 Movie
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Speech Day

1973 Movie
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Kes

1970 Movie
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Slayground

1983 Movie
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The Big Flame

1969 Movie
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Hillsborough

1996 Movie
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Let Him Have It

1991 Movie
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Rising Damp

1980 Movie
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The Mirror Crack'd

1980 Movie
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Skallagrigg

1994 Movie
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Bag of Yeast

1976 Movie
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After a Lifetime

1971 Movie
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Roll On Four O'Clock

1970 Movie
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A Turn for the Worse

1981 Movie
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Bank Holiday

1972 Movie
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Freedom of the Dig

1978 Movie