Bill Dean
Age: N/A | From: Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 26
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Public Eye
(1965) Mr. Steadman
The Sweeney
(1975) Charlie Norton
The Expert
(1968) Leslie Stevens
Justice
(1971) Charlie Keen
Kes
(1970) Fish and Chip Shop Man
Pennies from Heaven
(1978) Alf
The Mirror Crack'd
(1980) Man in Village Hall (uncredited)
Family Life
(1971) Mr. BaildonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Harold Cross | |
| 1996 | Additional Cast | |
| 1995 | Altar Boy | |
| 1994 | Old Man | |
| 1992 | Harry Capshaw | |
| 1991 | Foreman of the Jury | |
| 1983 | Compere | |
| N/A | ||
| Billy Eccles | ||
| 1981 | Painter | |
| (voice) | ||
| 1980 | Man in Village Hall (uncredited) | |
| Workman | ||
| 1979 | Police Sgt. | |
| Mr Duke | ||
| 1978 | Ted | |
| Alf | ||
| 1976 | Duggie Jeb | |
| Duggie Jebb | ||
| Teddy | ||
| 1975 | Dixie | |
| Mr Jackson | ||
| Ted | ||
| Charlie | ||
| Club Owner (uncredited) | ||
| Charlie Norton | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| Father | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1973 | Inspector Walker | |
| George | ||
| Bert | ||
| 1972 | Father | |
| 1971 | Tommy Wright | |
| Mr. Baildon | ||
| Charlie Keen | ||
| Uncle Sid | ||
| Billy | ||
| 1970 | Arthur Foster | |
| Fish and Chip Shop Man | ||
| 1969 | Landlord | |
| 1968 | Leslie Stevens | |
| John Coyne | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| 1965 | Mr. Steadman | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
