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.
Fotos
Películas (31)
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998 · Harold Cross
Hillsborough
1996 · Additional Cast
Priest
1995 · Altar Boy
Skallagrigg
1994 · Old Man
Let Him Have It
1991 · Foreman of the Jury
Slayground
1984 · Compere
Going Gently
1981 · Painter
A Turn for the Worse
1981 · (voice)
Rising Damp
1980 · Workman
The Mirror Crack'd
1980 · Man in Village Hall (uncredited)
Scum
1979 · Mr Duke
Night People
1978 · Ted
Freedom of the Dig
1978 · Sid
Beasts: What Big Eyes
1976 · Duggie Jeb
Bag of Yeast
1976 · Teddy
Break In
1975 · Dixie
In Sickness and in Health
1975 · Mr Jackson
Waiting at the Field Gate
1975 · Ted
Flame
1975 · Club Owner (uncredited)
Match of the Day
1974 · Father
Night Watch
1973 · Inspector Walker
Speech Day
1973 · George
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
1973 · Bert
Bank Holiday
1972 · Father
Gumshoe
1971 · Tommy Wright
Family Life
1971 · Mr. Baildon
The Rank and File
1971 · Billy
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970 · Arthur Foster
Kes
1970 · Fish and Chip Shop Man
The Big Flame
1969 · Landlord
The Golden Vision
1968 · John Coyne
Series (23)
Heartbeat
1992 · Harry Capshaw
The Word
1990
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983 · Mr Hove
The Gathering Seed
1983 · Billy Eccles
Nobody's Perfect
1980 · Mr Barrington
God's Wonderful Railway
1980 · Ted Jarvis
Minder
1979 · Police Sgt.
Pennies from Heaven
1978 · Alf
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Ted
Beasts
1976 · Duggie Jebb
The Wackers
1975 · Charlie
The Sweeney
1975 · Charlie Norton
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974 · Jack
Playhouse
1974 · Painter
New Scotland Yard
1972 · Bernard Hobbs
Justice
1971 · Charlie Keen
Budgie
1971 · Dutchie Holland
Play for Today
1970 · Billy
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Uncle Sid
The Expert
1968 · Leslie Stevens
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Public Eye
1965 · Mr. Steadman
The Wednesday Play
1964 · John Coyne