Bill Dean

Bill Dean

Acting 1921-09-03 Everton, Liverpool, England, UK

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.

代表作

📜

全部作品

1998 Harold Cross
1996 Additional Cast
1995 Altar Boy
1994 Old Man
1992 Harry Capshaw
1991 Foreman of the Jury
1983 Compere
1983 Billy Eccles
1981 Painter
展开全部作品
1981 (voice)
1980 Workman
1980 Man in Village Hall (uncredited)
1979 Mr Duke
1979 Police Sgt.
1978 Ted
1978 Sid
1978 Alf
1977 Ted
1976 Duggie Jeb
1976 Teddy
1976 Duggie Jebb
1975 Mr Jackson
1975 Club Owner (uncredited)
1975 Dixie
1975 Charlie
1975 Charlie Norton
1974 Father
1974 Painter
1973 Inspector Walker
1973 George
1972 Father
1971 Mr. Baildon
1971 Billy
1971 Tommy Wright
1971 Uncle Sid
1971 Charlie Keen
1971 Dutchie Holland
1970 Fish and Chip Shop Man
1970 Arthur Foster
1969 Landlord
1968 John Coyne
1968 Leslie Stevens
1965 Mr. Steadman