Biography
Basil Herbert Dean CBE (27 September 1888 – 22 April 1978) was an English actor, writer, producer and director in the theatre and in cinema. He founded the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1911 and in the First World War, after organising unofficial entertainments for his comrades in the army, he was appointed do so officially. After the war he produced and directed mostly in the West End. He staged premieres of plays by writers including J. M. Barrie, Noël Coward, John Galsworthy, Harley Granville-Barker and Somerset Maugham. He produced nearly 40 films, and directed 16, mainly in the 1930s, with stars including Gracie Fields.
Together with Leslie Henson, Dean set up and ran the Entertainments National Service Association, or ENSA, in 1939 to provide a wide range of entertainment for British armed forces personnel during the Second World War. After the war he resumed his West End career successfully but without regaining his pre-war dominance.
Filmography
all 38
Movies 38
Producer 19
Director 15
Writer 4
21 Days Together (1940)
When We Are Married (1938)
It's in the Air (1938)
I See Ice (1938)
Keep Fit (1937)
The Show Goes On (1937)
Feather Your Nest (1937)
Sensation (1936)
Laburnum Grove (1936)
Queen of Hearts (1936)
Lonely Road (1936)
Midshipman Easy (1935)
No Limit (1935)
Look Up and Laugh (1935)
Lorna Doone (1934)
Sing As We Go (1934)
Java Head (1934)
Autumn Crocus (1934)
The Constant Nymph (1933)
Loyalties (1933)
Three Men in a Boat (1933)
Love on the Spot (1932)
The Water Gipsies (1932)
Nine Till Six (1932)
Sally in Our Alley (1931)
Birds of Prey (1930)
Escape! (1930)
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GenderMale
Birthday1888-09-27
Deathday1978-04-22 (89 years old)
SpouseVictoria Hopper
ChildrenJoseph Dean, Frances Elizabeth Tessa Dean, Winton Dean
FatherHarding Hewer Dean
MotherElizabeth Mary Winton
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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