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.
Filmography
all 45
Movies 29
TV Shows 16
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![Brookside: Friday the 13th](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Brookside: Friday the 13th (1998)
![Hillsborough](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/79727-hillsborough.jpg)
Hillsborough (1996)
![Priest](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/10442-priest.jpg)
Priest (1995)
![Skallagrigg](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/92926-skallagrigg.jpg)
Skallagrigg (1994)
![Heartbeat](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/149237-heartbeat.jpg)
Heartbeat (1992)
![Let Him Have It](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/21171-let-him-have-it.jpg)
Let Him Have It (1991)
![Slayground](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/47591-slayground.jpg)
Slayground (1983)
![The Gathering Seed](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Gathering Seed (1983)
![Going Gently](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/27071-going-gently.jpg)
Going Gently (1981)
![The Mirror Crack'd](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/48668-the-mirror-crack-d.jpg)
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
![Rising Damp](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/24109-rising-damp.jpg)
Rising Damp (1980)
![Minder](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/22056-minder.jpg)
Minder (1979)
![Scum](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14473-scum.jpg)
Scum (1979)
![Beasts: What Big Eyes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/713080-beasts-what-big-eyes.jpg)
Beasts: What Big Eyes (1976)
![Beasts](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/157762-beasts.jpg)
Beasts (1976)
![In Sickness and in Health](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/211239-in-sickness-and-in-health.jpg)
In Sickness and in Health (1975)
![The Wackers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/87537-the-wackers.jpg)
The Wackers (1975)
![Flame](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/76037-flame.jpg)
Flame (1975)
![The Sweeney](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/113523-the-sweeney.jpg)
The Sweeney (1975)
![Night Watch](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/74349-night-watch.jpg)
Night Watch (1973)
![Speech Day](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/355413-speech-day.jpg)
Speech Day (1973)
![Bank Holiday](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/504721-bank-holiday.jpg)
Bank Holiday (1972)
![Gumshoe](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/13583-gumshoe.jpg)
Gumshoe (1971)
![Family Life](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/91798-family-life.jpg)
Family Life (1971)
![Justice](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/328628-justice.jpg)
Justice (1971)
![After a Lifetime](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
After a Lifetime (1971)
![Roll On Four O'Clock](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/168319-roll-on-four-o-clock.jpg)
Roll On Four O'Clock (1970)
![The Lovers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/142535-the-lovers.jpg)
The Lovers (1970)
![Kes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8897-kes.jpg)
Kes (1970)
![The Big Flame](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/91766-the-big-flame.jpg)
The Big Flame (1969)
![The Expert](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/572015-the-expert.jpg)
The Expert (1968)
![The Golden Vision](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/91816-the-golden-vision.jpg)
The Golden Vision (1968)
![Public Eye](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/140971-public-eye.jpg)
Public Eye (1965)
![God's Wonderful Railway](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/419074-god-s-wonderful-railway.jpg)
God's Wonderful Railway
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GenderMale
Birthday1921-09-03
Deathday2000-04-20 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceEverton, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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