Basil Dean

Basil Dean

Known for: Production
Biography: 1888-09-27
Deathday: 1978-04-22 (89 years old)

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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.

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Average 5.38
Based on 7.31 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1928
1932
1934
1934
1943
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Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1888-09-27

Deathday
1978-04-22 (89 years old)

Birth Place
Croydon, United Kingdom

Spouse
Victoria Hopper

Children
Joseph Dean, Frances Elizabeth Tessa Dean, Winton Dean

Father
Harding Hewer Dean

Mother
Elizabeth Mary Winton

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Awards
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire


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