Ivor Dean

Ivor Dean

Ivor Donald Dean (21 December 1917 – 10 August 1974) was a British stage, film and television actor. With his lugubrious demeanour he was often cast as world-weary police officers or butlers, and it is for the role of Chief Inspector Claud Eustace Teal in the 1960s series The Saint, opposite Roger Moore, that he is best known.Dean played Teal for almost the entire run of the series, except three instances in early episodes where other actors were used. It was on the third occasion, in an episode called Starring The Saint which featured Dean in another role, that the producers saw the ideal actor for the part. Dean proved the ideal foil for Moore's Simon Templar, invariably one step behind and allegedly hoping for the day when he could pin something on Templar. Dean's character however seemed to have a respect for his adversary nonetheless. Dean reprised the role in all but name in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1968–69) in which he played Inspector Large, who had an even more adversarial relationship with (the much less suave) Jeff Randall. Dean also appeared in one-off roles in several other ITC series, including Jason King and The Persuaders!, he appeared as a butler in 3 episodes of the long-running LWT sitcom Doctor at Large and featured in three episodes of The Avengers. In 1964 he played estate agent Alfred Wormold in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street, selling No. 13 Coronation Street to Stan Ogden and his wife Hilda. Dean also portrayed Long John Silver in a Franco-German television adaptation of Treasure Island, entitled Die Schatzinsel / L' île au Tresor (1966). He contributed to a follow-up script with Saint producer Robert S. Baker, but it never materialised before his death. Baker continued to develop the project and it was finally made as the 10 part serial Return to Treasure Island in 1986. It was scripted by John Goldsmith and the part of Long John Silver was played by Brian Blessed. His other film appearances include Theatre of Death and the 'Pride' segment of The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins. In 1949, Dean married British actress Patricia Hamilton, with whom he had three daughters. He died of heart failure, aged 56, in Truro, Cornwall in August 1974.

  • Title: Ivor Dean
  • Popularity: 2.079
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1917-12-21
  • Place of Birth: Hampstead London, England, UK
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Ivor Dean Movies

  • 1971
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    Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde

    6.2 1971 HD

    In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular...

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  • 1969
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    The File of the Golden Goose

    The File of the Golden Goose

    5.5 1969 HD

    U.S. Secret Service agent Peter Novak goes undercover with Scotland Yard officer Thompson to halt a murderous gang of counterfeiters known as the...

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  • 1967
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    The Sorcerers

    The Sorcerers

    6.164 1967 HD

    The great hypnotist Professor Montserrat has developed a technique for controlling the minds, and sharing the sensations, of his subjects. He and his...

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  • 1967
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    Theatre of Death

    Theatre of Death

    6.1 1967 HD

    The Theatre of Death in Paris specialises in horror presentations. A police surgeon finds himself becoming involved in the place through his...

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  • 1969
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    Crooks and Coronets

    Crooks and Coronets

    8.3 1969 HD

    Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.

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  • 1968
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    Prudence and the Pill

    Prudence and the Pill

    5.5 1968 HD

    Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the...

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  • 1970
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    Rumour

    Rumour

    1 1970 HD

    A hard-bitten newspaper reporter is drawn back into the world of sleaze he had hoped to have left behind, and this time it goes right to the top.

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  • 1966
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    Bindle (One of Them Days)

    Bindle (One of Them Days)

    6.7 1966 HD

    Based on the book of Herbert Jenkins, a comedy about a accident prone furniture remover and his mate.

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  • 1969
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    The Oblong Box

    The Oblong Box

    5.764 1969 HD

    Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes,...

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  • 1962
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    Danger by My Side

    Danger by My Side

    5.1 1962 HD

    A girl tracks down the gang who had her detective brother killed.

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  • 1964
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    Becket

    Becket

    7.1 1964 HD

    King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another...

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  • 1967
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    The Magnificent Two

    The Magnificent Two

    3.1 1967 HD

    Two salesmen travel to a small South American Country to peddle their wares. However the country is in the middle of a major conflict between the...

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  • 1967
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    A Magnum for Schneider

    A Magnum for Schneider

    1 1967 HD

    Introducing David Callan, in his first case after being invalided out of the special services.

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  • 1967
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    Cop-Out

    Cop-Out

    5.3 1967 HD

    John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is...

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  • 1971
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    The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

    The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

    5.1 1971 HD

    The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent...

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  • 1967
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    Robbery

    Robbery

    6.5 1967 HD

    In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying...

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  • 1962
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    Gaolbreak

    Gaolbreak

    4.6 1962 HD

    An honest news agent realizes that his 2 sons are corrupt. When one criminal son is in jail, the other breaks him out to help with a job.

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  • 1968
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    Where Eagles Dare

    Where Eagles Dare

    7.5 1968 HD

    World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly...

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  • 1968
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    Salt & Pepper

    Salt & Pepper

    5.3 1968 HD

    After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper...

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  • 1973
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    Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

    Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

    6.6 1973 HD

    Two London tailors horse around, wind up robbed, go to Rome and disrupt the Vatican.

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  • 1956
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    Cloak Without Dagger

    Cloak Without Dagger

    7.3 1956 HD

    A British Intelligence officer fails a mission during WW2. Years later whilst working in a hotel he bumps into an old flame who is desperate to...

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  • 1979
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    Death Becomes Me

    Death Becomes Me

    1 1979 HD

    Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis),...

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  • 1955
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    The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    7.6 1955 HD

    The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.

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  • 1955
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    The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    7.6 1955 HD

    The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.

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  • 1968
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    Ooh La La!

    Ooh La La!

    1 1968 HD

    Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken...

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  • 1966
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    Die Schatzinsel

    Die Schatzinsel

    8.1 1966 HD

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  • 1969
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    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

    7.031 1969 HD

    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation,...

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  • 1971
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    The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

    7.618 1971 HD

    An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1972
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    Both Ends Meet

    Both Ends Meet

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1973
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    Up The Workers

    Up The Workers

    1 1973 HD

    This comedy series lets you in on the secrets of industrial relations and management-workers consultations. Or at least how they happen at the...

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  • 1970
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7 1970 HD

    Ten years after the events of 'Treasure Island,' an adult Jim Hawkins once again encounters his old adversary Long John Silver and the pirate Joseph...

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