Bill Dean

Bill Dean

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.

  • Title: Bill Dean
  • Popularity: 3.976
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1921-09-03
  • Place of Birth: Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
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Bill Dean Movies

  • 1974
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    Match of the Day

    Match of the Day

    1 1974 HD

    Chance has missed the match, but the girls at his sister's wedding might make up for it

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  • 1975
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    Waiting at the Field Gate

    Waiting at the Field Gate

    1 1975 HD

    Lightning Gallat is the village slaughterer and a man of distinction. Where does he draw the line?

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  • 1975
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    In Sickness and in Health

    In Sickness and in Health

    1 1975 HD

    A hard-working doctor must also carry the burden of a turbulent home life, due to the expectations of his demanding wife. Part of Thames Televison's...

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  • 1975
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    Flame

    Flame

    7.2 1975 HD

    Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set...

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  • 1971
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    Family Life

    Family Life

    7.2 1971 HD

    A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life and consider their daughter to be...

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  • 1976
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    Beasts: What Big Eyes

    Beasts: What Big Eyes

    1 1976 HD

    An RSPCA officer is horrified when he discovers a pet shop owner has been conducting experiments on a wolf, searching for proof of lycanthropy....

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  • 1981
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    Going Gently

    Going Gently

    5 1981 HD

    Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.

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  • 1998
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    Brookside: Friday the 13th

    Brookside: Friday the 13th

    5.5 1998 HD

    There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic...

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  • 1973
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    Night Watch

    Night Watch

    6.3 1973 HD

    A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the...

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  • 1979
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    Scum

    Scum

    7.1 1979 HD

    Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.

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  • 1995
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    Priest

    Priest

    6.429 1995 HD

    Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon...

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  • 1975
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    Break In

    Break In

    1 1975 HD

    Written by Willy Russell, Break In tells the story of three boys who break in to their school during the holidays to retrieve a confiscated football.

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  • 1978
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    Night People

    Night People

    1 1978 HD

    A classical string quartet stop at a motorway cafe in early hours. Among the people they meet are a football supporter, a commercial traveller and an...

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  • 1971
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    The Rank and File

    The Rank and File

    5 1971 HD

    Wilkinsons glass-works dominates a Staffordshire town. After a small walkout over pay discrepancies, the workers of the factory vote to go on strike,...

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  • 1968
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    The Golden Vision

    The Golden Vision

    5 1968 HD

    The obsessive supporters of Everton FC forsake wives, families and God to follow their beloved team. Meanwhile, the club and its players try to live...

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  • 1971
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    Gumshoe

    Gumshoe

    6.3 1971 HD

    A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.

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  • 1973
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    Speech Day

    Speech Day

    1 1973 HD

    Speech Day is a bit of a laugh if you are not one of nature's prize-winners. But now that they've finished with school and school with them, what...

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  • 1970
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    Kes

    Kes

    7.5 1970 HD

    Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire...

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  • 1983
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    Slayground

    Slayground

    4.6 1983 HD

    Stone (Peter Coyote) hits an armored truck without his usual driver. The ensuing getaway leads to the death of an innocent. The payback is swift and...

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  • 1969
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    The Big Flame

    The Big Flame

    5 1969 HD

    After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to...

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  • 1996
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    Hillsborough

    Hillsborough

    7 1996 HD

    Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match...

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  • 1991
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    Let Him Have It

    Let Him Have It

    6.6 1991 HD

    In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American...

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  • 1980
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    Rising Damp

    Rising Damp

    5.5 1980 HD

    Stingy landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers John, an art student, and Philip, an African medical student, making both pay for a room they must...

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  • 1980
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    The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd

    6.1 1980 HD

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

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  • 1994
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    Skallagrigg

    Skallagrigg

    1 1994 HD

    Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institutions a legend grew of someone who could stand up to...

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  • 1976
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    Bag of Yeast

    Bag of Yeast

    1 1976 HD

    When teacher Tony Scannell decides he wants to be ordained as a Catholic Priest his decision has wide ranging effects on his family and loved ones.

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  • 1971
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    After a Lifetime

    After a Lifetime

    1 1971 HD

    Ken Loach's first production for ITV, shown under the 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand (originally broadcast 18th July 1971). After a Lifetime is...

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  • 1970
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    Roll On Four O'Clock

    Roll On Four O'Clock

    6 1970 HD

    Compelling drama from screenwriter Colin Welland set in a city comprehensive school of low expectations and ambitions. Pupil Latimer does not conform...

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  • 1973
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    The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

    The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

    6.2 1973 HD

    Capitalising on his remarkable success in On the Buses, Reg Varney took on the contrasting role of a third-rate holiday camp entertainer dreaming of...

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  • 1981
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    A Turn for the Worse

    A Turn for the Worse

    1 1981 HD

    Simon Simpson runs an entertainment agency in Liverpool. At one of his regular auditions in The Bootle Railway Club he sees an aggressive young man...

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  • 1972
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    Bank Holiday

    Bank Holiday

    1 1972 HD

    18-year-old friends Todd and Towzer set off by motorbike to spend a Bank Holiday weekend in Scarborough. Their long hair, cut-off denim jackets,...

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  • 1978
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    Freedom of the Dig

    Freedom of the Dig

    1 1978 HD

    After 15 years in HM Prisons, Emerson just wants to keep his nose clean and get out. Working on the Stone Age fort keeps him away from trouble, but...

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1976
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    Beasts

    Beasts

    6.8 1976 HD

    Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United...

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  • 1978
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    Pennies from Heaven

    Pennies from Heaven

    7.75 1978 HD

    Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny...

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  • 1967
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    Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

    7 1967 HD

    Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches...

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  • 1983
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    Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

    Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

    6.071 1983 HD

    Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving.

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  • 1968
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    The Expert

    The Expert

    10 1968 HD

    The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a...

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  • 1974
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    Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

    Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

    6.333 1974 HD

    Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! is an ITV sitcom that ran from 1974 to 1977 starring Bill Maynard as the council labourer, Scarsdale Working Men’s...

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  • 1974
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    Playhouse

    Playhouse

    7 1974 HD

    BBC2 Playhouse is a one hour UK anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas created by Sara Pia Anderson and produced by...

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  • 1975
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    The Wackers

    The Wackers

    5.5 1975 HD

    Comedy series set in Liverpool about an half-protestant/half-catholic family.

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  • 1979
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    Minder

    Minder

    6.7 1979 HD

    This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye...

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  • 1971
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    Justice

    Justice

    6 1971 HD

    Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974....

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  • 1983
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    The Gathering Seed

    The Gathering Seed

    1 1983 HD

    The saga of Manchester lad Joe Henshaw, a story that takes in family life, the trials and tribulations of the Labour movement and World War Two

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  • 1965
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    Public Eye

    Public Eye

    7.8 1965 HD

    Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a...

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.7 1975 HD

    Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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