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Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998 · Movie
as Harold Cross
Bill Dean
1921-09-03
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Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
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
Hillsborough
1996 · Movie
as Additional Cast
Priest
1995 · Movie
as Altar Boy
Skallagrigg
1994 · Movie
as Old Man
Heartbeat
1992 · TV Show
as Harry Capshaw
Let Him Have It
1991 · Movie
as Foreman of the Jury
The Word
1990 · TV Show
Slayground
1984 · Movie
as Compere
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983 · TV Show
The Gathering Seed
1983 · TV Show
as Billy Eccles
Going Gently
1981 · Movie
as Painter
A Turn for the Worse
1981 · Movie
as (voice)
Rising Damp
1980 · Movie
as Workman
The Mirror Crack'd
1980 · Movie
as Man in Village Hall (uncredited)
Scum
1979 · Movie
as Mr Duke
Minder
1979 · TV Show
as Police Sgt.
Night People
1978 · Movie
as Ted
Freedom of the Dig
1978 · Movie
as Sid
Pennies from Heaven
1978 · TV Show
as Alf
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · TV Show
as Ted
Beasts: What Big Eyes
1976 · Movie
as Duggie Jeb
Bag of Yeast
1976 · Movie
as Teddy
Beasts
1976 · TV Show
as Duggie Jebb
Waiting at the Field Gate
1975 · Movie
as Ted
In Sickness and in Health
1975 · Movie
as Mr Jackson
Flame
1975 · Movie
as Club Owner (uncredited)
Break In
1975 · Movie
as Dixie
The Wackers
1975 · TV Show
as Charlie
The Sweeney
1975 · TV Show
as Charlie Norton
Match of the Day
1974 · Movie
as Father
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974 · TV Show
as Jack
Playhouse
1974 · TV Show
as Painter
Night Watch
1973 · Movie
as Inspector Walker
Speech Day
1973 · Movie
as George
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
1973 · Movie
as Bert
Bank Holiday
1972 · Movie
as Father
New Scotland Yard
1972 · TV Show
as Bernard Hobbs
Family Life
1971 · Movie
as Mr. Baildon
The Rank and File
1971 · Movie
as Billy
Gumshoe
1971 · Movie
as Tommy Wright
Justice
1971 · TV Show
as Charlie Keen
Budgie
1971 · TV Show
as Dutchie Holland
Kes
1970 · Movie
as Fish and Chip Shop Man
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970 · Movie
as Arthur Foster
Play for Today
1970 · TV Show
as Billy
The Big Flame
1969 · Movie
as Landlord
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV Show
as Uncle Sid
The Golden Vision
1968 · Movie
as John Coyne
The Expert
1968 · TV Show
as Leslie Stevens
Man in a Suitcase
1967 · TV Show
Public Eye
1965 · TV Show
as Mr. Steadman
The Wednesday Play
1964 · TV Show
as John Coyne
