Ivor Dean
22 movies · 15 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 21, 1917
- Died
- Aug 10, 1974 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Hampstead London, England, UK
Biography
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.
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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.
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Known for
Ivor Dean: movies and TV shows
Acting (35)
- 1979 Death Becomes Me
as Mr Beebe (archive footage)
- 1973
- 1973 Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
as Bishop Rourke
- 1972
- 1971 Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
as Burke
- 1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as Policeman (segment "Pride")
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969 The File of the Golden Goose
as Reynolds
- 1969
- 1969 The Oblong Box
as Hawthorne
- 1969 Crooks and Coronets
as Bellows
- 1968 Where Eagles Dare
as German Officer #2 (uncredited)
- 1968
- 1968 Salt & Pepper
as Police Commissioner
- 1968 Prudence and the Pill
as City Banker in Taxi Cab (uncredited)
- 1968
- 1967 Robbery
as Postal Worker on Train (uncredited)
- 1967 Theatre of Death
as Inspector Micheaud
- 1967 The Magnificent Two
as Advisor (uncredited)
- 1967 The Sorcerers
as Insp. Matalon
- 1967 Stranger in the House
as Insp. Colder
- 1967 A Magnum for Schneider
as Waterman
- 1966
- 1966 Bindle (One of Them Days)
as Mr. Fawcett
- 1965
- 1964 Becket
as Monk (uncredited)
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962 Danger by My Side
as Balding Detective at Quarry
- 1962 Gaolbreak
as Barrington
- 1961
- 1956
- 1956 Cloak Without Dagger
as Night Club Proprietor
- 1955
Behind the camera (2)
- 1986
- 1960