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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.

Personal information

Birthday

1917-12-21

Birth Place

Hampstead London, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

A Magnum for Schneider

A Magnum for Schneider

1967

0.0

Movie
Becket

Becket

1964

7.1

Movie
Bindle (One of Them Days)

Bindle (One of Them Days)

1966

6.7

Movie
poster

Both Ends Meet

1972

0.0

TV
Cloak Without Dagger

Cloak Without Dagger

1956

7.3

Movie
Cop-Out

Cop-Out

1967

5.3

Movie
Crooks and Coronets

Crooks and Coronets

1969

8.3

Movie
Danger by My Side

Danger by My Side

1962

5.1

Movie
Death Becomes Me

Death Becomes Me

1979

0.0

Movie
poster

Die Schatzinsel

1966

8.1

TV
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde

Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde

1971

6.2

Movie
Gaolbreak

Gaolbreak

1962

4.6

Movie
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

1973

6.6

Movie
poster

Ooh La La!

1968

0.0

TV
Prudence and the Pill

Prudence and the Pill

1968

5.5

Movie
poster

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

1969

7.0

TV
Robbery

Robbery

1967

6.5

Movie
Rumour

Rumour

1970

0.0

Movie
Salt & Pepper

Salt & Pepper

1968

5.3

Movie
poster

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955

7.6

TV
poster

The Avengers

1961

7.7

TV
The File of the Golden Goose

The File of the Golden Goose

1969

5.5

Movie
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971

5.1

Movie
The Magnificent Two

The Magnificent Two

1967

3.1

Movie
The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box

1969

5.8

Movie
poster

The Persuaders!

1971

7.6

TV
poster

The Saint

1962

7.3

TV
The Sorcerers

The Sorcerers

1967

6.2

Movie
Theatre of Death

Theatre of Death

1967

6.1

Movie
poster

Up The Workers

1973

0.0

TV
Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare

1968

7.5

Movie