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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.
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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.
1962
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 21, 1917
Died
August 10, 1974
Birthplace
Hampstead London, England, UK
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
Theatre of Death
1967
The Oblong Box
1969
Salt & Pepper
1968
Where Eagles Dare
1968
Prudence and the Pill
1968
Becket
1964
The Sorcerers
1967
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
1971
Stranger in the House
1967
Crooks and Coronets
1969
Bindle (One of Them Days)
1966
Danger by My Side
1962
Cloak Without Dagger
1956
Robbery
1967
Rumour
1970
Gaolbreak
1962
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
Death Becomes Me
1979
The Magnificent Two
1967
+ 2 more movies
The Avengers
1961
The Avengers
1961
The Saint
1962
The Saint
1962
The Saint
1962
The Persuaders!
1971
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
Ooh La La!
1968
Nearest and Dearest
1968
Nearest and Dearest
1968
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
Die Schatzinsel
1966
Front Page Story
1965
Up The Workers
1973
Both Ends Meet
1972