Ivor Dean (1917 - 10 August 1974) was a British stage and television actor. Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

With his lugubrious demeanour he was often cast as world-weary police officers or butlers, and indeed it was for his creation of the role of Chief Inspector Claude Eustace Teal in the 1960s series The Saint, opposite Roger Moore, that he is best remembered. Dean played the role of Teal for almost the entire run of the series, except two instances in early episodes where other actors were used. It was on the second occasion, in an episode called Starring The Saint which featured Dean in another role, that the producers saw the ideal actor for the part. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The Saint was a long-running British action adventure television series, made by ITC Entertainment, that aired on ITV stations between 1962 and 1969, and on American television as a syndicated show (1962-1967) and on NBC (1967-69). ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ...

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 The Saint. Dean's character however seemed to have a respect for his adversary nonetheless. An artists conception of Simon Templar as seen on the cover of a 1983 omnibus edition collecting several early Saint books. ...

Dean reprised the role in all but name in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969-70) in which he played Inspector Large, who had the same adversarial relationship with (the much less suave) Jeff Randall. Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) was a late-1960s British TV show about two private detectives. ...

Dean was a regular in several other ITC series, including Jason King and The Persuaders!, appeared in the long-running LWT sitcom Doctor at Large and featured in three episodes of The Avengers. The ITC Entertainment logo The Incorporated Television Company (ITC) was founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954. ... Jason King was a TV series which had 26 episodes broadcast in the UK in 1971 and 1972. ... The Persuaders! is a British television series, which first aired in 1971 and 1972 in Britains ITV and on the ABC Network in the United States. ... London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ...

Ivor Dean was also a memorable Long John Silver in a German television adaptation of Treasure Island, entitled Die Schatzinsel (1966). He contributed to a follow-up script, but it never materialised before his death and when it was finally made (as Return to Treasure Island, 1996) the part of Long John Silver was played by Stig Eldred. Long John Silver is a fictional character in the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. ... Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of buccaneers and buried gold. First published as a book in 1883, it was originally serialised in the childrens magazine Young Folks between 1881-82 under the title The Sea Cook, or Treasure Island. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Ivor Dean's film appearances include Theatre of Death and the 'Pride' segment of The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins. The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 motion picture comedy. ...

Ivor Dean was married to the actress Patricia Hamilton. He died in Truro, Cornwall. Statistics Population: 20,920 (Civil Parish, 2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SW825445 Administration Parish: Truro District: Carrick Shire county: Cornwall Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cornwall Historic county: Cornwall Services Police force: Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ...

External link

• Ivor Dean at the Internet Movie Database