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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Hampstead London, England, UK, 1917-12-21

Died: 1974-08-10

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Cloak Without Dagger	Night Club Proprietor	73
2	1962	Gaolbreak	Barrington	46
3	1962	Danger by My Side	Balding Detective at Quarry	51
4	1964	Becket	Monk (uncredited)	72
5	1966	Bindle (One of Them Days)	Mr. Fawcett	67
6	1967	A Magnum for Schneider	Waterman	0
7	1967	Cop-Out	Insp. Colder	53
8	1967	The Sorcerers	Insp. Matalon	62
9	1967	The Magnificent Two	Advisor (uncredited)	31
10	1967	Theatre of Death	Inspector Micheaud	60
11	1967	Robbery	Postal Worker on Train (uncredited)	66
12	1968	Prudence and the Pill	City Banker in Taxi Cab (uncredited)	57
13	1968	Salt & Pepper	Police Commissioner	53
14	1968	Where Eagles Dare	German Officer #2 (uncredited)	75
15	1969	Crooks and Coronets	Bellows	83
16	1969	The Oblong Box	Hawthorne	57
17	1969	The File of the Golden Goose	Reynolds	55
18	1970	Rumour		0
19	1971	Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde	Burke	62
20	1971	The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins	Policeman (segment "Pride")	49
21	1973	Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width	Bishop Rourke	66
22	1979	Death Becomes Me	Mr Beebe	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel	1st Agent	76
2	1955	The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel	First Agent	76
3	1961	The Avengers	Bates	77
4	1961	The Avengers	Ferret	77
5	1962	The Saint	David Brown	73
6	1962	The Saint	Inspector Teal	73
7	1962	The Saint	Inspector Claud Eustace Teal	73
8	1965	Front Page Story	Vic Stafford	0
9	1966	Die Schatzinsel	Long John Silver	80
10	1968	Ooh La La!	The Husband	0
11	1969	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)	Inspector Large	70
12	1971	The Persuaders!	Mr. Beebe	76
13	1972	Both Ends Meet	Julius Cannon	0
14	1973	Up The Workers	Sir Henry Carmichael	0

Ivor Dean

Film

Television