Peter Dean

Acting
1939-05-02
Hoxton, London

Biography

Peter Dean (born 2 May 1939) is a British actor, best known for his roles as Pete Beale in EastEnders, Jeff Bateman in Coronation Street and Sergeant Jack Wilding in Woodentop.

Known For & Full Filmography23 Titles

#1EastEnders

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Pete Beale

4.2 / 10
SoapDramaCrime

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.

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#2Minder

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as John

7.2 / 10
ComedyDramaAction & Adventure

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

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#3Bo' Selecta!

Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.1 / 10
Comedy

Bo' Selecta! is a British sketch show written and performed by Leigh Francis, which lampoons popular culture and is known for its often surreal, abstract toilet humour.

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#4Shoestring

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Jack

7.7 / 10
CrimeDrama

Shoestring is a BBC detective drana set in Bristol and starring Trevor Eve as private detective Eddie Shoestring, who operatee his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 hour-long episodes. Eve opted not to return after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre, so the production team changed the setting to Jersey and created Bergerac, also following a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.

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#5Shoestring

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as PC Bryan Molecombe

7.7 / 10
CrimeDrama

Shoestring is a BBC detective drana set in Bristol and starring Trevor Eve as private detective Eddie Shoestring, who operatee his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 hour-long episodes. Eve opted not to return after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre, so the production team changed the setting to Jersey and created Bergerac, also following a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.

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#6Hammer House of Horror

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes as Charlie

7.1 / 10
MysteryDrama

Each self-contained episode features a different kind of horror, varying from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also includes non-supernatural themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.

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#7Target

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes as Det. Con. George

7.0 / 10
DramaCrime

A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.

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#8Shine on Harvey Moon

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Policeman

7.7 / 10
Drama

Shine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian. This generally light-hearted series was created by comedy writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. The series is set in the East End of London shortly after the Second World War. Upon being demobbed RAF serviceman Harvey Moon, played by Kenneth Cranham, returns home and finds his family involved in various troubles. His wife Rita, played by Maggie Steed, is not interested in resuming their relationship, and works in a seedy nightclub frequented by American servicemen. He becomes involved with the Labour Party and the union movement. The name of the series is a wordplay on the title of the popular 1908 song 'Shine On, Harvest Moon'. The first series was commissioned and recorded by ATV at their Elstree studios with the remaining series filmed at newly constructed facilities in Nottingham.

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#9Cradle to Grave

Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes as Little Legs

7.7 / 10
ComedyDrama

Cradle to Grave is a British autobiographical miniseries created by Danny Baker, about his formative years in the 1970s. Produced by ITV Studios for BBC Two, it stars Laurie Kynaston as Danny, with Peter Kay and Lucy Speed as his parents Spud and Bet. In 1974, 15-year-old Danny is our guide through the ups and downs of the Baker family. With eldest daughter Sharon's impending wedding and the docks facing closure, times are challenging. So too are Danny's attempts to get closer to the opposite sex.

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#10Raffles

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

8.4 / 10
ComedyCrime

Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Philip Mackie. The episodes were largely faithful adaptations of the stories in the books, though occasionally two stories would be merged to create one. In Victorian-era London, gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, a renowned cricketer, and his friend, the eager but naive Bunny Manders, test their skills in relieving the wealthy of their valuables whilst avoiding detection, especially from the persistent Inspector Mackenzie.

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#11The Chinese Detective

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.2 / 10
Drama

Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the pattern of the maverick detective, prepared to use unorthodox methods to solve his cases, which emerged in series like Z Cars and The Sweeney.

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#12Murder by Decree

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Police Constable (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
CrimeMysteryThriller

Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have their roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.

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#13The Real Marigold Hotel

Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes as Self

7.5 / 10
Documentary

A group of famous faces travel to India to see if retiring in India would be better than retiring in England.

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#14P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Policeman

6.9 / 10
ComedyRomanceTV Movie

Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.

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#15Sweet William

Movie - 1980, 2h 15m as Roddy

4.3 / 10
Drama

William is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naïve Ann, but she nearly as quickly begins to comprehend that her new beau is anything but a one-woman man. In addition to his two ex-wives, with whom he remains remarkably close, William exhibits a disturbing attraction for nearly any female who crosses his path -- Ann's friends among them.

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#16Law & Order

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Jack Lynn

7.3 / 10
Drama

Law & Order is a series of four British television plays written by G. F. Newman and directed by Les Blair. It was first transmitted in 1978 on BBC2.

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#17The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

Movie - 1980, 2h 15m as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
ComedyDocumentaryMusic

A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds."

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#18From What I Remember

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m as David

8.8 / 10
DramaRomance

When David is diagnosed with dementia, the fragile threads of his once-loving family begin to fray. His wife Emily and their son Mike, caught between grief and denial, struggle to navigate the emotional toll of watching the man they love slowly slip away. As David’s memories fade, Mike and Emily set out on a tender, desperate journey to rekindle the moments that once held their family together.

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#19Up Pompeii

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Man at Orgy (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
Comedy

A funny thing happens to Lurcio on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.

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#20Diamond Ice'd

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Drama

A woman trapped by her debt to the local underworld boss, works her plan to gain her freedom.

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#21Woodentop

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m as Sgt Wilding

7.0 / 10
CrimeDramaTV Movie

It's the first day on the job at Sun Hill police station for probationary P.C. Jim Carver, but by no means an uneventful one…

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#22To Turn a Blind Eye

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Mr Homersham's Son

8.8 / 10

Written by Farrukh Dhondy. Blind Mr. Homersham lives alone with no one to care for him, but then he meets young Jamshyd. Being blind Mr. Homesham does not know or care that Jamshyd is Asian, until his son introduces prejudice into the relationship. 

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#23My Brother David

Movie - 1989, 2h 15m as Pete Beale (EastEnders - Archive footage) (Uncredited)

8.8 / 10
Documentary

David Scarboro, who played Mark Fowler in EastEnders (1985), fell to his death at Beachy Head in 1988. Simon, his younger brother, presents this tribute, featuring David's achievements as a young actor as well as his problems.

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