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Ivor Dean

Acting · Born December 21, 1917 · Hampstead London, England, UK

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.

Movies with Ivor Dean

• Where Eagles Dare (1968) — German Officer #2 (uncredited)
• Becket (1964) — Monk (uncredited)
• The Oblong Box (1969) — Hawthorne
• Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971) — Burke
• Robbery (1967) — Postal Worker on Train (uncredited)
• The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) — Policeman (segment "Pride")
• The File of the Golden Goose (1969) — Reynolds
• Salt & Pepper (1968) — Police Commissioner
• Prudence and the Pill (1968) — City Banker in Taxi Cab (uncredited)
• Theatre of Death (1967) — Inspector Micheaud
• Stranger in the House (1967) — Insp. Colder
• Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973) — Bishop Rourke

TV shows with Ivor Dean

• The Saint (1962) — Inspector Teal
• Up The Workers (1973) — Sir Henry Carmichael