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Basil Herbert Dean CBE (27 September 1888 – 22 April 1978) was an English actor, writer, producer and director in the theatre and in cinema.
Basil Dean first appeared as an actor on the British stage in 1906. He soon switched careers and began writing and directing plays. Turning to the film industry, he became a producer and director in 1928; many of the films he produced and directed were based on his own stage plays.
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- Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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- Westminster, London, England, UK
Basil Dean first appeared as an actor on the British stage in 1906. He soon switched careers and began writing and directing plays. Turning to the film industry, he became a producer and director in 1928; many of the films he produced and directed were based on his own stage plays.
- September 27, 1888
- April 22, 1978
Basil Herbert Dean CBE was an English actor, writer, producer and director in the theatre and in cinema. He founded the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1911 and in the First World War, after organising unofficial entertainments for his comrades in the army, he was appointed do so officially.
Basil Dean. British actor, director and producer. Learn about this topic in these articles: founding of Ealing Studios. In Ealing Studios.
Basil Dean - Writer. Producer and Director. Nationality: British. Born: Croydon, Surrey, 27 September 1888. Military Service: 1914—joined Cheshire Regiment: head of War Office theatres, 1917–18. Family: Married 1) Esther Van Gruisen (divorced); 2) Lady Mercy Greville (divorced); 3) the actress Victoria Hopper (divorced).
Basil Dean is a paradoxical figure in British cinema. Representing a theatrical approach to film-making much despised by modern critics, he is also responsible as producer for some of the most domestically successful films of the 1930s, and for establishing British cinema's two biggest stars of the period, George Formby and Gracie Fields.
