American painter
Suffers from dyslexia.
Served as witness at the wedding of his "EastEnders" co-star Wendy Richard to Paul Glorney (17 March 1990).
Father to Leah Louise Dean (b. 1968).
Grandfather to Billy Alfred Smith , via his daughter Leah and her husband Alan Smith.
Ranked #23 in the 100 Greatest "EastEnders" Characters of All Time for his performance as Pete Beale.
Ranked #31 in The 100 Greatest "EastEnders" Characters of All Time for his performance as Pete Beale.
Is a practicing Buddhist.
Former manager for the Go-Go group E.U. who appeared in Spike Lees film "School Daze" and recorded the theme song "Doin the Butt". Mr. Dean died in 2008.