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Peter Dean (born 2 May 1939) is a British actor, most notable for his role as Pete Beale in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. ==Career== Dean decided on a career in acting after actress Prunella Scales witnessed him rehearsing Shakespeare in Petticoat Lane Market and advised him to take drama classes. At 16, he studied under Joan Littlewood and has been an actor since he was 18. Dean's breakthrough performance was playing criminal 'Jack Lynn' in ''Law And Order'' (1978). He went on to have roles in television shows such as ''Minder'' (1979); ''Up Pompeii!'' (1971), ''Doctor Who'' (1977); ''Shoestring'' (1979); ''Hammer House of Horror'' (1980) and ''The Chinese Detective'' (1981). In 1980, he played Jeff "Fangio" Bateman in ''Coronation Street'' and, in 1983, he was cast as Sergeant Jack Wilding in ''Woodentop '' (the Pilot of ITV police drama ''The Bill''). Film credits include: ''Up Pompeii'' (1971), ''Murder by Decree'' (1979), ''Sweet William'' (1980), ''The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu'' (1980), ''P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang'' (1982), and as a bouncer in ''The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'' (1980). At the invitation of producer Julia Smith, he was offered the role of Pete Beale, an original character in the BBC's new soap opera ''EastEnders''; Dean was chosen after the actor who originally auditioned for the role (Leslie Grantham) was selected to play the character Den Watts instead. Dean played the cockney fruit and veg trader from the show's inception in February 1985 until his departure in May 1993. In reality, Dean's contract was terminated following irreconcilable differences with the show's producers. Since his departure, he has publicly slammed the producers for culling his character and did an exposé with ''the Sun'' newspaper, where he revealed some of the show's secrets and his opinions about former co-stars. Subsequently, Pete Beale was killed in an off-screen death in episodes that aired in December 1993. Co-star June Brown (who plays Dot Cotton in the show) allegedly quit the show in protest following Dean's sacking in 1993, but returned in 1997. Brown and Dean attempted to set up a production company together, but it did not come to fruition. Since leaving ''EastEnders'', Dean's television credits have been few, although he has made guest appearances on Channel 4 sketch show ''Bo' Selecta!'', ''Banzai'' and ''Little Britain''. He appeared in the Five television show ''Harry and Cosh'' in 2002 and regularly appears in pantomimes. In 1993 he was due to tour in the play ''Entertaining Mr Sloane'' with Barbara Windsor but left during rehearsals and was replaced by John Challis. Dean will be appearing in pantomime in December 2015 as the evil Abanazar in Aladdin at Harpenden Public Halls.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Pantomimes in Hertfordshire 2015 - 2016 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Dean (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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