[1][2] 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.

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.

[7][8] In 1964 he played estate agent Alfred Wormold in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street, selling No.

Dean also portrayed Long John Silver in a Franco-German television adaptation of Treasure Island, entitled Die Schatzinsel / L' île au Tresor (1966).

Baker continued to develop the project and it was finally made as the 10 part serial Return to Treasure Island in 1986.