- By a strange quirk of fate, Basil Dearden was actually killed in a car crash on the same stretch of road where, a couple of years before, he had filmed the death of the character, Harold Pelham, in a car crash in the film The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) starring Roger Moore. This was stated by Roger Moore himself in the 'Special Features' section of the DVD 'The Man Who Haunted Himself'.
- Directed Dirk Bogarde in four films.
- His Buckinghamshire home, Beel House, was previously owned by Dirk Bogarde.
- In the 1940s, he lived with his wife Melissa Stribling at 10 Park Village West near Regent's Park in London. The Crown Estate owned cul-de-sac also boasted another well-known British director, Seafield Head and his wife, the actress Helen Shingler.
- He changed his name to avoid confusion with Basil Dean when they started working together.
- Father of James Dearden and Torquil Dearden.
- From the 1960s to the time of his death, he lived at Beel House in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England. Beel House was subsequently bought by Robert Kilroy-Silk.
- Father-in-law of Annabel Brooks.
- Has a son James.
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