Biography

Dean Harris was born on 30 December 1946 in Erith, Kent, England, United Kingdom. He began his acting career in 1966; the early years spent appearing with leading repertory companies in the UK as well as touring the United Kingdom, Canada and Zimbabwe.

He has appeared in more than 50 television comedies and dramas and has played opposite Peter Cushing in Sherlock Holmes, Jack Warner in Dixon of Dock Green, Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney, Judi Dench in As Time Goes By, Jasper Carrot and Robert Powell in The Detectives, John Thaw in Mirch, James Bolam in Second Thoughts, Tom Conti in Old Boy Network, Adam Faith in Love Hurts, David Jason in Diamond Geezer, Warren Clarke in The Case of the Frightened Lady, Anthony Andrews in Ivanhoe, Eric Sykes in If You Go Down in the Woods Today, Michael Kitchen in Home Run, Larry Lamb in Fool's Gold and Bill Paterson in The Interrogation of John.

Dean also appeared in the BBC children television comedy series, as the naive Mr Boyes in Bad Boyes; and the environment polluter, Mr Belcher in Earth Warp. In adult orientated series he played Sgt Quirk in Blood Money, from which Michael Denison's and Dean's characters were taken and given their own espionage series called Cold Warrior.

He was also seen as the best safe cracker in business in the BBC series The Fourth Arm, plus the animal rights militant, Curtis Jaeger in Howards' Way.

Other television appearances include in Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, Bergerac, Blake's 7, Casualty, Coronation Street, EastEnders, Shoestring, London's Burning, Drop the Dead Donkey, Grange Hill, Heartbeat, Howards' Way, Silent Witness, A Touch of Frost, and five different characters in The Bill.

He was in a relationship with actress Katy Manning from 1976 until 1981, having twins Jonathan and Georgina in 1978; and Deborah Franklin from 1996 until 2002, having one son Beau'; and married to Karen Harris from 2006 until 2012.
- IMDb mini biography by: Paul Gerard Kennedy