Basil Dean
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Basil Herbert Dean CBE was an English actor, writer, producer and director in the theatre and in cinema. He founded the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1911 and in the First World War, after organising unofficial entertainments for his comrades in the army, he was appointed to do so officially.
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21 Days
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Penny Paradise
It's in the Air
No Limit
Keep Your Seats, Please
Sing As We Go
Keep Fit
Midshipman Easy
Escape!
The Impassive Footman
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Birds of Prey
Sally in Our Alley
A Honeymoon Adventure
Love, Life and Laughter
Look Up and Laugh
Loyalties
Autumn Crocus
The Water Gipsies
Lorna Doone
Looking on the Bright Side
The Show Goes On
Laburnum Grove
Three Men in a Boat
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Constant Nymph52 credits on file
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Basil Herbert Dean CBE was an English actor, writer, producer and director in the theatre and in cinema. He founded the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1911 and in the First World War, after organising unofficial entertainments for his comrades in the army, he was appointed to do so officially. After the war he produced and directed mostly in the West End. He staged premieres of plays by writers including J. M. Barrie, Noël Coward, John Galsworthy, Harley Granville-Barker and Somerset Maugham. He produced nearly 40 films, and directed 16, mainly in the 1930s, with stars including Gracie Fields.
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