Peter Dean (actor) Peter Dean (actor) Peter Dean (born 2 May 1939) is a British actor, he is best known for his roles as Pete Beale in "EastEnders", Jeff Bateman in "Coronation Street" and Sergeant Jack Wilding in "Woodentop". 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. Aged 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
Ben Mitchell (EastEnders) Ben Mitchell (EastEnders) Ben Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". The role has been played by five different actors. Matthew Silver appeared as an infant Ben from 1996–1998, and Morgan Whittle played him as a toddler from 1999–2001. After a five-year absence from the series, Charlie Jones assumed the role of Ben in 2006. In May 2010, it was announced that the role was recast to Joshua Pascoe, who made his first appearance as Ben on 13 December 2010. Pascoe then took a break from "EastEnders" between 13 May 2011 and 9 September 2011. In