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The character actor's credits date back to the '70s. Ron Dean, Breakfast Club and Dark Knight actor, dies at 87

The character actor's credits date back to the '70s.

Ron Dean, Breakfast Club and Dark Knight actor, dies at 87

The character actor's credits date back to the '70s.

By Raechal Shewfelt

Raechal Shewfelt

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Ron Dean appeared in 1985's 'The Breakfast Club'. Credit:

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Ron Dean, the character actor known for his work in iconic movies such as *The Breakfast Club*, *The Dark Knight*, and *The Fugitive*, died Oct. 5. He was 87.

Andrew Davis, the director of *The Fugitive* and several other Dean films, broke the news in a statement, per *Deadline*: "Ron Dean was my dear friend and a tremendous actor. He was the essence of what Chicago talent represented. Having a very troubled youth Ron turned his life around to have a wonderful career as a loving, decent human being and respected talent."

Ron Dean in 2008's 'The Dark Knight'.

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Dean, who began his career in the '70s, had amassed close to 100 professional credits, including movies such as the late John Belushi's 1981 comedy *Continental Divide* and Tom Cruise's breakout *Risky Business* in 1983. He also played the hard-driving father of athlete Andrew (Emilio Estevez) in 1985's *The Breakfast Club*.

Later in his career, he was part of the casts of box-office hits such as *The Color of Money* (1986), *Cocktail* (1988), *The Client* (1994), and *The Dark Knight* (2008).

In addition to 1993's *The Fugitive*, Davis cast Dean in six other films, including *Above the Law*, with Steven Seagal, in 1988, and 2006's *The Guardian*, with Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, and Sela Ward.

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He regularly worked with leading men such as Cruise, Harrison Ford, Kyle Chandler, Christian Bale, and Tommy Lee Jones.

On TV, Dean appeared on episodes of popular series such as *Frasier*, *The West Wing*, *Chicago Fire*, *NYPD Blue*, *Early Edition*, *Perfect Strangers*, and *Wiseguy*. Dean was also credited with acting on *ER*; *Chicago Hope*; *Murder, She Wrote*; *T.J. Hooker*; and *Six Feet Under*.

His final screen credit was an episode of *Chicago P.D.*, which originally aired in 2016.

However, Dean had also been active on the theater scene in his hometown of Chicago.**

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