An Interesting Story
We had never heard this before:
- Off topic...
If any of you go see the new Batman movie, Dark Knight, be aware that the character actor in it, Ron Dean, who plays a cop and who has made a career playing cops, shot and killed a Chicago Police Officer when he was 15 or 16.
He killed a police officer in the old station on Shakespeare Ave, the 32nd District Station at the time. I believe this occurred in July, 1955. The officer was shot with a gun taken from a drawer in the lockup.
He was a juvenile and they had no laws providing for charging juveniles as adults at the time. I find it very ironic that he has made a career of playing cops in the movies, he played opposite reallife CPD Sgt Joe K. in The Fugitive as one of the CPD Detectives who captured Harrison Ford.
I found an article years ago describing the murder and Ron Dean's part in it but Dean said he didn't want to talk about it. I don't doubt that.
Since then I do not knowingly go see any movie with Ron Dean in it. I couldn't find any reference to this today but it is true, it actually happened. The Officer Down web site does not list the name of the Officer's killer, no doubt because offender Dean was a juvenile.
Remember this if you spend money to go see the movie.
We'd imagine that a minor actor like Dean appears to be gets a flat fee for his work, not a percentage of the gross like big names do. Still, some sins are pretty much unforgivable. We are now conflicted.
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posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
79 Comments:
Ron Dean is a horse-s*it Actor anyway. Just a fill-in mope. Good to know the truth about this P.O.S. CPD Officers, please treat this fat P.O.S. accordingly when he's in town for any reason. He's NO Celebrity, Not even Close; he's a low-life Vermin Chicago Cop-Killer. Thanks SSC for letting us all know.
grimreaper.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212939/
Can't say what happened in 1955, but he's done OK since then, eh? 83 movies....
Off. Albert H. Brown, the old 32nd District (Shakespeare), was shot on July 9, 1955. He expired from his injuries ten days later.
Rest In Peace.
So wait...Richard Kimble is innocent all along!?
Apparently the Ron Dean as cop murder comment was true. Who knew?
Dennis Farina seems to like him and he was CPD for 20 years before he ran off to Hollywood. Seems like Dean is going to carry that guilt to his grave.
Patrolman Albert H. Brown
Chicago Police Department
Illinois
End of Watch: Tuesday, July 19, 1955
Biographical Info
Age: 57
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 2806
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Saturday, July 9, 1955
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Apprehended
Patrolman Albert Bown was shot and killed while working the lockup at the 32nd District Station on Shakespeare Avenue.
Patrolman Brown was at the front desk when one of the prisoners was able to pick his cell lock and enter an outer office. The assailant stole a revolver from a desk drawer and as Patrolman Brown returned to the lockup area the killer attacked him and shot him in the abdomen. Although seriously wounded, Patrolman Brown continued to struggle with the assailant and regain control of the service weapon before the gunman escaped.
Patrolman Brown was transported to a local hospital and succumbed to the gunshot wound ten days later. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
The killer was apprehended two days later.
There is also a brother of a Chicago Police Detective and the son of a retired Sgt in it.
He headed up the Criminal Justice program at Chicago State??????
Crazy Joe!!!! Wow the stories I have about him...I still remember his line in The Fugitive was something like "No, he's our guy!" Which sounded so fake and forced. Crazy Joe didn't get that nickname by accident though I'll tell you that much!
But wow thanks for the info about this copkiller asshole. He shoulda been hanged. If you're old enough to kill, you're old enough to die, point blank bottom line.
I am surprised that Sgt. Joe K would have anything to do with this shitbird. How is Sgt Joe K doing these days? Where did he retire to?
http://www.odmp.org/officer/
2323-patrolman-albert-h.-brown
I actually just looked up his bio the other day...I thought maybe he was at one time a copper. His bio is rather limited with info and makes no mention of this. Interesting!
we're cops. show us the proof!
You'd recognize the guy if you ever saw him. He always plays a sloppy, fat, balding fucker with a shit personality. Has the real hard "Chicaga" accent.
Post his picture so that we all know who he is!
GEEZ, is that dean guy lucky those Coppers didnt kill him. 1955, and he was taken alive........
i'm surprised this guy lived long enough to make it thru the arrest process. after all, i thought those coppers were old school back then...
With a resume like that I'm suprised he doesn't play ALDERMAN in all his movies,They are so adept AT SHOOTING COPS IN THE BACK.
OFFICER ALBERT H. BROWN#2806 57 YEARS OLD WAS THE TEMPORARY LOCKUP KEEPER ON-DUTY 05 JULY 1955 AT THE SHAKESPEARE AVE. STATION WHEN HE WAS SHOT BY 16 YEAR OLD RONALD DEAN WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR TAMPERING WITH AN AUTOMOBILE. DEAN FOUND A BEER CAN OPENER IN HIS CELL AND USED IT TO PRY OPEN THE CELL DOOR AND MAKE HIS ESCAPE. BEFORE FLEEING HE FOUND OFF. BROWN'S GUN ON THE DESK AND SHOT OFFICER BROWN IN THE ABDOMEN, LEFT ARM AND RIGHT HAND. OFF BROWN SUCCUMBED TO HIS WOUNDS ON 19JULY. DEAN WAS APPREHENDED AND PLEAD GUILTY TO MURDERING OFF. BROWN AND WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON BY JUDGE JAMES R. BRYANT. DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WAS LIFE PRISON BACK IN 1955.
that goofy retired ex-CPD Sgt. Joe "the Bad Actor" in those Chuck Norris movies with this guy, should be ashamed of himself, typical babbling hypocritical GOOF.. Chuck Norris, Mr. bad-ass cop movie star, is another one who should be ashamed for employing this Jerkoff Dean in his stupid movies. Another typical hypocrite and wanna-bee. Hey Chuck, G.F.Y.S., you old, hair dyed fuckin pussy. Quit trying to imitate a real chicago Detective and making us look like idiots like you once and for all. As a matter of fact, if I see you in Chicago violating any law or ordinance, I'll lock your sorry "B" movie makin Ass up, and if U resist, you'll go to #1-the hospital, or #2, take a guess, Dope.
Old School Real Police - Semper-Fi
Dennis Farina seems to like him and he was CPD for 20 years before he ran off to Hollywood. Seems like Dean is going to carry that guilt to his grave.
8/08/2008 12:45:00 AM
Didn't read that anywhere. ??????????
If Farina is embracing or being friends with this guy, then fuck Farina. I hope that's not true. Killed one of our brothers? I don't give a shit how old he was, that's a crime that's never forgiven. Cop killer, lowest of the low. Die jagoff, and rot in hell.
True story. Can't say why Farina, Joe K. etc. hung around with him. I made errors as a 16 year old too but they didn't include murdering a police officer.
The End of Watch book list his name in the summary of the officer's death.
It happened 50+ years ago. the justice system said he gets a second chance. It seems like he has managed to stay clean all these years. Thats pretty rare.
When your reaching for that bottle of overpriced bottled salad dressing never forget one demensional actor Paul Newman's financial support for the Black Panthers legal defense in the Seventies, and his continued financial support for former Panther, Mumia Abu Jamal, the murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. If my wife ever buys another bottle of that assholes salad dressing Happy Foods is going to need a glazer. Fry Mumia.
013th District Sergeant
Just another reason not to pay to see any shit movies that hollywood puts out.
8/08/2008 12:45:00 AM
OK, if he's 58 and this happened in 1955, he was 5 years old?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I am surprised that Sgt. Joe K would have anything to do with this shitbird. How is Sgt Joe K doing these days? Where did he retire to?
8/08/2008 04:30:00 AM
Sgt. Joe K., the best cop-actor in the world, just ask him.
I had no idea.
I just referenced the book that came out last year, "End of Watch", and sure enough it names Dean as his killer.
It stated at the end of the summary that Dean pled guilty on December 13 of that year and received a sentence of life in prison by Judge James R. Bryant.
I guess there wasn't much truth in sentencing back then, either.
RIP
Dean also was in an episode of NYPD blue where he played a dad and his son, a juvenile was charged with murder in a shooting, ironic isn't it?
Apparently the Ron Dean as cop murder comment was true. Who knew?
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Thanks for posting the link to the story.
Released after serving only twelve years of a LIFE sentence. What a tragedy.
"I feel sorry for the family of the officer," he says.
I wonder what he's done to help this officer's family?
Thanks for the info. I'll never go see that movie because of that piece of shit murderer, FUCK HIM!
I’d like to think that this can’t be true about Ron Dean. 1955 was a long time ago when we never tried juveniles as adults.
I checked on the Internet Movie Database and he is in every film directed by Chicago Native Andy Davis. Dean has lots of credits and has made a very decent living as an actor. Of course I rather see myself cast in those roles.
It’s an ultimate insult for a Chicago cop killer to play a Chicago cop in a major motion picture like The Fugitive.
Perhaps this guy turned his life around like most criminals never do. I just can’t imagine trying to put a mad act like killing a cop behind them Dean will did with the Mark of Cain.
I couldn't place the guy until I found this photo of Ron Dean.
The VAGRANT... A motion picture that packs a punch with an emphasis on realism and authenticity. It tracks the footsteps of a serial killer over a period of years on the streets of Chicago. The cops know a little about the VAGRANT... but the VAGRANT knows a lot about the cops! See who wins in the end with the clock ticking as more victims fall prey to the VAGRANT.
Go to: http://thevagrant.com/
Enter "The streets"
Then click "cast"
OK, if he's 58 and this happened in 1955, he was 5 years old?
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The article is from the fall of 1996 brainiac, add 11 years to that 5
I found this article in the Chicago Tribune Archives. I could not paste it, so i copied it word for word.
LOCK UP KEEPER DIES; Shot By Escaping Teen
Policeman Albert Brown, 57 of 3025 W. Belden av., lock up keeper who was shot at the Shakespear av.station July 5 by an escaping teen-ager, died late last night in Alexian Brothers Hospital.
Ronald Charles Dean, 16 of 2141 Canton st., used Brown's pistol in shooting his way free. Dean, arrested two days later at North av. Beach is in county jail. Police say he would be charged with murder.
At the time of his break, Dean was being held for breaking into an auto and faced being returned to the Illinois State Training Schoolfor boys in Kane C.ounty
Dennis Farina the police? HaHaHa. And Sammy Lewis, too. The outfit has done a better job of infiltrating the Department, than the Department has done to expose and fight organized crime. Dennis Farina? Handhart handpicked crimefighter to the end! Don't use Farina's name and a murdered policeman's in the same sentence or I going to kick your ass.
OT.
Since the Mystical Bud Billeken fails to protect those chillins it serves as Chalkie seems to loom around the corner as the CPS student killing numbers keep rising.
THEN
Why do they allow this TOE TAG PARADE to continue? and Why do they allow the locals to Act the Fool they way they do rather than march in behalf of those fallen kids?
Why don't Jesse and Mary Mitchell try to straighten the ghettoans out so they stop embarrassing by themselves buy their violent actions in our City?
When will the ones that speak SO much actually speak to the ones that need spoken to?
Quit your YAPPIN in the Sun Times that no one reads (especially those that do these acts) and go out and ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN MAKE WORDS ABOUT IT!
Direct link to photo of Ron Dean.
Whether any of us like it or not this guy didn't spend his life in jail or get the death penalty. He will answer for his life in the next life.......if there is one. I hope for a kind and forgiving God. Dean better hope for it more than I do.
I wish him well. That is some guilt I wouldn't want to carry for 50+ years.
A friend of mine from high school got drunk and killed an elderly couple while driving when he was 19. Spent a few years downstate as a guest of the state. Never drank again. I never saw him laugh hard again.
He died of cancer at around age 39 and I'm convinced he rejected treatment because he was sick of living with the guilt.
If Dean has any decency that will eat at him for whatever time he has left.
Dennis Farina better not be invited back to any Memorial events etc... unless he comes out and says what needs to be said about his cop killing actor buddy!!
Same thing with Dennis Franz!!!
OFF TOPIC The patriotic Gd's in 001's Ickes have named a dope line OBAMA . Go figure
Maybe a protest at the next stage production this asshole appears in.
This is just more evidence of a much bigger problem.
American society has no interest in justice anymore.
They just want to watch TV.
anonymous said...
When your reaching for that bottle of overpriced bottled salad dressing never forget one demensional actor Paul Newman's financial support for the Black Panthers legal defense in the Seventies, and his continued financial support for former Panther, Mumia Abu Jamal, the murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. If my wife ever buys another bottle of that assholes salad dressing Happy Foods is going to need a glazer. Fry Mumia.
013th District Sergeant
8/08/2008 11:10:00 AM
One dimensional? Did you see "Hud", "The Long Hot Summer", or "Exodus"? You might not like his politics, Sarge, but the man is (or was) an exceptionally talented and charismatic actor. And in his younger days, smokin'. Two thumbs down to your artistic criticism.
dennis farina cares only for dennis farina....he got his and f__k all else!
Anonymous said...
Just another reason not to pay to see any shit movies that hollywood puts out.
8/08/2008 12:02:00 PM
Right on that one.Thats why I only watch porn.I support independant film makers.
Dean is a monster, but so are so many actors. Do you boycott every movie that has an actor who is a drug addict, wife-beater, etc.
The man has no conscience...like OJ Simpson smiling and laughing during his trial. Look up Anti-social Personality Disorder in the DSM Manual.
OK, if he's 58 and this happened in 1955, he was 5 years old?
You have to read the entire narrative from BEGINNING to end.
You must be a lawyer.
Hey 8/08/2008 07:08:00 PM,
I agree with the 013th District Sergeant. Regardless of the quality of his artistic talent, Paul Newman is an asshole. His support for Mumia Abu Jamal, the convicted murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, is a travesty. Karma is a bitch, and Paul Newman is getting his payback in spades.
Now I wait to hear about Susan Sarandon's payback and Tim Robbin's payback, another two assholes that hate the police. I do not wish anything on them because I do not have to wish. Karma will take care of it without my help, I just await the news of the method used.
"Dean is a monster, but so are so many actors. Do you boycott every movie that has an actor who is a drug addict, wife-beater, etc.
8/08/2008 09:30:00 PM"
C'mon, WTF.
dennis farina cares only for dennis farina....he got his and f__k all else!
8/08/2008 08:28:00 PM
So he should like send you a dividend from his success because you have right to it ?
Dennis has always been the first of all the hollywood circle to support a cop. His donations or making an appearance for benefits or something like the Police Memorial and he does it for FREE.
He has no problem being vocal in support of all Chicago cops which is taboo in starville.
8/8 9:30PM
Ya got me on that one, I really luv my movies!
But I do boycott drunken wife-beating suburban journalists.....
crimefile said...
I’d like to think that this can’t be true about Ron Dean. 1955 was a long time ago when we never tried juveniles as adults.
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it is true crimefile. Look to post of 8/08/2008 05:13:00 PM or look it up in the Tribune archive or end of watch website. Ron Dean killed a police officer, he never tried to deny it, he just won't talk about it. He was 16 in 1955, he is 67 or 68 now. Officer Brown has been dead since 1955 and never got the chance to see his kids grow up, get married etc. Not enough has ever been made of this, a cop killer makes a career of playing police officers. Sure he turned his life around, the officer is still dead, in my opinion, Ron Dean should still be in prison instead of living the good life of hollywood.
To the stupid jag off who stated that Dean stayed clean for 50 years and the justice system says you get a second chance,I have to say FUCK YOU I believe the Justice system said life in prison.Unfortunatly the liberal ass lickers seem to love murderers.Usually they are accomplished poets and not actors.So FUCK YOU again.
Sorry,I have to agree with 013 dist. sarge Newman and his dressing, acting, and politics all suck big time fuck him.
Very interesting. And I'll bet we'll still have whores pimping themselves out for $20hr to protect this punk, working in the film unit. Hello FOP? You fucking whores and your cheap ass side jobs sicken me. It ain't the union that fucks us, it's you fuckin whores that work for nothing and "a good meal".
Dean is a monster, but so are so many actors. Do you boycott every movie that has an actor who is a drug addict, wife-beater, etc.
No I don't but maybe we should. But we are police officers, and to us there is no greater insult than to see a cop killer out and about living his life. He got a life sentence. He should still be inside. As should anyone convicted of first degree murder.
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It happened 50+ years ago. the justice system said he gets a second chance. It seems like he has managed to stay clean all these years. Thats pretty rare.
You know what else is rare? Seeing a dead officer rise from the grave. Officer dead forever, offender in jail forever. Or capital punishment. Some crimes don't warrant a second chance.
F him and Franz, I have now lost all respect for them.
What did Franz do?
A good friend of mine, and the police, lost his ISP Trooper son to a mope asswipe that was out in just a few years. For mudering a cop........What a bullshit cop-hating society we are living in now. Fu-- this POS Dean. And anyone that supports him.
What's with dinging Farina & Franz ? I don't see them supporting Dean. I don't remember seeing them work with him either. I could be wrong. Now Crazy Joe, that's another story. Wilco too, but he was never really the Police, just another arrogant do nothing that embarrassed us at every turn.
To those who say F___ Farina. Dennis has been gone from this job for 20 years. He has done more for police officers behind the scene then you will ever know. Taking care of officers families, brining in stars to help promote and contribute to The Memorial. And he left Law and Order because of several shows they were going to do where it showed police officers being corrupt and/or brutal. So to those who say F--- Farina. FUCK YOU!!!
Sure there are liberal pukes out there who support reprehensible causes, Mumia etc, but very damn few of them actually pulled a trigger and murdered a police officer and then had the nerve to make a career of playing police officers in film.
Ron Dean is such a person.
Fuck him, I wonder if he contributes to the CPD memorial or if he ever helped out the family of Ofc Brown after he had a bit of success in the movies or if he ever publicly offered a sincere apology for the horrible thing he did when he was 16.
If Ron Dean drove a garbage truck for a living it's likely he could live his life in anonymity but he has chosen a public life and still uses his real name.
I sure would like to see what he has to say when some reporter sticks a microphone in his face and asks about this.
Copper in 010 was in the new batman movie. He played one of the clowns from the bank robbery scene.
Can murdered cops family sue for wrongfull death and bankrupt this piece of s..t
Dean story true ! Check out Ald. Burkes book "End of Watch" The dean incident is fully described and includes a picture of him and another of him and his Mother the day after a court date. Chack it out every library has a copy of course.
Let this ahole know what you think of him:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212939/board
This prick is currently working on a movie being filmed in Chicago named "THE BEAST". Officers are being asked to work as extras and to work security on the film.
We should notify FOP immediately and they should post a message on their website and Newsletter to notify officers NOT to work on this movie or any other movie this PRICK is involved with!!!
The Chicago Police Dept. and the City would refuse to cooperate with a boycott because its money in their pockets however.
Fuck the Hollywood liberal scum !!
If you see this jagoff on the sidewalk, lock him up for jay-walking!! (Not a crime here however, better make it a 1-bagger.)
Actions as a 16 year old, disgusting, reprehensible, unforgivable....
Action as an adult, cjoosing to play Chicago Cops, or Police Officers in general, TOTALLY INSULTING TO THE FAMILY OF OFFICER BROWN, which is disgusting, reprehensible and unforgivable....
When I first read this post, I googled his name to see his website....
Every two bit actor has one, NOT THIS JAG OFF....
WONDER WHY....
I will peruse the credits of any future Chicago Movies, and boycott them all if this jag off is in there....
If I was still on the job, I would be calling FLOP and Movie Unit to find out why we're assisting this jag off....
Stay safe....
In that link to Vagrant you can also notice a picture of Steve Wilcos. He likes to investigate things let him take a look at Dean!
It's is amazing to me that this guy, for many years now, has made a very comfortable living prancing around on the big screen pretending to be a police officer (many times a Chicago Police Officer) after gunning, down in cold blood, a Chicago Police Officer. Now, what is even more amazing, is that after years of watching these movies I find out only now about this fact on this blog. Thanks SCC for bringing this dark Chicago secret to our attention. How did his life sentence became only 12 years. Is the family of the slain Officer aware of this. It would be great if John Kass could contact the family of the Officer and see if they are aware of this dirty little Chicago secret. It sickens me to no end to find out that this piece of shit has been prancing around for the last two decades pretending to be a police officer and profiting from it.
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!!!!!!
Fuck Farina, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal, and anyone else who has this P.O.S. in any movies made in Chicago. And that goofy-lookin retired CPD Sgt. Joe somethin, he can't really help it, he's just a goof - lookin Milwaukee Ave. Polock who ended up on CPD, and probably thinks he's cool cause he stuttered and Mumbled his way thru a few lines in the Fugitive and Code of Silence. Silly prick...
this makes me sick to my stomach. Send emails, letters, anything!!!!!!!!!!! To whomever will listen. He is a cop killer, pure and simple. He does not belong walking free, nevermind wearing the uniform and pretending to be a Chicago Police Officer on film. Go to hell Dean.
Not a Cop.
From the articles at the time, this guy, as a minor, went out of his way to kill a man and an Officer to stay out of reform school.
His actions were deliberate and pre-meditated. It is not normal for a person to be wired such that they are capable of taking anothers life at any age save for self defense or military or law enforcement service.
He should still be in Jail.
The least the fuck should do is every day of his life acknowledge he's been given a life in spite of his taking one
I guess that's not too surprising though. He's obviously a murderer and coward.
Here is the link to the story
www.geocities.com/eeextraedition/sept98/archive.htm#rd
to dr death, it was a liberal day on the ar forum. Just cuz they got guns doesn t mean they re not sheep.
Looks like he is again portraying Chicago law enforcement in 'The Beast', with Patrick Swayeze.
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