Eric Deacon

{{Short description|English actor and writer (born 1950)}}

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| name = Eric Deacon

| birth_name = Eric Cecil Deacon

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|5|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oxford, England

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| nationality = British

| occupation = Actor & writer

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| relatives = Brian Deacon (brother)

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Eric Cecil Deacon (born 25 May 1950 in Oxford) is an English actor and writer perhaps best known for his role in the 1985 film A Zed & Two Noughts, directed by Peter Greenaway, in which he acted alongside his brother Brian.{{Cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/eric-deacon/|title=Eric Deacon|first=Cheryl|last=Griffin|website=www.holby.tv|date=13 January 2010 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/514723/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Zed and Two Noughts, A (1985)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}

He trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and in repertory theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.collegeauditionpro.com/workshops|title=Workshops|website=College Audition Pro}} His other film roles include The Sex Thief (1973), It Could Happen to You (1975), À nous les petites Anglaises (1976), and Yesterday's Hero (1979).{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1020e54|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426082035/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1020e54|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2017|title=Eric Deacon|website=BFI}}

He has been very active on television with credits including: Z-Cars, Survivors, Secret Army, Minder, Doctor Who (in the serial Timelash), C.A.T.S. Eyes, Dempsey and Makepeace, The Bill, Prime Suspect, Lovejoy, Casualty, Doctors and London's Burning.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=4435|title=Eric Deacon|website=www.aveleyman.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/eric-deacon-p18093/other_appearances|title=Eric Deacon | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances|website=AllMovie}}

He is married to actress Laraine Humphreys.