James Byron Dean

James Byron Dean was born in the midwestern state of Indiana, less than a year after another fair-haired, blue-eyed, 5ft 8in working-class boy from the same state, Steve McQueen.

Philip French's screen legends 2010

James Byron Dean died when he was 24 years old; he died having completed only three movies but those movies burn with the intelligence James Dean brought to every facet of his life.

Why James Dean is worth remembering 2005

Later this month, on September 30th, the man who spoke those words to me, James Byron Dean, will have been dead 53 years.

from Reason to Freedom - Think for Yourself! 2008

Later this month, on September 30th, the man who spoke those words to me, James Byron Dean, will have been dead 53 years.

American Chronicle 2008