Michael Beecher (actor) explained

Michael Beecher
Birth Name:Michael Becher
Birth Date:20 November 1939
Birth Place:Australia
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:Actor, model

Michael Beecher (20 November 1939  - 4 March 1993) was an Australian-based model and actor. He was the son of Rear Admiral Otto Humphrey Becher and Valerie Chisholme Baird.

Beecher had originally wanted to train and work as a diplomat.

His highest-profile role was as debonair hospital superintendent Dr. Brian Denham in Australian soap opera The Young Doctors, a role he played from the programme's inception in 1976 until leaving the series (shortly before its demise) in 1982. Prior to The Young Doctors he had worked as a photographic model.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1975 Paradise Faulkner TV movie
1978 Barnaby and Me French Reporter TV movie
1982 Runaway Island TV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1977 The Outsiders TV series
1977 Bluey TV series
1976-82 The Young Doctors Dr. Brian Denham TV series
1986 The Haunted School Henry Blackburn TV miniseries
1987 The Flying Doctors TV series
1976 Silent Number TV series

Notes and References

  1. death notice in the Sydney Morning Herald 9 March 1993