Michael Beecher (actor)

Michael Beecher
Born	Michael Becher 20 November 1939 Australia
Died	March 4, 1993(1993-03-04) (aged 53)[1] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Television actor

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's 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

• Paradise (TV movie 1975)
• Silent Number (TV series 1976)
• Barnaby and Me (TV movie 1977)
• The Outsiders (TV series 1977)
• Bluey (TV series 1977)
• Runaway Island (TV series 1982)
• The Young Doctors (TV series 1976-1982)
• The Haunted School (TV mini-series 1986)
• The Flying Doctors (TV series 1987)

References

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

External links

• Michael Beecher at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Beecher, Michael
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Date of birth	20 November 1939
Place of birth	Australia
Date of death	4 March 1993
Place of death	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia