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Marc Strange

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Marc Strange
BornJuly 24, 1941
Vankleek Hill, Ontario, Canada
DiedMay 20, 2012(2012-05-20) (aged 70)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • writer
SpouseLynn Susan
ChildrenSarah Strange

Marc Strange (July 24, 1941 – May 20, 2012) was a Canadian actor, producer and writer.[1] He and his wife, Lynn Susan, were the co-creators of CBC Television's longest running series, The Beachcombers.[2]

Career

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Strange dropped out of high school and worked on a tobacco farm before trying acting.[1] He appeared in the television film The Paper People. After playing some supporting roles he returned to Canada, where he and his wife were to write the first episodes of the Beachcombers, a series he was associated with, for its entire 19-year run, drafting its final episode.

Strange also wrote award-winning mystery novels.[1] His 2010 novel Body Blows won an Edgar Award.[3]

Jackson Davies, a long-running Beachcombers' cast-member, who went on to become a producer himself, and co-wrote a history of the show with Strange, called Strange a “Renaissance man”.[1] Strange put his final touches on their book mere days before his death from cancer. The book was published to mark the series' 40th anniversary, and was published in 2013.[4]

Filmography

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Acting

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1968 Isabel Jason
1986 The Morning Man Det. John Mailer
1987 Blindside Hawk
1987 The Big Town Madigan
1991 Run Chief Travers
1993 Cold Sweat Dr. Kellar
1995 Tommy Boy 'Toy-Car' Executive
1999 Ghosts of the Rain Forest Narrator Documentary
2002 Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees Narrator Documentary
2008 One Week Art Carey
2010 Oliver Sherman Raymond Saddler

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1963–1965 The Forest Rangers 1st Engineer / Hank / Charlie Snell 4 episodes
1965 Seaway Thaddeus Rybak Episode: "Border Incident"
1967 Hatch's Mill Saul Hatch Episode: "The Contest"
1967 Festival Jamie Taylor Episode: "The Paper People"
1968 Shadow on the Land Maj. Shepherd McCloud Television film
1969 Adventures in Rainbow Country Wilbur Massey Episode: "Roar of the Hornet"
1970–1971 The Manipulators Rick Nicholson 9 episodes
1984 Kate Morris Vice President Ross Television film
1985 For the Record John Maclin Episode: "Tools of the Devil"
1985, 1988 Night Heat Dr. Gold / Nelson 2 episodes
1985 Shellgame Mitchell Television film
1985 Jimmy Valentine O. Henry Television film
1986 Act of Vengeance Pete Television film
1986 Adderly Camillo Episode: "Capture the Flag"
1987 Hoover vs. The Kennedys Clyde Tolson 2 episodes
1987–1989 Street Legal Denis Tourangeau / Edmund Purvis 2 episodes
1988 Betrayal of Silence Brother Thomas Television film
1989 Love and Hate Ed Swayze Television film
1990, 1992 E.N.G. Mr. Logan / Detective Barnes 2 episodes
1992 Tropical Heat Collingswood Episode: "Party Girl"
1992 Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story Garrity Television film
1992 Forever Knight Inspector Fiori Episode: "Dead Issue"
1992–1996 X-Men Forge 20 episodes; voice
1993 Counterstrike Balinger Episode: "The Raw Truth"
1993 Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story Philip Fowler Television film
1993 Dieppe Dwight D. Eisenhower Television film
1996 Gridlock Joe Gorsky Television film
1996 Undue Influence Judge Television film
1998 Silver Surfer Lord Glenn 4 episodes
1998 Highlander: The Raven Ludwig Weiss Episode: "Cloak and Daggar"
1998–1999 Traders Leo Baker 5 episodes
1999 Mythic Warriors Old Nomad Episode: "Cadmus and Europa"
2003 Beat Cops Lieutenant Television film
2005 Slings & Arrows Mr. Henderson Episode: "Birnam Wood"
2005 Murdoch Mysteries Judge Pedlow Episode: "Under the Dragon's Tail"
2006–2007 ReGenesis Toumas Sandstrom 8 episodes
2007 In God's Country The Prophet Television film
2008 Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning Mr. Harding Television film
2010 Rookie Blue Walter Froug Episode: "Mercury Retrograde"

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 Forge Voice

Directing

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Television

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Year Title Notes
1971 The Manipulators Episode: "The Flock"; also writer
1987 Street Legal Episode: "A Little Knowledge"
1989–1990 The Beachcombers 5 episodes

Writing

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Television

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Year Title Notes
1972–1990 The Beachcombers Creator and writer
1978 Leo and Me Staff writer
1980 Huckleberry Finn and His Friends Episode: "Huck Becomes the Victim"
1986 The Campbells 2 episodes
1986, 1988 Danger Bay 2 episodes
1987 Street Legal 3 episodes
1995 Frostfire Television film
2002 The New Beachcombers Television film
2004 A Beachcombers Christmas Television film

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yews (May 20, 2012). "Marc Strange, creator of CBC hit The Beachcombers, dies of cancer". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Marc Strange". northernstars.ca. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019. He had spent more than 40 years in the entertain biz, including stints as a folk singer, songwriter, painter, poet, TV director, and longtime actor.
  3. ^ "2010 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on October 3, 2010.
  4. ^ Vanessa Colantonio (November 4, 2013). "Bruno and the Beach: The Beachcombers at 40". The British Columbia Quarterly. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019. The original series ended in 1990; a sequel, The New Beachcombers, starring among others Graham Greene and Dave Thomas, ran from 2002 to 2004 before being cancelled.
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