death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
04 march 1993 sydney , new south wales , australia australia michael beecher 20 november 1939 michael beecher -lrb- actor -rrb-
 michael becher television actor
michael beecher -lrb- actor -rrb-

michael beecher -lrb- 20 november 1939 -- 4 march 1993 -rrb- 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 -lrb- shortly before its demise -rrb- in 1982 .
prior to `` the young doctors '' he had worked as a photographic model .
