Marc Strange

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

Strange dropped out of high school, and worked on a tobacco farm, before trying his hand at acting.[1] He won some acting roles in Canada, most notably in the television film The Paper People, before trying to work as a professional actor in Hollywood. Strange's Hollywood period was a mixed success, 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.

After the series Strange turned his hand to voice-acting and wrote some award-winning mystery novels.[1] His 2010 novel Body Blows won an Edgar Award in 2010.[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]