Marc Strange

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

Strange dropped out of high school, and worked on a tobacco farm, before trying his hand at acting.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.His 2010 novel Body Blows won an Edgar Award in 2010.

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”.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.