Biography
Rod Beacham (3 December 1940 – 12 February 2013) was a British actor and television writer. He began his career as a performer, appearing in series including Doctor Who (as Corporal Lane in The Web of Fear, 1968), Z Cars and various BBC Shakespeare productions.
Beacham later concentrated on writing, contributing episodes to Bergerac (1983–1990, eight episodes), Blake's 7 (1981), Agatha Christie's Poirot (dramatised by for one episode, 1991), The Bill (1997–2000, five episodes) and others. He also wrote numerous radio plays for the BBC.
