---
name: "Rod Beacham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rod-beacham"
fi1m_id: "rod-beacham"
imdb_id: "nm0063518"
tmdb_id: 1913567
wikidata_id: "Q113810117"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 December 1940"
died: "12 February 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:25:53.148980+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rod Beacham

## Identity

Rod Beacham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rod-beacham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rod-beacham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0063518
- **TMDB ID:** 1913567
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113810117
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113810117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063518/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1913567

Writer. Born 3 December 1940 in Devon, England, UK. Died 12 February 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 December 1940, Devon, England, UK
- **Died:** 12 February 2013
- **Active:** 1981–1989
- **Also known as:** 로드 비치암
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Craig](https://film.one/person/bill-craig.md), [Brian Farnham](https://film.one/person/brian-farnham.md), [Ken Grieve](https://film.one/person/ken-grieve.md), [Richard Spence](https://film.one/person/richard-spence.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113810117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063518/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1913567

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: imdb.com, tardis.fandom.com, agathachristie.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Writer
- *Henry V* (1979), as Earl of Warwick
- *Henry IV Part 2* (1979), as Earl of Warwick
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, as Jason O'Dell
- *Enemy at the Door* (1978), series, as Feldwebel Eric Stauss
- *The Squeeze* (1977), as Doctor Jenkins
- *The Daedalus Equations* (1976), as Sergeant Riley
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Sgt. Riley
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, as Technician
- *Justice* (1971), series, as Det. Inspector Cosgrove
- *The Main Chance* (1969), series, as John Paulton
- *Doctor Who: The Web of Fear* (1968), as Corporal Lane
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Writer

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