Miles Buchanan (born 1966) is an Australian actor. He is the brother of

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Beth Buchanan Beth Christine Buchanan (born 10 March 1972) is an Australian actress and Social Worker. She is best known for the television roles in sitcom '' Hey Dad!'', Gemma Ramsay in '' Neighbours'', and Susan Croydon in ''Blue Heelers''. She was also ...

. He was a popular actor as a child and young man, winning a

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in 1979 for his performance in the TV movie '' A Good Thing Going''. However his career was hurt by

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and depression. His mother wrote a book about his experiences, called ''The Wings of Madness''.Kate Bruce-Rosser, "it's OK 2 discuss illness', ''Stonnington Leader'', 30 Sept 2008
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Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

* '' The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole'' * ''

Brighton Beach Memoirs ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, the first chapter in what is known as his Eugene trilogy. It precedes '' Biloxi Blues'' and '' Broadway Bound''. Productions ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' had a pre-Broadway ...

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Biloxi Blues ''Biloxi Blues'' is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. It portrays the conflict of Sergeant Merwin J. Toomey and Arnold Epstein, one of many privates enlisted in the military stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi, seen through the eyes of E ...

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Broadway Bound ''Broadway Bound'' is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. It is the last chapter in his Eugene trilogy, following ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' and ''Biloxi Blues''. Plot overview The play is about Eugene and his older brother, Stanley, deal ...

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Torchsong Trilogy ''Torch Song Trilogy'' is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: ''International Stud'', ''Fugue in a Nursery'', and ''Widows and Children First!'' The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a Jewish homosexual, drag ...

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The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' ( opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It pre ...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict ...

References

External links

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Miles Buchanan theatre credits
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