Miles Buchanan
Appearance
Miles Buchanan (born 1966) is an Australian actor. He is the brother of Simone and Beth Buchanan.
He was a popular actor as a child and young man, winning a Logie award in 1979 for his performance in the TV movie A Good Thing Going.[1] However his career was hurt by social phobia and depression. His mother wrote a book about his experiences, called The Wings of Madness.[2]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Type |
---|---|---|---|
1978 | A Good Thing Going | Damien Harris | TV film. Won Logie Award for Best Juvenile Performer |
1978 | Newsfront | Feature film | |
1982 | Runaway Island | Jamie McLeod | TV film |
1985 | Bliss | David Joy | Feature film |
1987 | Dangerous Game | David | Feature film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Young Ramsay | Nick Adams | TV series | |
1979 | The Mike Walsh Show | Host | TV series (during International Year of the Child) |
1980 | Secret Valley | Miles | TV series |
1980 | Home Sweet Home | Tony Pacelli | TV series[3] |
The Young Doctors | TV series | ||
The Sullivans | TV series | ||
Skyways | TV series | ||
Cop Shop | TV series | ||
A Country Practice | TV series | ||
Sons and Daughters | TV series | ||
The Restless Years | TV series | ||
Once in a Lifetime | |||
Carson's Law | TV series | ||
1985 | Possession | TV series | |
The Flying Doctors | TV series | ||
1991-93 | The Girl From Tomorrow | Eddie | TV series |
Theatre
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
- Brighton Beach Memoirs
- Biloxi Blues
- Broadway Bound
- Torchsong Trilogy
- The Marriage of Figaro
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
References
- ^ Carol Nader, "Fallen star picks up the pieces", The Age, 7 Oct 2004 accessed 23 Oct 2012
- ^ Kate Bruce-Rosser, "it's OK 2 discuss illness', Stonnington Leader, 30 Sept 2008 Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 23 Oct 2012
- ^ "Miles ahead of his time!". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 1 July 1981. p. 107. Retrieved 14 July 2013.