Scott Burgess (14 July 1958 – 6 May 2016) was an Australian actor, best known for his role as
Dave McCall in police drama ''
Water Rats'' from 1996 to 1999.
Career
Burgess' first role was in the film ''
Dead Easy'', before getting his lucky break in the
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miniseries ''1915''.
He went on to feature in ''
The Great Bookie Robbery'', ''
The Dirtwater Dynasty'' and ''
Inside Running'', before scoring his long-running role as Senior Sergeant Dave McCall, in four seasons of ''
Water Rats''. He quit the series of his own accord, desiring a change, and subsequently scored the lead role of Bill Peterson in ''
Above the Law''.
Burgess later returned to television in four episodes of ''
Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities'' in 2009.
Personal life
In 2008, he revealed to ''
A Current Affair'' that a marital rift cut his acting career short, and lead to him working in minimum wage job in a boat yard.
Burgess' marriage to Tracy Jones produced four children, including Nadia, Ella, Lily and
Zac. His son
Zac Burgess is also an actor, and played Eli Bell in the Australian miniseries, ''
Boy Swallows Universe.''
Death
Burgess died in 2016, aged 57, following a heart attack.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1958 births
2016 deaths
Australian male television actors
Australian male film actors