Scott Burgess

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 World War I 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 Year Title Role Type 1982 Dead Easy George Feature film 1983 With Prejudice Ross Dunn Feature film 1983 Outbreak of Hostilities Bobby Benton TV movie 1986 Just Us Billy Carter TV movie 1988 Computer Ghosts 'Ras' Cal TV movie 1998 Cody: The Wrong Stuff Mike TV movie

Television Year Title Role Type 1982 1915 Billy McKenzie TV miniseries, 7 episodes 1983–84 Kings John King TV series, 17 episodes 1984 Special Squad Michael TV series 1986 The Great Bookie Robbery Les 'Robbo' Robbins TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty Guy Westaway TV miniseries, 5 episodes 1988 Australians Clyde Fenton Anthology TV series, episode 7: "Clyde Fenton" 1989 Inside Running Christopher Parvo TV series, 19 episodes 1992 G.P. David Robinson TV series, season 4, episode 1: "Test of Conscience" 1992 Tracks of Glory Pat Galloway TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1992 E Street Jimmy Duval TV series, 9 episodes 1996 Heartbreak High Damien TV series, season 4, episode 9 1996–2000 Water Rats Senior Sergeant Dave McCall TV series, 116 episodes 2000 Above the Law Bill Peterson TV series, 35 episodes 2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities James Fredrick 'Fred' Bazley TV miniseries, 6 episodes