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CAST
CAM BANCROFT as SCOTT RIVERS
Cam Bancroft stars as handsome, resourceful drifter ‘Scott Rivers’ who returns to confront his past in The New Beachcombers. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, Bancroft grew up in the west coast city of Vancouver, Canada. After graduating from high school, he moved to Los Angeles, California to attend California Institute of the Arts where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Theatre.While attending Cal-Arts, Bancroft performed in such productions as The Cherry Orchard, Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet. During summer breaks from college he would head back to Canada where he played ‘Graham Blake’ for six seasons on the long running television series The Beachcombers. Since earning his degree in 1990 he has worked on such television shows as Extreme, The Cape, Charmed, Special Unit II, Highlander, and Beverly Hills 90210. His television movies include: To Walk Again – the Eddie Keating Story; To Brave Alaska; A Family Divided; Convictions; For the Love of Nancy, and most recently She’s No Angel for the Lifetime Network. He can also be seen in the feature films: Mystery Alaska; Love and Human Remains; Sleeping Together, and Most Vertical Primate (MVP II). Bancroft recently returned to his birth town of Winnipeg, Manitoba, to shoot The Crooked E, CBS’ MOW about the Enron debacle.
Bancroft is an avid hockey fan who has been playing the game since he was five years old. Recruited to play WHL hockey for the Kamloops Blazers, Bancroft was headed for a career in the NHL when a hiking accident cut short his plans. He’s been playing with the NHL's celebrity hockey team since 1994. Bancroft is married and has a two-year old son and an infant daughter. The family currently makes their home in Los Angeles.