Read is perhaps best known for his role as PERSON@1 in the three LOCATION@1 and South TV miniseries -LRB- NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 and NUMBER@3 -RRB- based on the PERSON@2 trilogy of novels of the same name , and for his co-starring role in the movie `` Beaches '' .

He is best known for the North and South miniseries -LRB- NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 , NUMBER@3 -RRB- .
