Norman Coburn (born 6 March 1937 in Sydney) is a retired Australian-born actor best known for his television serial and soap opera roles, he started his early career in theatre, film and television in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s, after quitting acting for some years and working as a restauranteur, he returned to Australia and became a staple of the small screen from the early 1980s until retiring in 2008. He remains best known both locally and internationally as Donald Fisher in Home and Away, from 1988 until 2003, he has reprised the character making brief sporadic returns from 2005 and 2008.