Frazer Hines facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Frazer Hines
Hines in 2014
Born	Frazer Simpson Frederick Hines (1944-09-22) 22 September 1944 (age 80) Horsforth, Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	Corona Theatre School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1955–present
Television	Doctor Who Emmerdale Farm
Spouse(s)	Gemma Craven ​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 1984)​ Liz Hobbs ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 2003)​

Frazer Simpson Frederick Hines (born 22 September 1944) is an English actor. He started acting when he was a child. One of his first big roles was in the movie A King in New York (1957) with Charlie Chaplin.

Frazer Hines is best known for playing Jamie McCrimmon in the TV show Doctor Who. He appeared in more episodes than any other companion in the series! He was a regular on the show with Patrick Troughton, who played the Second Doctor, from 1966 to 1969. He also came back for special episodes in the 1980s, like "The Five Doctors" and The Two Doctors. Later, he had a long-running role as Joe Sugden in the soap opera Emmerdale Farm from 1972 to 1994.

Becoming an Actor: Early Life and Career

Frazer Hines was born in Horsforth, a town near Leeds in England. He was the third son of Bill and Molly Hines. His mother was from Port Glasgow, Scotland. When Frazer was very young, his family moved to Harrogate, where his mother ran a guest house.

As a child, Frazer loved performing. His parents were part of a local acting group and often went to the cinema. Frazer started taking dance classes every Saturday. When he was seven, he sang a song called Louise and pretended to be Maurice Chevalier at the Royal Hall in Harrogate. People loved it, and newspapers wrote about him, saying "A young star is born here tonight."

Because of this success, Frazer went to the Corona Theatre School in London. Other famous actors like Richard O'Sullivan and Dennis Waterman were his classmates. He first appeared in a movie as an extra in John and Julie (1955). He then had small parts in films like Moby Dick and X the Unknown (both 1956).

His first important role was in 1957. He played Napoleon in a TV show called Huntingtower. That same year, he acted with Charlie Chaplin in A King in New York. Throughout the late 1950s and 1960s, Frazer had many TV roles. These included Jan in The Silver Sword (1957–58) and Tim Birch in Emergency Ward 10 (1963–64). He also appeared in Coronation Street in 1965. In 1964, he worked with Patrick Troughton in a show called Smuggler's Bay, before they met again on Doctor Who.

Adventures in Doctor Who

In 1966, Frazer Hines tried out for a different role in Doctor Who, but he didn't get it. However, later that year, he was chosen to play Jamie McCrimmon. Jamie was a Scottish companion to the Second Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton. Jamie was only supposed to be in one episode, but he became a regular character! Frazer played Jamie from 1966 to 1969.

Frazer Hines returned as Jamie for special anniversary episodes. He had a small appearance in "The Five Doctors" (1983) and was a guest star in The Two Doctors (1985). Frazer Hines has been in more Doctor Who episodes than any other companion actor. Only the actors who played the first four Doctors have appeared in more episodes. Many of the old episodes with Jamie are now missing from the BBC's collection.

In 1968, while still on the show, Frazer released a song called "Who's Dr. Who?". Famous songwriters wrote it, but it wasn't a hit.

Frazer, Patrick Troughton, and Wendy Padbury (who played Zoe Heriot, another companion) all felt very tired from the busy schedule of Doctor Who. Frazer was the first to say he wanted to leave. Patrick Troughton asked him to stay a bit longer, until the end of the sixth series, as he also planned to leave then. All three actors left the show after the final episode of Season 6, called The War Games (1969). Frazer said they all left feeling happy that they had done a good job. He stayed friends with Patrick Troughton.

Deborah Watling and Frazer Hines at a Doctor Who 50th Anniversary event

The author Diana Gabaldon said that watching Frazer Hines in The War Games inspired her first novel, Outlander. It's a time travel story set in 18th century Scotland. She found him attractive in a kilt! Because of this, she named the main male character Jamie. She didn't know Frazer's last name until years later because the TV channel she watched cut off the credits.

Frazer Hines has also done many Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish Productions. He is very good at sounding like Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor, which fans love. He has also narrated audio versions of old Doctor Who episodes that no longer have video. In 2013, he played both Jamie and the Second Doctor in an audio play called The Light at the End for the show's 50th anniversary. In 2023, he played Jamie again in the series Tales of the TARDIS.

Life on Emmerdale

After leaving Doctor Who, Frazer Hines continued acting in films like The Last Valley and Zeppelin (both 1971). In 1972, he got a role in the soap opera Emmerdale Farm as Joe Sugden. He played this character for a very long time, until 1994.

While working on Emmerdale, he also acted in theatre plays and other TV shows. In 1992, he was surprised on the TV show This Is Your Life. Frazer said he left Emmerdale because he was tired of working long hours. He had just gotten married and owned a horse farm, so he wanted more time for that. He was asked to return to the show later but said no, and his character was written out. Even though Joe Sugden died off-screen, Frazer has said he would like to return to the show.

After Emmerdale: New Roles

After leaving Emmerdale in 1995, Frazer Hines toured the UK in a play called Doctor in the House. He also appeared in other plays like Spider's Web and The Hollow. In 2007, he was in Peter Kay's Comic Relief video, dancing to "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".

In 2014, Frazer appeared in the film Two Days in the Smoke. He also played Daddy Warbucks in the musical Annie that same year.

In 2015, Frazer Hines was cast in the TV show Outlander, which he had helped inspire! In an episode called "Wentworth Prison", he played Sir Fletcher Gordon, an English prison warden. From 2016 to 2017, he toured in the play Seriously Dead.

In 2019, Frazer starred in an audio film of Up Pompeii!, celebrating 50 years of the series. He appeared alongside original cast members. In 2020, he played Sonny Troughton in two episodes of Doctors. He also starred in the romantic-comedy film Lost at Christmas, which was set in the Scottish Highlands.

Personal Life

Frazer Hines has been married twice. He was first married to actress Gemma Craven from 1981 to 1984. His second marriage was to waterskiing champion Liz Hobbs from 1994 to 2003.

He has written two autobiographies about his life and career. The first was called Films, Farms and Fillies (1996), and a revised version was released in 2009 called Hines Sight.

In 2010, Frazer Hines shared that he had battled colorectal cancer for many years. Since recovering, he has actively supported Cancer Research and the Bobby Moore Cancer Foundation to help others learn about cancer awareness.

Frazer Hines is also a member of the Grand Order of Water Rats, which is a show business charity organization.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

See also

In Spanish: Frazer Hines para niños