Post by tomsgirl on Dec 6, 2008 5:40:30 GMT 1
Whatever happened to Emmerdale's Frazer Hines?
Yorkshire-born Frazer Hines is best remembered for playing Joe Sugden in Emmerdale Farm from 1972-94 and Doctor Who's companion Jamie from 1966 to 1969, Now 64 and divorced from former Olympic waterski champion Liz Hobbs he is single and lives in Nottinghamshire,
Acting is the only thing I have ever wanted to do and I was fortunate enough to get my chosen career off to a flying start. I studied at stage school from the age of nine and before long I found myself working with the great Charlie Chaplin in his 1957 film A King In New York. Of course he was old at the time - just a small man with grey hair. But it was a marvellous experience.
As a child actor I had plenty of television work, too, in dramas such as The Young Jacobites and The Silver Sword, before progressing into popular prime-time shows, including Coronation Street.
It was in the mid-60s when I ventured into Weatherfield, to play Lucile Hewitt's boyfriend, Roger. He was probably the first vegetarian ever to be featured in a British drama. I remember this scene where Annie Walker said: 'Now then Roger, love, there's some lovely ham, lovely turkey, lovely beef...' and I said: I'm sorry Mrs Walker, I can't eat any of that... I'm a vegetarian', which was quite something at the time.
One of my most exciting times in television was when I played Jamie, the assistant to the second Doctor Who (Patrick Troughton), from 1966-69.1 still get invited to fans' conventions.
The show I am most readily associated with is Emmerdale, which was still called Emmerdale Farm when I joined as Joe Sugden in
1972. It was a really happy period of my life. I used to get stacks of fan mail, particularly in the earlier years and was recognised wherever I went. I had a great time on the show but after 16 years, I wanted to try other things. So Joe was packed off to Spain, where he later died. It suited me because I had done more than 30 years in television and I was getting fed up with learning lines every night.
I had other interests in my life by then. I had just got married to Liz and I had a stud farm, in Newark, Nottinghamshire. I decided I .would rather enjoy a bit of life, so I went back into the theatre. Sadly, Liz and I later split up.
I still live in Newark, which is so convenient because it's in the centre of the country. So if I am touring in a play, which I have been for the last four or five years, I can get home every Saturday night to my own bed. My horses are now based in Newmarket. When I left Emmerdale, a lot of people thought I had retired from acting in favour of breeding horses full-time, but that's not the case. I had a part in an episode of Dalziel & Pascoe a couple of years ago. My theatre work includes panto, which I have done for more than 25 years. This year I will be playing my first panto baddie - Fleshcreep, in Jack And The Beanstalk, at the Crewe Lyceum.
When I'm not acting or working with my horses, I enjoy giving after dinner talks about my life in showbiz. I am co-owner, with my nephew of a record label in Australia, so I go Down Under every year. I also play cricket for three teams - including the Emmerdale side, which sometimes has people staring in disbelief when they see the return of Joe Sugden!
By Neil Bonn Daily Express Saturday magazine dated 1st November 2008.
For Jack And The Beanstalk tickets, call 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceumtheatre.net.
Yorkshire-born Frazer Hines is best remembered for playing Joe Sugden in Emmerdale Farm from 1972-94 and Doctor Who's companion Jamie from 1966 to 1969, Now 64 and divorced from former Olympic waterski champion Liz Hobbs he is single and lives in Nottinghamshire,
Acting is the only thing I have ever wanted to do and I was fortunate enough to get my chosen career off to a flying start. I studied at stage school from the age of nine and before long I found myself working with the great Charlie Chaplin in his 1957 film A King In New York. Of course he was old at the time - just a small man with grey hair. But it was a marvellous experience.
As a child actor I had plenty of television work, too, in dramas such as The Young Jacobites and The Silver Sword, before progressing into popular prime-time shows, including Coronation Street.
It was in the mid-60s when I ventured into Weatherfield, to play Lucile Hewitt's boyfriend, Roger. He was probably the first vegetarian ever to be featured in a British drama. I remember this scene where Annie Walker said: 'Now then Roger, love, there's some lovely ham, lovely turkey, lovely beef...' and I said: I'm sorry Mrs Walker, I can't eat any of that... I'm a vegetarian', which was quite something at the time.
One of my most exciting times in television was when I played Jamie, the assistant to the second Doctor Who (Patrick Troughton), from 1966-69.1 still get invited to fans' conventions.
The show I am most readily associated with is Emmerdale, which was still called Emmerdale Farm when I joined as Joe Sugden in
1972. It was a really happy period of my life. I used to get stacks of fan mail, particularly in the earlier years and was recognised wherever I went. I had a great time on the show but after 16 years, I wanted to try other things. So Joe was packed off to Spain, where he later died. It suited me because I had done more than 30 years in television and I was getting fed up with learning lines every night.
I had other interests in my life by then. I had just got married to Liz and I had a stud farm, in Newark, Nottinghamshire. I decided I .would rather enjoy a bit of life, so I went back into the theatre. Sadly, Liz and I later split up.
I still live in Newark, which is so convenient because it's in the centre of the country. So if I am touring in a play, which I have been for the last four or five years, I can get home every Saturday night to my own bed. My horses are now based in Newmarket. When I left Emmerdale, a lot of people thought I had retired from acting in favour of breeding horses full-time, but that's not the case. I had a part in an episode of Dalziel & Pascoe a couple of years ago. My theatre work includes panto, which I have done for more than 25 years. This year I will be playing my first panto baddie - Fleshcreep, in Jack And The Beanstalk, at the Crewe Lyceum.
When I'm not acting or working with my horses, I enjoy giving after dinner talks about my life in showbiz. I am co-owner, with my nephew of a record label in Australia, so I go Down Under every year. I also play cricket for three teams - including the Emmerdale side, which sometimes has people staring in disbelief when they see the return of Joe Sugden!
By Neil Bonn Daily Express Saturday magazine dated 1st November 2008.
For Jack And The Beanstalk tickets, call 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceumtheatre.net.