Nov 4, 2011
Presenting the Frazer Hines DWPA interview podcast recorded at whoovers 3 - 2011
Biog taken from his own site
http://www.thespeakersagency.com/speakerprofile/189/Frazer%20Hines/
Frazer (born in Horsforth, Yorkshire) is a British actor best
known for his roles as Jamie McCrimmon in the BBC science fiction
television series Doctor Who, and Joe Sugden in Emmerdale Farm
(later just Emmerdale).
At the age of eight, after studying acting at the Corona Academy,
he made his acting debut. He later appeared in the first Hammer
horror film X The Unknown (1955) and then Charlie Chaplin's A King
in New York (1957) followed by The Weapon, starring Lizabeth Scott,
in the same year. By the end of the 1950s he had appeared in twelve
films. In 1960 he appeared in the eight-part serial The Young
Jacobites for the British Children's Film Foundation. His
television roles included Jan in The Silver Sword (1957-8), Tim
Birch in Emergency Ward 10 (1963-4), and Roger Wain in Coronation
Street (1965).
In Doctor Who he played the part of Jamie McCrimmon, a companion of
the Second Doctor, from 1966 to 1969 as well as reappearing in The
Five Doctors (1983) and The Two Doctors (1985).
After his three-year stint as Jamie he resumed the life of a
jobbing actor (appearances include The Last Valley (1970) with
Michael Caine and Omar Sharif, and Zeppelin (1971) with Michael
Yorke) until he was cast in the new soap opera Emmerdale Farm as
Joe Sugden in 1972 — a role he played until 1994. In between making
episodes of Emmerdale, as it was renamed in the 1980's, he has
continued a career in the theatre and made occasional appearances
in other TV shows.
Hines was a noted amateur horse jockey, and still maintains a great
interest in horseracing through his breeders club at Newmarket.
Other interests include cricket, fine dining, women and wine.
Hines has recorded linking narration for many Second Doctor serials
which no longer exist in video form; the soundtracks, along with
Hines' narration, have been released on CD by BBC Audio. He has
also appeared in several of Big Finish's Doctor Who audio plays.
Among his many theatre credits are twenty eight consecutive
pantomimes in which he has played everything from Buttons to
Fleshcreep. He is an accomplished after dinner speaker and co-owns
a record company in Australia with his nephew Clive.