35 Facts About Frazer Hines

Frazer Simpson Frederick Hines was born on 22 September 1944 and is an English actor.

Frazer Hines began his career as a child actor and appeared in A King in New York with Charlie Chaplin.

Frazer Hines later played Jamie McCrimmon in Doctor Who, appearing in more episodes than any other companion.

Frazer Hines was a regular in the series alongside Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor between 1966 and 1969, and made guest appearances in "The Five Doctors" and The Two Doctors.

Frazer Hines played Joe Sugden in Emmerdale Farm between 1972 and 1994.

Frazer Hines's mother was Scottish and came from Port Glasgow.

Shortly after Frazer Hines was born, the family moved to Harrogate where his mother ran a boarding house.

That same year, Frazer Hines appeared alongside Charlie Chaplin in the film A King in New York.

Frazer Hines appeared in a 1964 serial, Smuggler's Bay, with Patrick Troughton.

Frazer Hines auditioned for the part of Ben Jackson in Doctor Who in 1966 but was unsuccessful.

Frazer Hines's debut came in the same year, when he was cast to play the part of Jamie McCrimmon, the companion of the Second Doctor.

Frazer Hines reprised the role in a cameo in the 20th anniversary serial "The Five Doctors" and as a guest star in The Two Doctors.

Frazer Hines appeared in more episodes than any other "companion" actor in the history of the series.

Frazer Hines later called it the only flop Mason and Reed ever wrote.

Frazer Hines was the first of the three to announce his intention to leave.

Frazer Hines says that the character's surname, Fraser, is a coincidence, as the PBS station on which she watched Doctor Who habitually cut off the episode's credits.

Frazer Hines did not learn Hines' name until several years after Outlander was published.

Up until 2007, Frazer Hines was the only surviving Second Doctor companion actor not to have acted in a Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio play.

Frazer Hines has recorded linking narration for many Second Doctor serials which no longer exist in video form; the soundtracks, along with Frazer Hines' narration, have been released on CD by BBC Audio.

Frazer Hines appeared in an audio trilogy with Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor as an older Jamie.

In 2013, Frazer Hines portrayed both Jamie and the Second Doctor in the Big Finish audio play The Light at the End, produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

Frazer Hines was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1992 after Michael Aspel surprised him during the filming of Emmerdale.

Straight out of Emmerdale, in 1995 Frazer Hines toured the UK in a production of Doctor in the House with Vicki Michelle, Robin Askwith and Windsor Davies.

Frazer Hines appeared with Kate O'Mara in a tour of The Hollow later that year.

Frazer Hines appeared in Peter Kay's Comic Relief video of 2007, as one of the many guests dancing to the song I'm Gonna Be by the Proclaimers.

In 2014, Frazer Hines appeared in the film Two Days in the Smoke.

Frazer Hines appeared as Daddy Warbucks in the stage musical Annie in 2014.

Frazer Hines was cast in a 2015 episode of the television adaptation of Outlander, which he had helped to inspire.

From 2016 to 2017, Frazer Hines starred as Albert Blunderstone in the tour of the play Seriously Dead.

Frazer Hines appeared as Sonny Troughton, a former criminal, in two episodes of Doctors in 2020 and starred in the romantic-comedy film Lost at Christmas set in the Scottish Highlands later that same year.

Frazer Hines has dated Jill Haworth, Pamela Franklin, Susan George, Liza Goddard and Deborah Watling.

Frazer Hines had a three-year relationship with Michael Caine's daughter Dominique.

Frazer Hines has been twice married, first to Irish actress Gemma Craven from 1981 to 1984, and second to waterskiing champion Liz Hobbs from 1994 to 2003.

Frazer Hines's older brother Roy Hines was an actor and died of cancer aged 40.

Frazer Hines is a member of the Grand Order of Water Rats.