Line #13 Creator/FrazerHines


1	[[quoteright:214:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hines.jpg]]
2	->''" As an actor, you usually get cast, do the job and go home. To have been a part of two such well loved and enduring shows is something that most actors only dream of, and I feel very blessed to have had the opportunity to work on them."''
3	-->On playing Jamie [=McCrimmon=] and Joe Sugden
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5	Frazer Hines (born 22 September 1944) is an English actor. He is known for playing ''Series/DoctorWho'' companion Jamie [=McCrimmon=] from 1966 to 1969, where he formed a famous double act with Creator/PatrickTroughton. He is also known for his long running role as Joe Sugden on the soap ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'', from 1972 to 1994.
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7	Hines began his career as a child actor in 1955, aged 11, acting in both television and films. He first worked with Creator/PatrickTroughton on the now [[MissingEpisode lost]] television series ''Smuggler's Bay'' in 1964. Two years later, Troughton had been cast as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor Second Doctor]] on ''Series/DoctorWho'', and his second serial, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders The Highlanders]]", was set in 18th century Scotland. Although an Englishman by birth, upbringing and natural accent, Hines' ability to effect a Scottish accent (helped by having a Scottish mother) saw him cast as the guest character Jamie [=McCrimmon=], a Highland piper.
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9	During production, it was decided that Jamie should instead become a permanent companion to the Doctor, and Hines accepted the offer to stay on, which necessitated his departure scene being re-filmed. Hines would ultimately remain in the role of Jamie for the entire remainder of Troughton's tenure as the Doctor; they departed together (along with Creator/WendyPadbury, who had joined the TARDIS team as Zoe Heriot in 1968) after "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]" in 1969. He remains the longest serving Doctor Who companion actor by episode count, appearing in 116 episodes. The changes in the way television is made and produced since TheSixties effectively means that Hines's record will never be broken.
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11	Hines has maintained a lifelong association with Doctor Who: he reprised his as Jamie role on-screen twice, in a cameo in "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]" (1983), and a larger role in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors The Two Doctors]]" (1985), and continues to regularly appear at conventions. He has also reprised his role as Jamie in audio form from 2007 onwards for [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish Productions]], frequently [[ActingForTwo also voicing]] the [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor Second Doctor]] owing to his uncanny ability to mimic the voice of his late friend and co-star Creator/PatrickTroughton.
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13	!!His roles include:
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15	[[AC:Film]]
16	* ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' (1967) -- Voice of SPECTRE Number 4 (uncredited)
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18	[[AC:Televion]]
19	* ''Series/ZCars'': episode "The Five Whistles" (1962) -- 1st Boy
20	* ''Series/CoronationStreet'': 3 episodes (1965) -- Roger Wain
21	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 116 episodes [=/=] 22 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders The Highlanders]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes The Faceless Ones]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks The Evil of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E2TheAbominableSnowmen The Abominable Snowmen]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E3TheIceWarriors The Ice Warriors]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld The Enemy of the World]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear The Web of Fear]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E6FuryFromTheDeep Fury from the Deep]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E7TheWheelInSpace The Wheel in Space]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators The Dominators]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber The Mind Robber]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion The Invasion]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E4TheKrotons The Krotons]]". "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E5TheSeedsOfDeath The Seeds of Death]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E6TheSpacePirates The Space Pirates]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors The Two Doctors]]"[[/labelnote]] (1966-69, 1983, 1985) -- Jamie [=McCrimmon=]
22	* ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'': 1,371 episodes (1972-94) -- Joe Sugen
23	* ''Series/{{Outlander}}'': episode "[[Recap/OutlanderS1E15WentworthPrison Wentworth Prison]]" (2015) -- Sir Fletcher Gordon
24	* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'': 2 episodes (2020) -- Sonny Troughton
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27	* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'':
28	** 19 ''The Companion Chronicles'' stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS2E2HeliconPrime Helicon Prime]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS4E2TheGloriousRevolution The Glorious Revolution]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS4E8TheEmperorOfEternity The Emperor of Eternity]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS4E11NightsBlackAgents Night's Black Agents]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS5E9TheForbiddenTime The Forbidden Time]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS6E8TheSelachianGambit The Selachian Gambit]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS6E11TheJigsawWar The Jigsaw War]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS7E8TheHouseOfCards The House of Cards]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS7E11TheApocalypseMirror The Apocalypse Mirror]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS8E6TheDyingLight The Dying Light]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS10E1TheMouthlessDead The Mouthless Dead]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS10E2TheStoryOfExtinction The Story of Extinction]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS10E3TheIntegral The Integral]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS10E4TheEdge The Edge]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS12E1TheCuratorsEgg The Curator's Egg]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS12E2DumbWaiter Dumb Waiter]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS12E3TheIronMaid The Iron Maid]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS14E1TheDeathOfTheDaleks The Death of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS14E2ThePhantomPiper The Phantom Piper]]"[[/labelnote]] (2007-22) -- Jamie [=McCrimmon=], The Second Doctor, and various other characters
29	** 4 ''Doctor Who Main Range'' stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho133CityOfSpires City Of Spires]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho134TheWreckOfTheTitan The Wreck of the Titan]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho135LegendOfTheCybermen Legend of the Cybermen]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho199TheLastOfTheCybermen The Last of the Cybermen]]"[[/labelnote]] (2010-15) -- Jamie [=McCrimmon=]
30	** 4 ''The Lost Stories'' stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS2E3PrisonInSpace Prison in Space]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS3E8TheRosemariners The Rosemariners]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS4E2TheQueenOfTime The Queen of Time]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSS4E3LordsOfTheRedPlanet Lords of the Red Planet]]"[[/labelnote]] (2010-13) -- Jamie [=McCrimmon=] and the Second Doctor
31	** ''Destiny of the Doctors'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoDOTD2ShadowOfDeath Shadow of Death]]" (2013) -- Jamie [=McCrimmon=]
32	** ''Special Releases'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsTheLightAtTheEnd The Light At The End]]" (2013) -- Jamie [=McCrimmon=] and the Second Doctor
33	** ''The Fourth Doctor Adventures'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoFDAS4E8ReturnToTelos Return to Telos]]" (2015) -- Jamie [=McCrimmon=]
34	** 10 ''The Early Adventures'' stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS2E1TheYesMen The Yes Men]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS2E2TheForsaken The Forsaken]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS2E3TheBlackHole The Black Hole]]", [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS2E4TheIsosNetwork The Isos Network]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS4E1TheNightWitches The Night Witches]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS4E2TheOutliers The Outliers]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS4E3TheMortonLegacy The Morton Legacy]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS4E4TheWreckOfTheWorld The Wreck of the World]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS6E1TheHomeGuard The Home Guard]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS6E2DaughterOfTheGods Daughter of the Gods]]"[[/labelnote]] (2015-19) -- Jamie [=McCrimmon=] and the Second Doctor
35	** 4 Short Trips stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoShortTripsS5E2LittleDoctors Little Doctors]]", "[[Recap/TorchwoodS5E8TheEmptyHand The Empty Hand]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoShortTripsS9E4YearOfTheDrexOlympics Year of the Drex Olympics]]", "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoShortTripsS10E2DeletedScenes Deleted Scenes]]"[[/labelnote]] (2015-20) -- the Narrator
36	** ''Special Releases'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoLegacyOfTime6CollisionCourse Collision Course]]" (2019) -- the Second Doctor
37	** ''Ravenous 3'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDASRavenous3E2CompanionPiece Companion Piece]]" (2019) -- Jamie [=McCrimmon=]
38	** ''The Third Doctor Adventures'' story "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho3DAS9E1TheAnnihilators The Annihilators]]" (2022) -- Jamie [=McCrimmon=]
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40	!!Tropes associated with this actor's life and work include:
41	* ActingForTwo: Hines voices more than one character regularly in audio form for AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho, reprising his role as Jamie [=McCrimmon=] and also playing The Second Doctor, mimicking the voice of Creator/PatrickTroughton.
42	* AscendedExtra: On ''Series/DoctorWho''. Jamie [=McCrimmon=] was originally intended to be a one-off guest character, but was promoted to a full-time companion and would go on to be the longest serving companion in the show's history by episode count.
43	* CastingGag: He was cast as a prison governor in ''Series/{{Outlander}}'', as his ''Series/DoctorWho'' character Jamie [=McCrimmon=] had been the inspiration for the book series on which the show was based, in particular the lead male character Jamie Fraser.
44	* FakeScot: Hines has played Scottish characters many times throughout his career, including in his most famous role as Jamie [=McCrimmon=] in Doctor Who. He attibutes his ability to pull off the accent to having a Scottish mother and spending his childhood summers in Port Glasgow with his maternal grandparents.
45	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the 1990s, he approached Creator/{{ITV}} to make a television series based on Diana Gabaldon's Literature/{{Outlander}} novels, with himself as the lead character Jamie Fraser, who had been inspired by (and named after) Hines' own portrayal of Jamie [=McCrimmon=]. ITV turned him down, saying it would be too expensive. Decades later, when the books were finally turned into a [[Series/{{Outlander}} TV series]], Hines played a guest role as a prison governor.

Context Creator / FrazerHines