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Frazer Hines (born 22nd September 1944, Horsforth Yorkshire) played companion Jamie McCrimmon in Doctor Who, from "The Highlanders" to "The War Games," and again in the twentieth anniversary special, "The Five Doctors" and the Season 22 story, "The Two Doctors." Outside Doctor Who, he is perhaps best known for playing Joe Sugden in Emmerdale Farm.
At the age of eight, after studying acting at the Corona Academy, he made his acting debut. He was thirteen when he appeared in Charlie Chaplin's A King in New York (1957) and by the age of fifteen, he had appeared in six films. In 1960 he appeared in the eight-part serial The Young Jacobites. 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). The original script treament for "The Three Doctors" had called for him to return as Jamie in that story as well, but scheduling conflicts with his work on Emmerdale Farm, as well as objections by Jon Pertwee to what he perceived as too many characters in the story negated this.
After his three-year stint as Jamie in Doctor Who HInes resumed the life of a jobbing actor until 1972, when he was cast in the soap opera Emmerdale Farm as Joe Sugden — a role he played until 1994. In between making episodes of Emmerdale, as it was renamed in the 1980s, he has continued a career in the theatre and made occasional appearances in other TV shows.
Frazer met and fell in love with his co-star Deborah Watling who played Doctor Who companion Victoria Waterfield and they married in 1970, but they divorced in 1975. In 1981 Frazer married Irish actress Gemma Craven, but they divorced too. He is currently in a long-term domestic relationship with Liz Hobbs.
He is also a noted amateur jockey.