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Hugh Fraser

Highest Rated: 97% The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)

Lowest Rated: 70% Hanover Street (1979)

Birthday: Oct 23, 1945

Birthplace: Westminster, London, England, UK

Prior to becoming a famous actor in Britain, Hugh Fraser was known as the co-writer of the theme song to the long-running children's show "Rainbow," which is often seen as the British equivalent of "Sesame Street." After his music career failed to pan out, Fraser tried his hand at acting. He received his first big break in 1978, when he portrayed former British Prime Minister Anthony Eden in the seven-part miniseries "Edward & Mrs. Simpson." As a result of this performance, Fraser was subsequently typecast as aristocratic characters, this being the case in 1988 when he played Sir Charles Warren, the Head of the London Metropolitan Police, in the British film "Jack the Ripper." Fraser's most notable role came as Captain Hastings, the amateur sleuth and best friend of detective Hercule Poirot, in the television series "Agatha Christie's Poirot." Fraser also narrates the audio books of several of Christie's mystery and crime novels.

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Highest-Rated Movies

97% 85% The Draughtsman's Contract Watchlist 72% 72% Patriot Games Watchlist
70% 40% Hanover Street
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89% Sharpe's Honour
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Dumb Witness
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Lawrence: After Arabia
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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Poirot: The Affair at the Victory Ball
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80% Sharpe's Mission
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82% Sharpe's Enemy
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
The Haunted Hotel 85% 2021 Tim Actor Lawrence: After Arabia 2021 Lord Allenby Actor Crystal Skulls 15% 2014 John Sr. Actor Sharpe's Challenge 70% 2006 Wellington Actor Chaos & Cadavers 45% 2003 Mr. Fraser Actor Poirot: Evil Under the Sun 2001 Hastings Actor Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies 2000 Hastings Actor Sharpe's Waterloo 80% 1997 Wellington Actor Sharpe's Revenge 1997 Actor Dumb Witness 1996 Hastings Actor Sharpe's Mission 80% 1996 Wellington Actor Sharpe's Regiment 1996 Actor Sharpe's Siege 89% 1996 Lord Wellington Actor Murder On The Links 1995 Hastings Actor Sharpe's Honour 89% 1994 Wellington Actor Sharpe's Enemy 82% 1994 Wellington Actor Sharpe's Gold 76% 1994 Wellington Actor Sharpe's Battle 88% 1994 Wellington Actor Sharpe's Company 84% 1994 Wellington Actor Patriot Games 72% 72% 1992 Geoffrey Watkins Actor Poirot: The ABC Murders 100% 1992 Captain Hastings Actor Poirot: The Affair at the Victory Ball 1991 Captain Hastings Actor The Mysterious Affair at Styles 1990 Lieutenant Hastings Actor The Draughtsman's Contract 97% 85% 1982 Louis Talmann Actor Hanover Street 70% 40% 1979 Capt. Harold Lester Actor
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