Roger Hume

Acting

Roger Hume

Born 1940-11-19 · Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK

Roger Hume was born in London 1940. His father, George Hume, was a general manager of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Roger was known to millions as Bert Fry in The Archers (radio's longest-running serial) as Phil and Jill Archer's farmhand, often finding himself in conflict with other residents of Ambridge. Roger was married in 1968 and had two sons.

Acting credits

A Fish Called Wanda poster
7.2

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

A Fish Called Wanda

1988

Electric in the City poster
NR

The Mozart Cafe explodes, a city is blacked out, a great newspaper goes to the wall, and a prophet is seen to have feet of clay!

Electric in the City

1980

Phoebe poster
NR

England, during World War II. A girl from a very religious background comes to work as a kitchen maid in a girls' school. She meets another maid comes from London, who is much more sophisticated.

Phoebe

1985

Eskimo Day poster
8.0

Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly they have to let them enroll at Cambridge University.

Eskimo Day

1996

Car Trouble poster
6.3

In the throes of a midlife crisis, a man buys a new Jaguar, and it immediately becomes his new love. What he doesn't know is that his wife is as attracted to the Jaguar salesman as he is to the car.

Car Trouble

1986

Communicators From Hell poster
NR

John Cleese training video.

Communicators From Hell

1989

A Pinch of Snuff poster
NR

Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, policeman Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the Calliope Kinema Club, a film club notorious for showing adult entertainment movies. Shorter is convinced that one particular scene in a movie he recently saw was too realistic to have been staged with fake blood, but when Pascoe and his bluff superior Andy Dalziel starts investigating, they soon comes across the actress in question, Linda Abbott, who obviously didn't suffer from any harm and assures Pascoe that the concerns are unnecessary.

A Pinch of Snuff

1994

Frankie and Johnnie poster
9.0

When two teenagers commit suicide the police and the press assume the motive to be some kind of love pact. But Allan Blakeston, a local reporter, has too many unanswered questions. As he digs deeper into the case, he learns why the kids really died and his knowledge puts his own life at risk.

Frankie and Johnnie

1986

An Echo of Theresa poster
6.5

American businessman Brad Hunter and his wife Suzy are visiting England for the first time. Meeting a business contact, Brad introduces his wife as "Theresa." But it seems to be more than an innocent slip of the tongue. Brad begins behaving strangely and knows more about specific locations in London than he would as a first time visitor. Suzy hires private detective Matthew Earp to look into the reasons behind her husbands sudden change in personality. This aired on British TV as part of the "Thriller" series (under the title "An Echo of Theresa") but was issued as a featured on home video in the U.S. as "Anatomy of Terror."

An Echo of Theresa

1973

A Life Is Forever poster
NR

Johnson begins his life sentence for the murder of a policeman. It is not long before he will experience the harsh realities of the brutality and day to day drudgery of prison life.

A Life Is Forever

1972

No artwork available
NR

Dystopian science fiction film from the Christian humanitarian aid organization Tear Fund.

Illegal Access

1994