of the audition panel at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, specialising in Shakespeare. He has also directed several plays, including a production of David Mamet's adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, which was staged at Wilton's Music Hall in London in January 2007, with Rachael Stirling as Yelena and the first London production in nearly a century of Kate O'Brien’s play Distinguished Villa at the Finborough Theatre in 2022. Writing Fraser has also become an author; he is the author of a series of crime fiction thrillers featuring contract killer Rina Walker. His first novel, Harm, was published in 2015, followed by Threat in 2016. The third in the Rina Walker series, Malice, came out in October 2017 and Stealth, in 2018 During his appearance on Pointless Celebrities (30 Jan 2021), flute-player Hugh explained that he composed the theme melody for kids’ programme Rainbow along with other songs for the show and theme tunes for other (unmentioned) TV series. Personal life He is married to the actress Belinda Lang and has one daughter, Lily. Selected film and television roles References External links Interview with Hugh Fraser at Classic Film & TV Cafe 1945 births Living people Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art Audiobook narrators English male film actors English male television actors English folk musicians Male actors from London People from Westminster 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors