Acting

Roger Hume

Born 19 November 1940 · Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK · Died 24 August 1996 at 55

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.