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Lost actor uncle- Roger Martin

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ksimeson

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Hi. I am trying to find my Uncle Roger (born Roger Martin 1950, but stage name Roger Frank). I would love to reunite with him and know his two brothers feel the same. My Dad had a stroke in December and he has been asking for Roger. I have tried so many routes but stumbled on this and thought it might be a chance. Brothers Peter and Robert. Parents Nancy and Frank.
Karen
 
ksimeson said:
Hi. I am trying to find my Uncle Roger (born Roger Martin 1950, but stage name Roger Frank). I would love to reunite with him and know his two brothers feel the same. My Dad had a stroke in December and he has been asking for Roger. I have tried so many routes but stumbled on this and thought it might be a chance. Brothers Peter and Robert. Parents Nancy and Frank.
Karen
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hi..do you have his exact date of birth...if i can find anything out i will reply to you via our private message system

lyn
 
Astoness said:
hi..do you have his exact date of birth...if i can find anything out i will reply to you via our private message system

lyn
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Yep. Date of birth 9th June 1950. Family were all born in Rubery. We cannot find a death certificate for him. We have a CV from many years ago but the address is no longer valid. Thanks so much. I would love to reunite the brothers. And I know it would mean the world to Pete and my Dad Bob.
 
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Yep. Date of birth 9th June 1950. Family were all born in Rubery. We cannot find a death certificate for him. We have a CV from many years ago but the address is no longer valid. Thanks so much. I would love to reunite the brothers. And I know it would mean the world to Pete and my Dad Bob.
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ok thank you for that info i take it there is no middle name?...it could be he left the country or even changed his name to his stage name but as i said if i or anyone else can help you find him its best to send you a private message as this could relate to a living person..i have also moved this thread to our looking for old friends and family section

lyn
 
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ksimeson said:
Hi. I am trying to find my Uncle Roger (born Roger Martin 1950, but stage name Roger Frank). I would love to reunite with him and know his two brothers feel the same. My Dad had a stroke in December and he has been asking for Roger. I have tried so many routes but stumbled on this and thought it might be a chance. Brothers Peter and Robert. Parents Nancy and Frank.
Karen
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Hello, I tried to message privately but it wouldn’t send.

I’ve stumbled upon your message as I saw on Facebook that it is Roger’s birthday today.

I was fortunate to know Roger Franke (with a ‘e’) back in 2007-10 when I attended Birmingham School of Acting (now part of Birmingham Conservatoire) and he worked there. He retired in 2011 and was much loved by all of us students.

I’m very sorry to tell you that I think he passed away in 2022-23. I found your post as I was googling to look for more details (I’m afraid I couldn’t find any).

If you contact the Acting School at Birmingham Conservatoire they may be able to help you as I think some of the staff who knew Roger are still there

Sorry I can’t help any further. I hope it brings some comfort to know that Roger had a big impact on a lot of hopeful young acting students lives- it was his job to ring people to tell them they got in and he was a really supportive presence in the school. I, and many others, will never forget him.

All best wishes to you and your family.
 
lets hope karen logs back into this thread to read the above info about roger..its seems the mystery is solved but to be certain it maybe an idea for karen to obtain the death certificate as it may help

lyn
 
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lets hope karen logs back into this thread to read the above info about roger..its seems the mystery is solved but to be certain it maybe an idea for karen to obtain the death certificate as it may help

lyn
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Thank you so much for this. My Dad has been so unwell again my focus has been on him. But I just saw this update!! I will definitely see if I can get the death certificate. I think the knowing is a massive part of it. I'm just sad that none of us were there for him. We never stopped living him or talking about him.
 
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Hello, I tried to message privately but it wouldn’t send.

I’ve stumbled upon your message as I saw on Facebook that it is Roger’s birthday today.

I was fortunate to know Roger Franke (with a ‘e’) back in 2007-10 when I attended Birmingham School of Acting (now part of Birmingham Conservatoire) and he worked there. He retired in 2011 and was much loved by all of us students.

I’m very sorry to tell you that I think he passed away in 2022-23. I found your post as I was googling to look for more details (I’m afraid I couldn’t find any).

If you contact the Acting School at Birmingham Conservatoire they may be able to help you as I think some of the staff who knew Roger are still there

Sorry I can’t help any further. I hope it brings some comfort to know that Roger had a big impact on a lot of hopeful young acting students lives- it was his job to ring people to tell them they got in and he was a really supportive presence in the school. I, and many others, will never forget him.

All best wishes to you and your family.
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Wow!!!! Thank you so much for this. Obviously the news of his death is really really sad, more so because he has a massive extended family who would have certainly all been there for him. It is great to hear of the impact he had. I will certainly make contact with the school. It's just so lovely to read how much of an impact he had. Thank you. If you are able to share with any other former students I would love to learn more about him. Thanks again so much
 
although a bad news i am glad we were able to help you and the family...at least now you can stop wondering what happened to your uncle and as suggested on post 8 i would contact the school who maybe able to give you further information and may even have some photos of your uncle....good luck please let us know how you get on and best wishes to your dad for a good recovery

lyn
 
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