Frank Tate (Emmerdale)

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Emmerdale character
Frank Tate
Portrayed by Norman Bowler
Duration 1989-1997
Date of birth 1st October 1937
Date of death 27 May 1997 (aged 59) (Heart Attack)
Status Deceased

Francis Ronald "Frank" Tate was a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by Norman Bowler.

Frank arrived in Beckindale in 1989 with his second wife Kim, son Chris and daughter Zoe. When Kim had an affair with Neil Kincaid in 1992, he threw her out, but after being thrown back together during the chaos and destruction of the plane crash, Frank and Kim started a reconciliation which led to their eventual re-marriage in December 1994. Kim then had another affair with employee Dave Glover and Frank hired a private detective to follow them. On finding Kim and Dave in bed together Frank uttered the line "What do you call this Dave, overtime?" Frank paid Kim £1 million to name him as the father of her baby, who was named James Francis Tate. When Kim disappeared Frank was charged with her murder, before being released due to lack of evidence. Frank died of a heart attack when Kim returned to shock him having faked her own death. He was 59 years old.

Since Frank's death, two of his sons have died: his long-lost son Liam was killed by Zoe after kidnapping Chris. Chris committed suicide, having spent the final decade of his life confined to a wheelchair after being injured by falling debris during the plane crash.

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The Tate family in Emmerdale