Alfred Burke (28 February 1918 – 16 February 2011) was a British actor, best known for his portrayal of Frank Marker in the drama series Public Eye, which ran on television for ten years.
In Transatlantic Cousins an American couple and their grown up daughter ask Frank to try and track down an English relative of theirs who just happens...
In Ward of Court a solicitor asks Marker to help on a Ward of Court case. Martin Bailey and his new girlfriend have taken Bailey’s son...
In The Man Who Didn’t Eat Sweets Julia Meadows asks Frank to look into whether her husband Eddie is having an affair. Eddie is quite a...
In Who Wants to Be Told Bad News? Frank gets involved in a case brought to him by estate agent Alfred Bain who is about to...
There is a genuine mystery for Frank to solve in And When You’ve Paid The Bill – You’re None The Wiser when psychiatrist Helen Kulman asks...
Enemy at the Door was wartime tale of occupied isle Guernsey which ran on ITV from 1978-1980. It starred Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall, Simon Cadell and...
In Come into the Garden, Rose Frank is asked to investigate a theft at Cheviot House, a sort of home for the elderly, but his investigation...
In The Beater and the Game Frank takes on what he thinks is a straightforward missing persons case but it’s anything but. As Frank investigates he...
In I Always Wanted A Swimming Pool Frank is working two cases, both of them tricky in different ways. Mrs Willet is convinced her husband is...
In Slip Home in the Dark Frank helps a young married woman, Barbara Pitt, who is being blackmailed. She has recently moved into the area with...
In Well – There Was This Girl, You See Frank is approached by a young woman who claims that her boyfriend John Sheldon (who she has...
It’s 18 months since the end of season four and as A Mug Named Frank opens Frank Marker is still living and working in Brighton and...
In The Comedian’s Graveyard Frank is asked by Mrs Reid to look into the disappearance of her stage struck niece. The girl, 17 year old Judy...
In Case For The Defence Frank is working in a supermarket stacking shelfs following the debacle at the builders yard where he was accused of theft;...
In My Life’s My Own, after three episodes of coming to terms with being out of prison and having to do work he has no interest...