Roger Oakley is a New-Zealand-born character-actor noted for his performances on Australian television., but more recently active as a Theatre Performer.
He was an original cast member of Home and Away

Home and Away

Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...

playing foster father Tom Fletcher

Tom Fletcher (Home and Away)

Thomas Edward "Tom" Fletcher is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by actor Roger Oakley from 1988 to 1990 and in 2008, when Tom returned as a ghost in Sally Fletcher's near-death experience following her second stabbing.-Storylines:Tom originally lived in...

 from 1988 to 1990 and appeared briefly in 2008. Oakley is also well known to Australian audiences as the controversial cross-dressing

Cross-dressing

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 politician Doug Rutherford in the ABC

ABC Television

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 drama, Something in the Air.
Roger also appeared on a special of Where are They Now?, that reunited the original Fletcher Family. Roger was only on Home and Away for the first few years, but his exit was felt by Fans as he was one of the shows central Original Characters.
Other TV credits include: The Sullivans

The Sullivans

The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-classMelbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives...

, Prisoner

Prisoner (TV series)

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, A Country Practice

A Country Practice

A Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...

, The Flying Doctors

The Flying Doctors

The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia....

, Good Guys Bad Guys

Good Guys Bad Guys

Good Guys, Bad Guys was an Australian crime TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a telemovie and twenty-six episodes produced. A comedy/drama set in Melbourne....

, Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...

, The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors

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and Neighbours

Neighbours

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. As of 2011, He remains active in the industry. He is Well-known in Television, Film and the Theatrical Stage. He lives with his wife June and together they have two children; Julie and Harry.

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