 Frank, originally a guest character, came to Brookside Close in November 1982 as a friend of Gavin (Danny Webb) and Petra Taylor (Alexandra Pigg), and helped them move into Number 10.Following Gavin's death from a brain aneurysm, Frank and Barry Grant (Paul Usher) helped Petra cope with Gavin's death.After Petra's suicide in 1983 Frank was written out of the soap and left on the after Petra's funeral.