Frank Tate (Emmerdale) Frank Tate (Emmerdale) Frank Tate is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Emmerdale", played by Norman Bowler. He made his first appearance on 21 November 1989 and remained a regular for almost eight years, before Bowler opted to quit in 1996, leading to his character’s exit the following year. Introduced as the patriarch of the new Tate family, who were brought in as part of the show’s rebranding, in 1989, many of Frank’s storylines revolved around his volatile relationship with his wife Kim Tate (Claire King). During his time in the programme, Frank and Kim divorced and
Major Emmerdale storylines his marriage to Katie as revenge for him stealing the entire profits from the Home Farm music festival which had been held the previous week. She ultimately failed to prevent the wedding from being stopped, but would later get payback by shoving Katie's face into the wedding cake at the reception. Meanwhile, Chas had planned to flee Emmerdale with her former flame Carl King (Tom Lister), but not before marrying Dan. As Chas was packing to leave, she was caught red-handed by Dan and dumped her straight away. The wedding reception for Chas and Dan at the B&B was eventually