Ray Meagher

Infobox actor

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name = Ray Meagher
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birthdate = birth date and age|1944|07|4
location = Roma, Queensland, Australia flagicon|Queensland flagicon|Australia
occupation = Actor
yearsactive = 1972 - present

Ray Meagher is an Australian actor, best known amongst audiences today for his long-running role of Alfred Stewart on the television soap opera "Home and Away". As of April 2008, with the departure of Kate Ritchie, he holds the record for the longest continuous acting role in Australia for this role.

Biography

Meagher was born and raised on a sheep and cattle station in Queensland, before attending a boarding school on the Gold Coast from the age of nine. He became a keen sportsman at high school, Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane, representing the school at a number of sports including rugby union, a sport which he ultimately played to state level.

He first appeared on television as host of the folk music programme "Around Folk". His first regular acting work on television was in soap opera "Number 96", briefly appearing as the character Fred Shrimpton in 1977.

His early film roles included appearances "Breaker Morant", "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith", "Newsfront" and "My Brilliant Career". He also continued to appear on television during this period. Subsequent television acting roles included three different roles as various villains in "Prisoner", and two different guest starring roles in "A Country Practice". He also had substantial roles in several 1980s miniseries such as "A Fortunate Life" and "The Shiralee".

The role of Alf in "Home and Away" followed. He has played the part since the series began in 1988.

In 2007, Meagher had provided the narration to one of the UK's popular Daz washing powder adverts, when the advert was set in suburban Australia.

Ray has recently signed yet another four-year contract that will see him stay with Home and Away until at least 2011.

Filmography

* "Home and Away: Hearts Divided" (2003) (V) .... Alfred Stewart
* "Home and Away: Secrets and the City" (2002) (V) .... Alfred Stewart
* "Luigi's Ladies" (1989) .... Lance
* "Home and Away" (1988) TV Series .... Alf Stewart (1988-)
* "True Believers" (1988) (mini) TV Series .... Tom Burke
* "Spit MacPhee" (1988) (mini) TV Series .... Frank Arbuckle
* "The Shiralee" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Polkadot
* "The Place at the Coast" (1987) .... Uncle Doug
* "Dark Age" (1987) .... Rex Garret
* "The Great Bookie Robbery" (1986) (mini) TV Series .... Bob Temple
* "Short Changed" (1986) .... Marshall
* "Land of Hope" (1986) TV Series
* "The Blue Lightning" (1986) (TV) .... Hale
* "Five Times Dizzy" (1986) TV Series
* "Prisoner" (1986) TV Series .... Ernest Craven
* "Bootleg" (1985) .... Lawker
* "A Fortunate Life" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Bad Bob (part I: 'Starting Out' (1897-1905))
* "Relatives" (1985) .... Herb Taylor
* "The Fire in the Stone" (1984) .... Dosh
* "Kingswood Country" (1984) 2 episodes .... "Character unknown"
* "Mail Order Bride" (1984) (TV) .... Kevin
* "Mother and Son" (1984) .... Small appearance as house guest in episode titled 'The Card Game'
* "Prisoner" (1984) TV Series .... Kurt Renner
* "On the Run (film)" (1983) .... Joe Thompson
* "Who Killed Baby Azaria?" (1983) (TV) .... Mr. Lowe
* "The Mystery at Castle House" (1982) .... Stakovich
* "Prisoner" (1982) TV Series .... Geoff Butler
* "Holiday Island" (1981) TV Series
* "Sporting Chance" (1981) TV Series
* "Hoodwink" (1981) .... Shaw
* "Breaker Morant" (1980) .... Sgt. Maj. Drummond (witness for the prosecution)
* "Mystery Island (Australian TV series)" (1980) .... Policeman
* "A Piece of Cake" (1980) (TV) .... Duty Sarglant
* "Prisoner" (1979) TV Series .... Geoff Butler (1979-1980)/Kurt Renner (1984)/Ernest Craven (1986)
* "My Brilliant Career" (1979) .... Mailman
* "The Odd Angry Shot" (1979) .... Range corporal
* "The Journalist" (1979) .... Senior Investigator
* "Top Mates" (1979) TV Series
* "Newsfront (1978)" .... Len's Second Brother
* "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" (1978) .... Dud Edmonds
* "Because He's My Friend" (1978) (TV) .... Kevin
* "Run From the Morning" (1978) TV Series
* "Number 96" (1972) TV Series .... Fred Shrimpton (1977)
* "Vietnam" (1988) small role as army sergeant

External links

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* [http://www.homeandaway.utvinternet.com/Profiles/Alf.htm Profile at Home and Away site]
* [http://www.five.tv/programmes/homeandaway/whoswho/alf/ Profile from UK TV channel Five]