Ray Meagher facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ray Meagher OAM
Born	(1944-07-04) 4 July 1944 (age 80) Roma, Queensland, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1972–present
Spouse(s)	Gilly Meagher (m. 2010)

Raymond Francis Meagher (born 4 July 1944) is an Australian actor. He has been in Australian movies and TV shows since the mid-1970s.

Ray Meagher is famous for playing Alf Stewart on the TV show Home and Away. He has been in this role since the very first episode in 1988. This makes him the longest-serving actor in an Australian TV show. In 2010, Meagher won a Gold Logie Award for his work on Home and Away. He has played Alf for over 36 years.

Ray Meagher's Early Life

Ray Meagher grew up on a sheep and cattle farm in Queensland, Australia. When he was nine, he went to a boarding school on the Gold Coast.

At high school, Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane, he was a very good sportsman. He played many sports for his school, including rugby union. He even played rugby at a state level for Queensland in the late 1960s. He played against the French team.

Ray Meagher's Acting Career

Movies Ray Meagher Has Been In

Ray Meagher has acted in many movies. One of his favorite roles was Sergeant Drummond in the 1980 war movie Breaker Morant.

Some of his other movie roles include:

• The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
• Newsfront (1978)
• My Brilliant Career (1979)
• The Shiralee (1987)
• Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
• Money Movers (1978)
• The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
• The Earthling (1980)
• Hoodwink (1981)
• Runaway Island (1982)
• The Fire in the Stone (1984)

Ray Meagher's Television Roles

Ray Meagher first appeared on TV in 1973 as a host for a music show called Around Folk. His first acting job on TV was in the soap opera Number 96 in 1977.

He became a popular actor for many different characters. His early TV roles included shows like Matlock Police, Ben Hall, Rush, and Cop Shop. He also played three different bad guys in the show Prisoner between 1979 and 1986. He also had roles in A Country Practice.

In 1984, Meagher was in the TV miniseries A Fortunate Life. He played a character named Bad Bob. People often cast him as tough characters in his early career. He also appeared in Five Mile Creek as an Irish bushranger.

Ray Meagher won a Penguin Award for his role in the TV movie Mail Order Bride (1984). In 1986, he filmed a series called Five Times Dizzy. He also filmed the miniseries The Great Bookie Robbery at the same time.

Ray Meagher's Role in Home and Away

In 1987, Ray Meagher joined the cast of the soap opera Home and Away. He has played the character of Alf Stewart since the first episode in January 1988. This means he holds a Guinness World Record for being the longest-serving actor in an Australian TV series.

In 2009, Ray Meagher was one of the highest-paid TV personalities in Australia.

He won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television in 2010. He was also nominated for "Most Popular Actor" that year. He won the "Most Popular Actor" Logie Award in 2018.

Ray Meagher on Stage

In 2007, Ray Meagher started playing Bob the mechanic in the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert. He played this role in London's West End from 2010 to 2011 and again in 2011. He also joined the show's New Zealand tour in 2016.

Ray Meagher often travels to the United Kingdom for Christmas pantomimes. In 2008, he played Abanazar in Aladdin. In 2009, he played Captain Hook in Peter Pan.

Ray Meagher's Filmography

Movies

Television Shows

Theatre Performances

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Ray Meagher para niños