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Ray Meagher

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Ray Meagher
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Ray Meagher is an actor of film and TV. Ray has appeared in Australian film and television since the mid-1970s, and is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, as Alf Stewart on Home and Away, having played the role since the first episode in 1988. He is the only original actor still with the series.

Ray has also appeared in others shows like Prisoner, Matlock Police and many more.
BornJuly 4, 1944
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BornJuly 4, 1944
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      • 3 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Known for

    Home and Away (1988)
    Home and Away
    5.1
    TV Series
    • Alf Stewart
    • Alfred 'Alf' Stewart
    • Alfred Stewart
    • Alf
    • Gordon Stewart
    The Great Bookie Robbery (1986)
    The Great Bookie Robbery
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Bob Temple
    Edward Woodward in Breaker Morant (1980)
    Breaker Morant
    7.8
    • Sar. Maj. Drummond
    • 1980
    Nikki Coghill and John Jarratt in Dark Age (1987)
    Dark Age
    6.0
    • Rex Garret
    • 1987

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    • Home and Away (1988)
      Home and Away
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Alf Stewart
      • Alfred Stewart
      • Alfred 'Alf' Stewart ...
      • 1988–2025
    • Jamie Oxenbould and Catherine Moore in Being Gavin (2019)
      Being Gavin
      8.7
      • Doug
      • 2019
    • Summer Bay Slaughter
      Video
      • Alf Stewart
      • 2008
    • Home and Away: Hearts Divided (2003)
      Home and Away: Hearts Divided
      7.3
      Video
      • Alf Stewart
      • 2003
    • Home and Away: Secrets and the City
      7.5
      Video
      • Alf Stewart
      • 2002
    • Bootleg (1990)
      Bootleg
      4.6
      • Lawker
      • 1990
    • Luigis Ladies (1989)
      Luigis Ladies
      5.8
      • Lance
      • 1989
    • Loveshed
      TV Movie
      • Ray
      • 1988
    • True Believers (1988)
      True Believers
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Tom Burke
      • 1988
    • Spit MacPhee (1988)
      Spit MacPhee
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Frank Arbuckle
      • 1988
    • Vietnam (1987)
      Vietnam
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Colonel Reid
      • 1987
    • John Wood in Rafferty's Rules (1987)
      Rafferty's Rules
      7.1
      TV Series
      • George
      • 1987
    • The Shiralee (1987)
      The Shiralee
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Polkadot
      • 1987
    • The Place at the Coast (1987)
      The Place at the Coast
      5.7
      • Uncle Doug
      • 1987
    • Nikki Coghill and John Jarratt in Dark Age (1987)
      Dark Age
      6.0
      • Rex Garret
      • 1987

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    • Height
      • 5′ 11½″ (1.82 m)
    • Born
      • July 4, 1944
      • Roma, Queensland, Australia
    • Spouse
      • Gilly Meagher2010 - present
    • Other works
      Voice over for Australia's Oz Lotto Draw.

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    • Trivia
      He joins actress Kate Ritchie in the Guinness Book of Records for being the longest serving actor on an Australian drama series.
    • Trademark
        His role as Alf Stewart in Home and Away, which he has played for over 30 years.
    • Nickname
      • Alf

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