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Ray Meagher (born Roma Queensland, July 4, 1944) is an Australian actor, possibly best known amongst audiences today for his long-running role of Alf on the television soap opera Home and Away. Along with co star Kate Ritchie he holds the record for the longest continuous acting role in Australia for this role.

Meagher was 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 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 1988.
Filmography

Home and Away: Hearts Divided (2003) (V) .... Alf Stewart

Home and Away: Secrets and the City (2002) (V) .... Alf 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

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

Mail Order Bride (1984) (TV) .... Kevin

On the Run (1983) .... Joe Thompson

Who Killed Baby Azaria? (1983) (TV) .... Mr. Lowe

The Mystery at Castle House (1982) .... Stakovich

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 (1980) .... Policeman
A Piece of Cake (1980) (TV) .... Duty Sarglant
Prisoner (1979) TV Series .... Geoff Butler (1979-1980)/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)

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