Raymond Francis Meagher OAM (born 4 July 1944) is an Australian actor.
He 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. Meagher won the Gold Logie Award for his role
in Home and Away in 2010. Meagher has currently played the role of Alf
for over 30 years.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 at state level.
He 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. Meagher won the Gold Logie Award for his role
in Home and Away in 2010. Meagher has currently played the role of Alf
for over 30 years.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 at state level.
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