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Ralph Riach is a Scottish actor from Elgin, Moray. He is best known for his role as "John McIver" in BBC One Scotland's comedy/drama Hamish Macbeth. His career began at the age of 45, when he appeared in Lost Empires (1986). He has appeared in television shows including Chancer, Mosley, Taggart, Monarch of the Glen, Peak Practice, Doctor Finlay, and Tutti Frutti. Film appearances include The House of Mirth (2000), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Braveheart (1995) and Copying Beethoven (2006). He also portrayed John Laurie in the story of the making of Dad's Army.
In 2014 Ralph played a quirky scene in Scottish Feature film "Time Teens: The Beginning" directed by Ryan Alexander Dewar
Starred in Darkness in The Afternoon 1994
Birth Name
Ralph McKenzie Riach
Born
Sunday, 26 January 1936
Died
Sunday, 20 March 2022
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Party's Just Beginning | The Caller | 2018 |
Grandpa's Great Escape | Mr. Willkins | 2018 |
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story | John Laurie | 2015 |
Time Teens: The Beginning | The Meridian | 2015 |
Fortitude | Ralfi Sigurdson | 2015 |
What We Did on Our Holiday | Jimmy Cazzarotto | 2014 |
Cloud Atlas | Ernie | 2012 |
Young James Herriot | Professor Henry Legge | 2011 |
Shetland | Man on Beach | 2011 |
South Riding | Lord Sedgmire | 2011 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Party's Just Beginning | The Caller | 2018 |
Grandpa's Great Escape | Mr. Willkins | 2018 |
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story | John Laurie | 2015 |
Time Teens: The Beginning | The Meridian | 2015 |
Fortitude | Ralfi Sigurdson | 2015 |
What We Did on Our Holiday | Jimmy Cazzarotto | 2014 |
Cloud Atlas | Ernie | 2012 |
Young James Herriot | Professor Henry Legge | 2011 |
Shetland | Man on Beach | 2011 |
South Riding | Lord Sedgmire | 2011 |
This September | Noel's Lawyer / Lawyer | 2010 |
Is Anybody There? | Clive | 2009 |
Top of the Cops | Self / TV John | 2009 |
Good | Brunau | 2008 |
Death Defying Acts | Mr. Robertson | 2007 |
M.I.High | Bodger | 2007 |
The Cult of... | Self | 2006 |
Low Winter Sun | Mister Gillot | 2006 |
Copying Beethoven | Wenzel Schlemmer | 2006 |
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Cleeve | 2005 |
Quite Ugly One Morning | Alexander Kinross | 2004 |
55 Degrees North | Stanley Hanson | 2004 |
The Rocket Post | Old Donald | 2004 |
One Last Chance | Mr. Murray | 2004 |
Canterbury Tales | Mr Malcolm Wickens | 2003 |
New Tricks | Colin Ogilvy | 2003 |
Black Plague | Physician | 2002 |
Still Game | Old Ricky | 2002 |
The House of Mirth | Lord Hubert Dacy | 2000 |
Doctors | Marcus Tidwell / Ron Wise | 2000 |
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Mr. Asmodius | 2000 |
Monarch of the Glen | Geordie McCann | 2000 |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | English Judge / an english judge | 1999 |
Brotherly Love | Reverend McDonald / Rev. McDonald | 1999 |
My Life So Far | Sir David Drummond | 1999 |
Holby City | Frank Thorpe | 1999 |
The Governess | Mr. Hewlett | 1998 |
Dangerous Beauty | Lorenzo Gritti | 1998 |
Mosley | Ramsay MacDonald | 1998 |
In Praise of Older Women | Conde | 1997 |
Hamish Macbeth | TV John McIver / Euan McIver / TV John | 1995 |
Braveheart | Priest No. 1 | 1995 |
Kavanagh QC | Malcolm Gibson | 1995 |
Wycliffe | Dr. Bonner | 1994 |
Peak Practice | Malcolm McReadie / Mr. Rees | 1993 |
Doctor Finlay | Dr. Gilmore | 1993 |
Rides | Mr. Goodwin | 1992 |
Clarissa | Uncle Anthony | 1991 |
Crossing the Line | Laundry Manager | 1990 |
Chancer | Stebbings / Willy Stebbings | 1990 |
4 Play | John Breck | 1989 |
The Play on One | Fr Maxwell | 1988 |
Watching | Mr. Ambrose | 1987 |
Tutti Frutti | Barman | 1987 |
Lost Empires | Edinburgh Empire M.D. | 1986 |
Casualty | Mr. Nichol / Alex | 1986 |
Screen Two | Dr. Sutherland | 1985 |
City Lights | Glasgow Transport Museum Official | 1984 |
The Brief | Gordon Ellis | 1984 |
Taggart | Gavin Elder / Gerald Gardiner / Walter Renton | 1983 |