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{{short description|Australian actor (born 1944)}}
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| name        = Ray Meagher
| honorific-suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|OAM}}
| image       = Ray Meagher.jpg
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| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1944|7|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Roma, Queensland]], Australia
| occupation  = Actor
| yearsactive = 1972–present
| spouse      = {{married|Gilly Meagher|2010}}
}}
'''Raymond Francis Meagher''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 4 July 1944) is an Australian actor, who has appeared in Australian film and television since the mid-1970s. He is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, portraying [[Alf Stewart]] on  ''[[Home and Away]]'', having played the role since the first episode in 1988. Meagher won a [[Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television|Gold Logie Award]] for his role in ''Home and Away'' in 2010 and has currently played the role of Alf for over 37 years.

==Early life==
Meagher was born and raised on a sheep and cattle station in Queensland, before attending a boarding school on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|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.<ref name="yahoo7">[http://au.tv.yahoo.com/home-and-away/cast/article/-/article/5189026/ray-meagher/ Home and Away: Ray Meagher] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930111157/http://au.tv.yahoo.com/home-and-away/cast/article/-/article/5189026/ray-meagher/ |date=30 September 2009 }}, ''Yahoo!7''.</ref>

Meagher played at first five eighth for [[Queensland Reds|Queensland]] at senior level in the late 1960s, including playing against [[France national rugby union team|France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11724318|title=Warriors halfback Shaun Johnson star struck by Home and Away veteran|date=6 October 2016|work=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref>

==Career==
===Film===
Meagher played Sergeant Drummond in the 1980 war drama ''[[Breaker Morant (film)|Breaker Morant]]'', which he said was one of his favourite roles.<ref name="Bob">{{cite magazine|last=Ussher|first=Marie|date=8 September 1984|title=Bob's as bad as they come|magazine=[[TV Week]]|page=79}}</ref> His other film appearances include ''[[The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (film)|The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith]]'' (1978), ''[[Newsfront]]'' (1978), ''[[My Brilliant Career (film)|My Brilliant Career]]'' (1979), ''[[The Shiralee (1987 film)|The Shiralee]] (1987),''<ref name="yahoo7" /> ''[[Mad Dog Morgan]]'' (1976), ''[[Money Movers]]'' (1978), ''[[The Odd Angry Shot]]'' (1979), ''[[The Earthling]]'' (1980), ''[[Hoodwink (1981 film)|Hoodwink]]'' (1981), ''[[Runaway Island (1982 film)|Runaway Island]]'' (1982), and ''[[The Fire in the Stone]]'' (1984).<ref name="Bob"/> He had a cameo in the 1979 war comedy ''[[The Odd Angry Shot]]''.<ref name="Bob"/>

===Television===
Meagher first appeared on television as host of the late night ABC [[folk music]] programme ''Around Folk'' in June–August 1973.<ref name="Bob"/> His first regular acting work on television was in the soap opera ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]'', briefly appearing as Fred Shrimpton in 1977.<ref name="Duck">{{cite news|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/hell-always-be-alf-to-us/story-e6freq7x-1111117049053|title=Home and Away's Ray Meagher OK with career character|last=Duck|first=Siobhan|date=30 July 2008|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|access-date=16 November 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906163523/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/hell-always-be-alf-to-us/story-e6freq7x-1111117049053|archive-date=6 September 2012}}</ref> Meagher became "a much in demand character actor", with his early television roles including ''[[Matlock Police]]'', ''[[Ben Hall (TV series)|Ben Hall]]'', ''[[Rush (1974 TV series)|Rush]]'', ''[[Certain Women (TV series)|Certain Women]]'', ''[[Pig in a Poke]]'', ''[[The Restless Years]]'', ''[[Glenview High]]'', ''[[The Oracle (TV series)|The Oracle]]'', ''[[Kingswood Country]]'', ''[[Cop Shop]]'', ''[[Skyways (TV series)|Skyways]]'', ''Sporting Chance'', ''[[Holiday Island]]'', and ''[[Bellamy (TV series)|Bellamy]]''.<ref name="Bob"/> Subsequent television acting roles included three different roles as villains in ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'', including Geoff Butler between 1979 and 1980, Kurt Renner in 1984, and Ernest Craven in 1986. He also had two different guest starring roles in ''[[A Country Practice]]'' and substantial roles in several 1980s [[miniseries]].<ref name="yahoo7" />

In 1984, Meagher was cast in the [[Nine Network]] miniseries ''[[A Fortunate Life#Mini series|A Fortunate Life]]'', based on [[Albert Facey]]'s book of the same name. He plays the role of evil cattle-rustler Bad Bob.<ref name="Bob"/> Marie Ussher of ''[[TV Week]]'' observed that Meagher was often cast as the "baddie" or tough, ruthless characters in his early career.<ref name="Bob"/> He also appeared in an episode of ''[[Five Mile Creek]]'' as Irish bushranger Lightning Ridge.<ref name="Bob"/> Meagher won a [[Penguin Award]] for his starring role in ''[[Mail Order Bride (1984 film)|Mail Order Bride]]'' (1984) for the ABC. He filmed the 12-part series ''[[Five Times Dizzy#Television adaptation|Five Times Dizzy]]'' in Sydney in 1986. Meagher played The Red Headed Person, who was billed as "a tough standover man."<ref name="Ussher">{{cite magazine|last=Ussher|first=Marie|date=15 February 1986|title=Ray's heavy workload|magazine=[[TV Week]]|page=49}}</ref> Meagher liked playing "heavy" characters, who showed their lighter sides.<ref name="Ussher"/> While filming ''Five Times Dizzy'', Meagher also flew back and forth to Melbourne to film miniseries ''[[The Great Bookie Robbery]]'' in which he plays Bob Temple. During the same period, he also made an appearance in ''A Country Practice'' as alcoholic, pub owner Wally, followed by a role in television film ''[[The Blue Lightning]]'' for America's CBS network.<ref name="Ussher"/>

Meagher joined the cast of soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]'' in 1987 and has appeared in the role of Alf Stewart continuously since the first episode aired in January 1988.<ref name="Duck"/> Meagher holds a Guinness World Record as the longest-serving actor in an Australian serial.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/shadows-fall-on-home-and-away-behind-the-scenes-at-australias-most-troubled-soap-opera/story-e6frf96f-1225811925149 | title = Shadows fall on Home And Away – behind the scenes at Australia's most troubled soap opera | first = Janet | last = Fife-Yeomans | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | location = Sydney | date = 19 December 2009}}</ref> Meagher also appeared in the 1988 children's series ''[[Spit MacPhee|The True Story of Spit MacPhee]]'', along with [[John Bach]] and [[Elspeth Ballantyne]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zachariah|first=Amanda|date=19 September 1987|title=Elspeth's lucky break|magazine=[[TV Week]]|page=73}}</ref>

In September 2009, Meagher was the third-highest paid personality on Australian television, behind [[Eddie McGuire]] and [[Rove McManus]].<ref>Clune, Richard (13 September 2009). [http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/tv/flamin-heck-alf-stewarts-worth-a-quid/story-e6freeul-1225772280968 "Flamin' heck! Alf Stewart's worth a quid]". ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|Sunday Mail]]'' (Adelaide).</ref>

Meagher won the [[Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television]] at the 2010 [[Logie Awards]], where he was also nominated for "Most Popular Actor".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/logie-awards-full-list-of-winners/story-e6frg15u-1225861311455|title=2010 Logie Awards: Full List of Winners|date=2 May 2010|work=[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|Perth Now]]|access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> Meagher subsequently won that Logie Award in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/tv/home-and-aways-ray-meagher-dedicates-his-logie-to-cornelia-frances-49572|title=Logies 2018: Ray Meagher dedicates his win to his late Home and Away co-star, Cornelia Frances|last=Lilly|first=Alex|date=1 July 2018|work=[[TV Week]]|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref>

===Stage===
In 2007, Meagher took over the role of Bob the mechanic in ''[[Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (musical)|Priscilla Queen of the Desert]]'' from [[Bill Hunter (actor)|Bill Hunter]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.smh.com.au/sit/archives/2007/04/|title=Culture: Slurs and slingbacks|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=30 April 2007|access-date=25 June 2011}}</ref> From 30 September 2010, he took over the role of Bob in the West End production of ''Priscilla'' until March 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0420/homeandaway.html|title=Meagher taking Home and Away break|date=20 April 2010|work=[[RTÉ.ie|RTÉ TEN]]|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|access-date=5 April 2011}}</ref> In June 2011, it was announced that Meagher would be returning to the West End production from October.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://holysoap.channel5.com/homeandaway/news/ray-swaps-the-bay-for-uk-14843 |title=Ray swaps the Bay for UK |date=24 June 2011 |work=[[Holy Soap]] |publisher=[[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] |access-date=25 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628013216/http://holysoap.channel5.com/homeandaway/news/ray-swaps-the-bay-for-uk-14843 |archive-date=28 June 2011 }}</ref> He then rejoined the show for its New Zealand tour in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HRQh0zmqfs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/5HRQh0zmqfs |archive-date=22 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Priscilla the Musical hits Auckland|last=Andrew Whiteside|date=14 October 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Meagher regularly travels to the United Kingdom to take part in the traditional Christmas [[pantomime]]s. In December 2008, he played Abanazar in a production of ''[[Aladdin]]'' at the [[The Anvil, Basingstoke|Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke]] and in 2009 he performed as [[Captain Hook]] in ''[[Peter Pan (pantomime)|Peter Pan]]'' at the [[Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells|Assembly Hall Theatre in Royal Tunbridge Wells]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/entertainment/theatre_and_dance/s/2041838_aussie_soap_star_crosses_the_globe_for_panto|title=Aussie soap star crosses the globe for panto|last=Margrave|first=Lauren|date=24 December 2008|publisher=Get Hampshire|access-date=25 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809204059/http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/entertainment/theatre_and_dance/s/2041838_aussie_soap_star_crosses_the_globe_for_panto|archive-date=9 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/986180/light-relief-for-home-and-away-meagher |title=Light relief for Home and Away Meagher |last=Baynes |first=Valkerie |date=21 December 2009 |publisher=[[Ninemsn]] |access-date=25 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501133701/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/986180/light-relief-for-home-and-away-meagher |archive-date=1 May 2010 }}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1978
| ''[[The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (film)|The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith]]''
| Dud Edmonds
| 
|-
| ''[[Newsfront]]''
| Len's Second Brother
| 
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 1979
| ''[[The Odd Angry Shot]]''
| Range Corporal
|
|-
| ''[[My Brilliant Career (film)|My Brilliant Career]]''
| Mailman
|
|-
| ''[[The Journalist (1979 film)|The Journalist]]''
| Senior Investigator
| 
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 1980
| ''[[Breaker Morant (film)|Breaker Morant]]''
| Sgt. Maj. Drummond
|  
|-
| ''Mystery Island''
| Policeman
|
|-
| ''A Piece of Cake''
| Duty Sarglant
| Short film
|-
! scope="row" | 1981
| ''[[Hoodwink (1981 film)|Hoodwink]]''
| Shaw
| 
|-
! scope="row" | 1982
| ''[[On the Run (1982 film)|On the Run]]''
| Joe Thompson
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1984
| ''On the Loose''
| Russell Leech
|
|-
| ''[[The Fire in the Stone]]''
| Dosh
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1985
| ''[[Relatives (1985 film)|Relatives]]''
| Herb Taylor
|
|-
| ''[[Bootleg (1985 film)|Bootleg]]''
| Lawker
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1986
| ''[[Short Changed]]''
| Marshall
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1987
| ''[[Dark Age (film)|Dark Age]]''
| Rex Garret
|
|-
| ''[[The Place at the Coast]]''
| Uncle Doug
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1989
| ''[[Luigi's Ladies]]''
| Lance
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1973
| ''Around Folk''
| Host
|
|-
| ''[[Matlock Police]]''
| Kurt Fisher
| Episode: "By Hook or by Crook"
|-
! scope="row" | 1976
| ''[[Do I Have to Kill My Child?]]''
| Des
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" | 1977
| ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]''
| Fred Shrimpton 
| Season 6 
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 1978
| ''[[Glenview High]]''
| Policeman
| Episode: "Accident"
|-
| ''[[Run From the Morning]]''
| 
|
|-
| ''[[Because He's My Friend]]''
| Kevin
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1979
| ''[[Skyways (TV series)|Skyways]]''
| Sergeant Murphy 
| Episode: "The Crated Crim" 
|-
| ''[[Top Mates]]''
| 
| Miniseries
|-
! scope="row" | 1979–80; 1984; 1986
| ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]''
| Geoff Butler / Ernest Craven / Kurt Renner
| Season 1–2<br>28 episodes
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1981
| ''Sporting Chance''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Holiday Island]]''
| 
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1982–86
| ''[[A Country Practice]]''
| Wally Stanley / Trev Bennett / Tom Skilton
| 6 episodes 
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1982
| ''[[The Mystery at Castle House|Mystery at Castle House]]''
| Stakovich
| TV film 
|-
| ''[[Runaway Island (1982 film)|Runaway Island]]''
|
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1983
| ''[[The Weekly's War]]''
| [[Frank Packer]]
| Miniseries
|-
| ''[[The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain]]''
| Mr. Lowe
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 1984
| ''[[Five Mile Creek]]''
| Lightning Ridge
| Episode: "The Hangman's Noose"
|-
| ''[[Kingswood Country]]''
| Keith Mitchell / Bank Manager
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Mail Order Bride (1984 film)|Mail Order Bride]]''
| Kevin
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 1985
| ''[[A Fortunate Life#Other media|A Fortunate Life]]''
| Bad Bob
| Miniseries.<br>Episode: "Starting Out (1897–1905)"
|-
| ''[[Mother and Son]]''
| Geoff
| Episode: "The Card Game"
|-
| ''[[Colour in the Creek]]''
| Clarrie
| 8 episodes
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | 1986
| ''[[Land of Hope (miniseries)|Land of Hope]]''
| 
| Miniseries
|-
| ''[[Five Times Dizzy#Television adaptation|Five Times Dizzy]]''
| The Red Headed Person
|
|-
| ''[[Great Bookie Robbery#TV miniseries|The Great Bookie Robbery]]''
| Bob Temple
| Miniseries
|-
| ''[[The Blue Lightning]]''
| Hale
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" | 1987
| ''[[The Shiralee (1987 film)|The Shiralee]]''
| Polkadot
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | 1988
| ''[[True Believers (TV series)|True Believers]]''
| Tom Burke
| Miniseries
|-
| ''The True Story of Spit MacPhee''
| Frank Arbuckle
| Miniseries
|-
| ''Vietnam''
| Army Sergeant   
| Miniseries 
|-
| ''[[Spit MacPhee]]''
| Frank Arbuckle
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1988–present
| ''[[Home and Away]]''
| [[Alf Stewart]]
| Series regular 
|-
! scope="row" | 2002
| ''[[Home and Away: Secrets and the City]]''
| Alf Stewart
| Video special
|-
! scope="row" | 2003
| ''[[Home and Away: Hearts Divided]]'' 
| Alf Stewart
| Video special
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | 1975 
| ''The Floating World'' || || [[Nimrod Theatre Company]]
|-
! scope="row" | 2007 
| ''[[Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (musical)|Priscilla Queen of the Desert]]'' || Bob the mechanic || [[Regent Theatre, Melbourne]]
|-
! scope="row" | 2008 
| ''Aladdin'' || Abanazar || [[The Anvil, Basingstoke|Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke]] 
|-
! scope="row" | 2009 
| ''[[Peter Pan (pantomime)|Peter Pan]]'' || [[Captain Hook]] || [[Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells]]
|-
! scope="row" | 2010–11 
| ''[[Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (musical)|Priscilla Queen of the Desert]]'' || Bob the mechanic || [[West End of London]]
|-
! scope="row" | 2016 
| ''[[Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (musical)|Priscilla Queen of the Desert]]'' || Bob the mechanic || New Zealand tour
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! width=290"|Category
! Work
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref|References}}
|-
| 1984
| [[Penguin Awards]]
| Best Actor
| ''Mail Order Bride''
| {{Won}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/mail-order-bride/notes/|title=Mail Order Bride (1984)|access-date=27 April 2019|publisher=[[Australian Screen Online]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| [[Digital Spy Soap Awards]]
| Most Popular Actor 
| rowspan="15"|''Home and Away''
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a92054/digital-spy-soap-awards-2008-the-winners.html|title=Digital Spy Soap Awards 2008: The Winners|first=Kris|last=Green|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=21 March 2008|access-date=27 March 2009}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| rowspan="6"| [[Inside Soap Awards|''Inside Soap'' Awards]]
| Best Actor 
| {{Nom}} 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine|date=14–24 August 2004|title=Vote in the ''Inside Soap'' 2004 Awards|magazine=[[Inside Soap]]|issue=33|pages=49–52}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| Best Actor 
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine|date=8–14 July 2006|title=Vote in the 2006 ''Inside Soap'' awards|magazine=[[Inside Soap]]|issue=27|pages=50–52}}</ref>
|-
| Funniest Star
| {{Nom}}
|-
| 2018
| Best Daytime Star 
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/news/a868994/coronation-street-wins-big-inside-soap-awards-2018-winners-list/|title=Coronation Street triumphs at ''Inside Soap'' Awards 2018 with Best Soap prize|last=Dainty|first=Sophie|date=22 October 2018|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| Best Daytime Star 
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a28250686/inside-soap-awards-2019-longlist-coronation-street-eastenders-emmerdale-hollyoaks/|title=''Inside Soap'' Awards 2019 longlist revealed - which Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks stars are up?|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=1 July 2019|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
| Best Daytime Star 
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine|date=19–25 September 2020|title=The ''Inside Soap'' Awards 2020|magazine=[[Inside Soap]]|issue=38|pages=51–54}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Logie Awards of 2010|2010]]
| rowspan="8"| [[Logie Awards]]
| [[Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television|Most Popular Personality on Australian Television]]
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/logie-awards-full-list-of-winners/story-e6frg15u-1225861311455|title=2010 Logie Awards: Full List of Winners|date=2 May 2010|work=Perth Now|accessdate=2 May 2010}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Logie Award for Most Popular Actor|Most Popular Actor]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Logie Awards of 2012|2012]]
| Most Popular Actor 
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/karl-stefanovic-nominated-to-win-back-to-back-gold-logies-as-australian-television-awards-announced/story-e6frf96f-1226303134940|title=Karl Stefanovic nominated to win back-to-back Gold Logies as Australian television awards announced|last=Byrnes|first=Holly|date=18 March 2012|work=[[Herald Sun]]|accessdate=18 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| [[Logie Awards of 2018|2018]]
| Most Popular Actor
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/07/60th-logie-awards-winners.html|title=60th Logie Awards: winners|last=Knox|first=David|date=1 July 2018|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Logie Awards of 2019|2019]]
| Most Popular Actor
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/tv/logies-nominees-2019-55979|title=The full list of nominees for the 2019 TV WEEK Logie Awards|last=Burke|first=Tina|date=26 May 2019|work=[[TV Week]]|accessdate=2 July 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Logie Awards of 2022|2022]]
| Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/06/logie-awards-2022-winners.html|title=Logie Awards 2022: winners|last=Knox|first=David|date=19 June 2022|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Most Popular Actor
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Logie Awards of 2023|2023]]
| Most Popular Actor
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/logies/all-the-winners-and-nominees-from-the-2023-logie-awards/news-story/d5d431d8d8c4a8cb2aa7fafbc65bc4eb|title=All the winners from the 2023 Logie Awards revealed|last=Estera|first=Christine|date=31 July 2023|publisher=[[news.com.au]]|access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0575114|name=Ray Meagher}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051223070651/http://www.homeandaway.utvinternet.com/Profiles/Alf.htm Profile at Home and Away site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051130073554/http://www.five.tv/programmes/homeandaway/whoswho/alf/ Profile from UK TV channel Five]

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| after = [[Karl Stefanovic]]<br />'''for ''[[Today (1982 TV program)|Today]]'''''
| years = [[Logie Awards of 2010|2010]]<br />for ''[[Home and Away]]''
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[[Category:People educated at Marist College Ashgrove]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen]]