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((Short description|Scottish actor (1936–2022)))
((Use British English|date=May 2015))
((Use dmy dates|date=March 2022))
((sources|date=July 2010))
'''Ralph McKenzie Riach''' (26 January 1936<ref>((Cite web |title=Ralph Riach ((!)) TVSA |url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=2324 |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=www.tvsa.co.za))</ref> – 20 March 2022)<ref>((Cite web |last=Marshall |first=Michelle |date=2022-03-21 |title=Ralph Riach dead: Braveheart and Taggart star dies aged 83 as tributes pour in for actor |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1583845/ralph-riach-dead-death-taggart-braveheart-tributes-news-latest |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en))</ref> was a Scottish actor from [[Elgin, Moray]].

==Early years==
Riach was born on 26 January 1937 in [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin, Scotland]]. He was educated at the [[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland]] in Glasgow, and he worked in Perth on a variety of jobs before he began his acting career.<ref name=ci>((cite magazine |date=July 2022 |page=46 |title=Ralph Riach, 86 |magazine=Classic Images))</ref>

==Career==
Riach portrayed John McIver (better known as "TV John") in [[BBC One Scotland]]'s comedy/drama ''[[Hamish Macbeth (TV series)|Hamish Macbeth]]''. His career began at the age of 50, when he appeared in ''[[Lost Empires]]'' (1986). He appeared in television shows including ''[[Chancer]]'', ''[[Mosley (TV serial)|Mosley]]'', ''[[Taggart (series)|Taggart]]'', ''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'', ''[[Peak Practice]]'', ''[[Doctor Finlay]]'', and ''[[Tutti Frutti (1987 TV series)|Tutti Frutti]]''.

Film appearances included ''[[The House of Mirth (2000 film)|The House of Mirth]]'' (2000), ''[[The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc]]'' (1999), ''[[Braveheart]]'' (1995), ''[[Copying Beethoven]]'' (2006) and ''[[Cloud Atlas (film)|Cloud Atlas]]'' (2012).<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/film-reviews/copying-beethoven/2007/04/20/1176697063840.html|title=Copying Beethoven - Film Reviews|date=21 April 2007|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|accessdate=14 July 2010))</ref> He also portrayed John Laurie in ''We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story'' (2015). In 2014, he played a scene in Scottish feature film ''Time Teens: The Beginning'' directed by [[Ryan Alexander Dewar]]. He appeared in the short film ''Darkness in The Afternoon'' in 1999.((cn|date=March 2022))

==Filmography==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1990
|''Crossing the Line''
|Laundry Manager
|
|-
|1995
|''[[Braveheart]]''
|Priest No. 1
|
|-
|1997
|[[In Praise of Older Women (1997 film)|''In Praise of Older Women'']]
|Conde
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Dangerous Beauty]]''
|Lorenzo Gritti
|
|-
|1998
|''[[The Governess]]''
|Mr. Hewlett
|
|-
|1999
|''[[My Life So Far]]''
|Sir David Drummond
|
|-
|1999
|''[[The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc]]''
|English Judge
|
|-
|2000
|[[The House of Mirth (2000 film)|''The House of Mirth'']]
|Lord Hubert Dacy
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Anazapta]]''
|Physician
|
|-
|2004
|''One Last Chance''
|Mr. Murray
|
|-
|2004
|''[[The Rocket Post]]''
|Old Donald
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Copying Beethoven]]''
|Wenzel Schlemmer
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Death Defying Acts]]''
|Mr. Robertson
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Is Anybody There?]]''
|Clive
|
|-
|2008
|[[Good (film)|''Good'']]
|Brunau
|
|-
|2012
|[[Cloud Atlas (film)|''Cloud Atlas'']]
|Ernie
|
|-
|2014
|''[[What We Did on Our Holiday]]''
|Jimmy Cazzarotto
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Time Teens]]''
|The Meridian
|
|-
|2018
|''[[The Party's Just Beginning]]''
|The Caller
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1986
|''[[Lost Empires]]''
|Edinburgh Empire M.D.
|Episode #1.1
|-
|1986–2003
|''[[Taggart]]''
|Various roles
|5 episodes
|-
|1986
|[[First Among Equals (TV series)|''First Among Equals'']]
|Frank Boyle
|Episode #1.8
|-
|1987
|[[Tutti Frutti (1987 TV series)|''Tutti Frutti'']]
|Barman
|Episode: "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O"
|-
|1987
|[[Watching (TV series)|''Watching'']]
|Mr. Ambrose
|2 episodes
|-
|1988
|[[City Lights (1984 TV series)|''City Lights'']]
|Glasgow Museum Official
|Episode: "I'm Willie, Fly Me"
|-
|1990
|''[[The Play on One]]''
|Fr Maxwell
|Episode: "Changing Step"
|-
|1990–1991
|''[[Chancer]]''
|Willy Stebbings
|15 episodes
|-
|1991
|''4 Play''
|John Breck
|Episode: "Ball on the States"
|-
|1991
|[[Clarissa (TV series)|''Clarissa'']]
|Uncle Anthony
|3 episodes
|-
|1991, 1998
|[[Casualty (TV series)|''Casualty'']]
|Mr. Nichol / Alex
|2 episodes
|-
|1992
|[[Rides (British TV series)|''Rides'']]
|Mr. Goodwin
|Episode: "Which One of You Is the Victim?"
|-
|1992
|''[[The Bill]]''
|Gordon Ellis
|Episode: "Priorities"
|-
|1993
|''[[Screen Two]]''
|Dr. Sutherland
|Episode: "The Long Roads"
|-
|1993–1994
|''[[Doctor Finlay]]''
|Dr. Gilmore
|10 episodes
|-
|1995
|''[[Kavanagh QC]]''
|Malcolm Gibson
|Episode: "Heartland"
|-
|1995
|[[Wycliffe (TV series)|''Wycliffe'']]
|Dr. Bonner
|Episode: "Lost Contact"
|-
|1995–1997
|[[Hamish Macbeth (TV series)|''Hamish Macbeth'']]
|TV John / Euan McIver
|20 episodes
|-
|1997
|''Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge''
|Ted
|Episode: "Nurse Ajax"
|-
|1997, 2000
|''[[Peak Practice]]''
|Malcolm McReadie / Mr. Rees
|2 episodes
|-
|1998
|[[Mosley (TV serial)|''Mosley'']]
|Ramsay MacDonald
|3 episodes
|-
|2000
|[[Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes|''Murder Rooms: Mysteries of theReal Sherlock Holmes'']]
|The Strand Editor
|Episode: "The Dark Beginnings 
of Sherlock Holmes"
|-
|2000
|''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]''
|Mr. Asmodius
|Episode: "A Man of Substance"
|-
|2000
|[[Brotherly Love (1995 TV series)|''Brotherly Love'']]
|Reverend McDonald
|5 episodes
|-
|2000, 2001
|[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|''Monarch of the Glen'']]
|Geordie McCann
|2 episodes
|-
|2001
|''The Russian Bride''
|Larry
|Television film
|-
|2003
|[[Canterbury Tales (TV series)|''Canterbury Tales'']]
|Mr Malcolm Wickens
|Episode: "The Miller's Tale"
|-
|2004
|''[[55 Degrees North]]''
|Stanley Hanson
|Episode #1.5
|-
|2004
|''[[Quite Ugly One Morning]]''
|Alexander Kinross
| rowspan="4" |Television film
|-
|2005
|''The Strange Case of Sherlock'' 
''Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle''
|Cleeve
|-
|2006
|[[Low Winter Sun (British TV series)|''Low Winter Sun'']]
|Mister Gillot
|-
|2007
|''[[Wedding Belles]]''
|John Eddie
|-
|2010–2011
|''Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love''
|Noel's Lawyer
|3 episodes
|-
|2011
|[[South Riding (2011 TV series)|''South Riding'']]
|Lord Sedgmire
|Episode #1.3
|-
|2011
|''[[Young James Herriot]]''
|Professor Henry Legge
| rowspan="2" |3 episodes
|-
|2011–2013
|[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|''Doctors'']]
|Marcus Tidwell / Ron Wise
|-
|2012
|''[[New Tricks]]''
|Colin Ogilvy
|Episode: "Glasgow UCOS"
|-
|2013
|''[[M.I. High]]''
|Bodger
|Episode: "Grosse Encounters"
|-
|2015
|''[[Holby City]]''
|Frank Thorpe
|Episode: "Cover Up"
|-
|2015
|''We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story''
|John Laurie
|Television film
|-
|2016
|[[Shetland (TV series)|''Shetland'']]
|Man on Beach
|Episode #3.1
|-
|2017–2018
|[[Fortitude (TV series)|''Fortitude'']]
|Ralfi Sigurdson
|9 episodes
|-
|2018
|''Grandpa's Great Escape''
|Mr. Willkins
|Television film
|-
|2018
|''[[Still Game]]''
|Old Ricky
|Episode: "Balls Up"
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((IMDb name|0722661))
* ((discogs artist|Ralph Riach))

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[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Elgin, Moray]]
[[Category:Scottish male film actors]]
[[Category:Scottish male radio actors]]
[[Category:Scottish male television actors]]

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