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Ralph Riach(1936-2022)

  • Actor
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Ralph Riach
A drama set in a seaside English town circa 1987, which charts the unlikely friendship that develops between an acerbic old performer and the death-obsessed young son of the homeÂ’s overwhelmed owners.
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Is Anybody There? (2008)
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Ralph Riach was born on 26 January 1936 in Elgin, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Cloud Atlas (2012), Braveheart (1995) and Death Defying Acts (2007). He died on 20 March 2022 in Scotland, UK.
BornJanuary 26, 1936
DiedMarch 20, 2022(86)
BornJanuary 26, 1936
DiedMarch 20, 2022(86)
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Known for

Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
Cloud Atlas
7.4
  • Ernie
  • 2012
Mel Gibson in Braveheart (1995)
Braveheart
8.3
  • Priest No. 1
  • 1995
Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Death Defying Acts (2007)
Death Defying Acts
5.8
  • Mr. Robertson
  • 2007
Milla Jovovich in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
6.4
  • English Judge
  • 1999

Credits

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Actor

  • Dennis Quaid in Fortitude (2015)
    Fortitude
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Ralfi Sigurdson
    • 2017–2018
  • Still Game (2002)
    Still Game
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Old Ricky
    • 2018
  • Karen Gillan in The Party's Just Beginning (2018)
    The Party's Just Beginning
    6.1
    • The Caller
    • 2018
  • Grandpa's Great Escape (2018)
    Grandpa's Great Escape
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Mr. Willkins
    • 2018
  • Douglas Henshall in Shetland (2013)
    Shetland
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Man on Beach
    • 2016
  • Kevin Bishop, Mark Heap, John Sessions, and Kieran Hodgson in We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story (2015)
    We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • John Laurie
    • 2015
  • Guy Henry in Holby City (1999)
    Holby City
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Frank Thorpe
    • 2015
  • Time Teens: The Beginning (2015)
    Time Teens: The Beginning
    7.6
    • The Meridian
    • 2015
  • What We Did on Our Holiday: Deleted Scenes
    Video
    • Jimmy Cazzarotto (uncredited)
    • 2015
  • Billy Connolly, Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Bobby Smalldridge, Emilia Jones, and Harriet Turnbull in What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
    What We Did on Our Holiday
    6.9
    • Jimmy Cazzarotto
    • 2014
  • Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Ron Wise
    • Marcus Tidwell
    • 2011–2013
  • M.I.High (2007)
    M.I.High
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Bodger
    • 2013
  • One New Message (2012)
    One New Message
    Short
    • Dennis Maxwell
    • 2012
  • Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, and Dennis Waterman in New Tricks (2003)
    New Tricks
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Colin Ogilvy
    • 2012
  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    Cloud Atlas
    7.4
    • Ernie
    • 2012

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Is Anybody There?
Trailer 2:12
Is Anybody There?
Is Anybody There?
Trailer 2:12
Is Anybody There?
Black Plague
Trailer 1:30
Black Plague
Copying Beethoven
Trailer 2:13
Copying Beethoven

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Ralph Raich
  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • January 26, 1936
    • Elgin, Scotland, UK
  • Died
    • March 20, 2022
    • Scotland, UK(Natural causes)

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    Began his acting career at the age of 45, after having been an Architectural draughtsman, a self-employed upholsterer, and a theatrical landlord. In 1984 he enrolled in drama college in Glasgow, where he was the oldest in his class.

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