Actor
Raymond Mearns
11 films
Raymond Mearns is a Scottish actor and comedian who is best known for his part in Scottish comedy sitcom Legit, in which he played Happy Boab. He has also appeared in Ae Fond Kiss... and It's a Free World..., which were both directed by award-winning Ken Loach. Mearns has also acted alongside his brother Eddie when they played the Blind Twins, Troy and Roy Pettifer in the 1998 short film Home, which won Best Short Film at the 1999 BAFTA Awards. He appeared in the Rab C. Nesbitt Christmas special, in which he played a BBC security guard. It aired on 23 December 2008. He also starred in Next Time Ned.
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First watchThe Illusionist20107.3as Additional Voices (voice)A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
11 films as actor- 2025The OrganistUncle Tommy
- 2024Sharp Instinct: Volume IIDavid Wainwright
- 2020LimboMike
- 2020The MugThe Suited Man
- 2012Doors OpenWee Martin
- 2012TumultBus Driver
- 2010The IllusionistAdditional Voices (voice)
- 2009Next Time NedNed Randall
- 2007It's a Free World...Andy
- 2004Ae Fond Kiss...Big Roddie
- 1998HomeTroy