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Raymond Mearns
Birth nameRaymond Mearns
BornScotland
NationalityScottish
Years active1989–present
Notable works and rolesLegit
Ae Fond Kiss...
It's a Free World...
Home
Websitehttp://www.raymondmearns.com

Raymond Mearns is a Scottish actor and comedian from Glasgow’s Possilpark 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..., directed by Ken Loach. He features prominently as a variety of characters in the Scottish-BAFTA winning sketch comedy show Limmy's Show. 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.

Mearns has 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.

Works

TV shows

Year Title Role
2002 Live Floor Show Guest Comedian
2006 Rebus - A Question of Blood Scuzzy Hotel Manager
2007 Legit Happy Boab
2008 Videogaiden CCTV Operator
Rab C. Nesbitt BBC Security Guard
2010 Limmy's Show Various
One Night In Emergency Pharmacist
2011 River City Registrar

Movie

Year Title Role
1998 Home Troy
2004 Ae Fond Kiss... Big Roddie
2007 It's a Free World... Andy
2009 Next Time Ned Ned Randall
2020 Limbo Mike
2024 Sharp Instinct: Volume II David Wainwright

Web series

Year Title Role
2011 Ghost Of Raymond Mearns The "Real" Raymond Mearns

Podcasts

Year Title Role
2024-present Glesga Da Podcast Co-host

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