Raymond Mearns
Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
14 credits
Ae Fond Kiss...
Movie • 2004
Big Roddie
Home
Movie • 1998
Troy
Doors Open
Movie • 2012
Wee Martin
Tumult
Movie • 2012
Bus Driver
Next Time Ned
Movie • 2009
Ned Randall
The Mug
Movie • 2020
The Suited Man
The Organist
Movie • 2025
Uncle Tommy
Some Laugh - Live at the Pavilion
Movie • 2024
Self (Guest)
Sharp Instinct: Volume II
Movie • 2024
David Wainwright
It's a Free World...
Movie • 2007
Andy
Limbo
Movie • 2020
Mike
The Illusionist
Movie • 2010
Additional Voices (voice)
Limmy's Show!
TV • 2010
Ensemble Actor
Comedy Blaps
TV • 2011
Uncle